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Claims that the high pass requirements of the UK’s MOT test are bad for motorists are fatuous, according to the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMIF).

Car dealers must make sure that they abide by new consumer protection rules that came into force this week, according to the RMI National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA).

What the weekend papers say.... Ford plans to build Fiestas around the world, Clarkson puts the boot into the new Kia Sedona, the Nissan Cube gets an outing and the end of the internal combustion engine is nigh. All this and more in our new weekend newspaper round-up...

Tata Motors has named David Smith as its new chief executive for Jaguar and Land Rover.

But EC could let market forces take over from 2010. Competition in the European car retailing and repair sector has improved since the adoption of the 2002 Block Exemption Regulation, according to an Evaluation Report published by the European Commission last week.

Following the publication of the European Commission's evaluation of the current motor trade Block Exemption Regulation last week, the UK Right to Repair Campaign (R2RC) says it will lobby for renewal.

Network will expand following dealer cull. Fiat is set to replace one in five of its dealers in a move aimed at overhauling its UK operations ahead of plans to increase sales from 59,400 to 100,000 by the end of the decade.

Management at Pendragon's Evans Halshaw dealership in Brighton fear the dealership will be a victim of the dealer group's restructuring.