Articles by Tim Rose - Page 44

Audi Halesowen welcomed in four students on a programme for young people with special educational needs to help them develop their personal and business skills within a workplace setting over the course of a school year.

Trials are under way with Motability Scheme customers to identify the challenges and solutions to electric car use for disabled drivers.

City car specialist Smart is laying the foundations for higher new car sales volume and getting its franchisees geared up for the first of its new generation of cars, the Smart #1.

The Taxi Centre, part of Vertu Motors, has agreed a new partnership with London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) to sell its electric-powered black cabs.

Used car dealership in Plymouth, Turners of Roborough, is facing a demolition and rebuild to allow for major road improvements in the city.

Dealerships have been warned against unduly increasing their workshop labour rate as electric cars and vans become commonplace or risk losing major customers.

Waylands is opening its first multi-marque dedicated electric vehicle sales centre, Waylands E, at Newbury in Berkshire.

Dealers' business sales teams will need to sharpen their electric vehicle knowledge rapidly to meet fleets' expectations following forecasts that fleet operators will largely step away from petrol and diesel cars by 2025.

AM editor Tim Rose gives his initial review of the Cupra Born electric car, which he will be living with for six months.

ATS Euromaster has seen the requirement for its mobile tyre service increase rapidly over the last two years, which it attributes partly to an increase in consumers expecting goods and services to be delivered at their homes.

Devon-based AM100 group Vospers grew its return on sales to 2.9% during 2021 and has carried strong profitability through to at least May this year.

Deceiving customers into believing cars it sold were compliant with London's ULEZ restrictions has led to £65,483 in charges for Hilton Car Supermarket in Hayes.

Picador, the Hampshire dealer group which has retailed Vauxhalls for almost 60 years, has been sold to Snows Group.

Premium brand Lexus has joined the UK's Motability Scheme and is offering its self-charging hybrid UX 250h F Sport Design initially to scheme members, who receive a mobility allowance through the Department of Work and Pensions to help them with disabilities and mobility issues.

The National Franchised Dealers Association has responded to new FCA rules on appointed representatives with a warning of likely delays and increased costs passed on to consumers.