Pendragon suitor Hedin Mobility Group has secured a foothold in the UK car dealership sector with the acquisition of four franchise points from Mercedes-Benz Retail Group.
An outraged Motorpoint customer has told The Sun newspaper how her daughter’s Ford Fiesta was driven 22 miles during a service appointment with Motorpoint.
The automotive retail sector’s supply issues and buoyant used car residual values have been described as a “happy accident” preventing the motor finance sector from “blowing up”.
The automotive sector will be able to “grow and thrive” despite a whole list of issues facing the sector in a challenging 2023, the Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) has said.
Rising new car registrations from Volkswagen, Ford and Toyota suggest carmaker’s are starting to learn to deal with the impact of semiconductor shortages on their manufacturing operations, according to Jato Dynamics.
Inchcape’s new Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Dual-Arch premium car dealership in Norwich is set to create 80 jobs when it opens its doors in 2023.
Livingstone Motors managing director Andrew Iveson has issued Amazon vouchers to his entire workforce in a bid to ease the Christmas spending burden on the car retailer’s staff.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said that the finance sector needs “a higher quality of credit information” to ensure that consumers get accurate lending advice.
Abarth is set to electrify the hot hatch sector with the launch of a performance version of the Fiat 500e – but sales will only be offered online.
Arnold Clark will push ahead with plans for four new used car remarketing centres in 2023, despite pressure from the stock shortages impacting the sector.
Mazda has hatched a plan to boost its investment in electric vehicles (EV) by almost £9 billion after forecasting that sales could be significantly more than previously expected.
Ford Pro has revealed its new zero-emissions E-Tourneo Custom MPV as it looks to take on Stellantis’ fully electrified MPV line-up from Peugeot, Citroen and Vauxhall.
A decline in average used light commercial vehicle (LCV) wholesale values of just £15 in October suggests that “demand remains well balanced against supply”, according to BCA.
Motorvogue is set to join the Peugeot franchise with the addition of Desira Group’s franchise in Bury St Edmunds after vowing to invest a further £2 million into car dealership improvements.
More than half of car buyers are reconsidering the purchase of a zero-emissions electric vehicle (EV) after the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced plans to make them eligible for VED road tax.
