Ford of Britain chairman and managing director Andy Barratt has called for the UK Government to appoint a Minister for Electrification to “kick-start” and coordinate a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) strategy.
Motorline Group has moved into its new Skoda car dealership in Gillingham and revealed plans for a new Audi showroom in Canterbury.
The average UK car retailer recovered more than half of the losses suffered during a Q2 trading period devastated by the COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown, according to ASE Global.
The last six months have been one of the toughest periods the new car market has had to contend with in recent times, but will the effects of coronavirus turn the traditional franchised car dealer model on its head permanently?
A car thief has been jailed for 20 months for his part in a raid on an Inchcape car dealership in which £21,000 of parts were stripped from a rare Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport hot hatch.
The new and used car finance markets returned to growth in July as showrooms across the UK re-opened their doors following the COVID-19 lockdown period, the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) has confirmed.
Franchised car retailers across the UK have been left exposed to considerable financial losses after Nationwide Accident Repair Services entered administration, along with a number of its subsidiaries.
Used car retailers increased their stock turn by 11.8% month-on-month as demand for vehicles continued to drive up values at auction houses across the UK, according to Cox Automotive and eBay Motors Group.
Pendragon has agreed the £27.4 million sale of its Jaguar and Land Rover motor vehicle dealership located in Los Angeles, California.
Car retailers flocked to respond to the National Franchised Dealers Association’s (NFDA) bi-annual dealer attitude survey in larger numbers than ever before following the COVID-19 lockdown.
Former Endeavour Automotive managing director Adrian Wallington has re-joined former employer Marshall Motor Holdings as commercial development director as one-of-four new appointments for the AM100 PLC.
Stoneacre Motor Group has promoted David Teatum and Mark Zavagno onto its board of directors after driving past its £1 billion turnover growth target.
Stoneacre Motor Group has moved a step closer towards gaining planning permission to create a new Volvo Car UK dealership facility in Sunderland.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMTS) has called for a Government incentives and binding charge point infrastructure commitments to boost electric vehicle take-up on the ‘Road to Zero’.
Tesla is poised to double the scale of its electric vehicle (EV) dealership network in Scotland with the opening of a new Glasgow store in a former Evans Halshaw Car Store showroom.
