Automotive advertisers spent more than £70 million on performance marketing and lead generation activities in 2013, 15% more (on a like-for-like basis) than in 2012.
Aston Martin is recalling more than 17,000 cars - 1,553 in the UK - because of a potentially defective part caused by the possible use of conterfeit plastic.
Franchised dealers are being encouraged to overcome any doubts about employing young people and to future proof businesses by hiring apprentices after research that shows they can generate between 150% and 300% return on investment.
Drivers may be able to subscribe to a ‘cloud’ of driverless cars within the next decade. With Google claiming its self-driving cars are only three-five years from market, fleet management company LeasePlan is predicting huge shifts in the way drivers use their vehicles.
The annual Regent Street Motor Show, held in central London, will take place on Saturday, November 1.
The fleet division of independently owned Bradford-based motor group JCT600 has seen vehicle volumes grow by 28% year-on-year with a total of 11,200 vehicles, worth around £200 million, supplied in the last 12 months.
A Listers Group dealership has topped the awards for the best site in the Volkswagen network.
A classic car dealer in Derbyshire is reported to have broken the record for the most expensive car ever sold in Britain after selling a rare Ferrari for a price believed to be in the region of £24 million.
Data marketing and insight service, What Car? Connect has been chosen by CAP Automotive to maximise the value of sales leads generated by CAP’s consumer valuation and motoring cost tools.
The head of the Sun's new used car classified site said he already has more than 200 dealer groups signed up to supply the site with stock.
The Sun has launched a used car classified advertising website.
Dealer group TMS has taken on a new brand and plans to relocate one of its two showrooms to bigger premises.
ASE, the dealer profitability specialists, has launched a global consultancy division, called the ASE ProFit Optimisation service.
Phoenix Car Company developed a pop up car store in Glasgow’s busiest shopping centre for the seven weeks of the year in and around Christmas.
The amount of money consumers can expect to get knocked off the price of a new car has increased 5% year-on-year.
