A second-hand car dealer and a mechanic have both been jailed for clocking thousands of miles off Audi TT vehicles, altering MoT certificates and selling on unroadworthy models to unsuspecting customers.

A case against Charles Sandeman and his Dundee-based company Glencross Motors has been dropped by Sheriff Alastair Brown after he said there was “unsatisfactory information” provided by prosecutors.

A Shropshire-based car dealer has been fined £3,300 for selling an unroadworthy and dangerous vehicle via an online advertisement.

The Sunday Times has announced the results of its annual Best 100 Companies To Work For survey and two automotive traders have topped the podium for the big company category.

Concerns that buyers of used cars would be put off VW models because of last year’s emissions scandal appear to have been proved unfounded.