Articles by Tim Rose - Page 35

A used car dealership in Scotland has rebranded from its original Mini World name to INI World after BMW Group's lawyers claimed its Mini branding had breached its copyright.

One in four car buyers actually enjoys the process of negotiating with a dealer on their purchase, a latest consumer study by What Car? reveals.

Inchcape has thanked emergency services workers involved in tackling a huge overnight fire at its Preston Jaguar Land Rover dealership which has forced the business to close.

Carmakers aiming to switch to direct-to-consumer new car sales through agency agreements with their dealers are expected to defer or even abandon their plans by three-in four AM-online poll respondents.

Plug-in vehicles accounted for almost a quarter of all new car sales in February, with year-on-year growth achieved by both pure battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs).

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has made Therese Chambers and Steve Smart its joint executive directors of enforcement and market oversight.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has countered claims that motorists are ready for the first MOT to move from a car's three-year to four-year age point with its own market research.

A software enhancement for the moDel logistics platform has gone live with Toyota and Lexus GB to support their dealers with handovers to buyers using the brands' direct-to-consumer online sales channel.

The £57.6m underlying pre-tax profit that Pendragon made in 2022 has exceeded expectations, despite being a 30.6% drop on 2021's £83m earnings.

London-based Toyota dealer Hills of Woodford has become one of the UK's first to adopt the Japanese brand's latest corporate identity.

The last ever issue of AM magazine is here, free for you to read in digital format and arriving by post to those of you who receive the printed magazine. 

Patrick McGillycuddy has become interim managing director at Jaguar Land Rover UK. JLR UK's sales director steps up to fill a gap left by Rawdon Glover, now brand MD at Jaguar

US-based dealer group Lithia & Driveway has bought Jardine Motors Group. The takeover means that now three of the 10 largest AM100 car dealers in the UK are owned by American companies.

Former Snows Motor Group and Inchcape marketing director Allen Scott has been recruited by CMe Media for its automotive marketing business, CMe Automotive.

A new Compliance Forum, centred around three half-day events, is hoped to help BVRLA members improve their understanding of the ongoing "period of remarkable regulatory realignment" and the future of motor finance.