Auto Trader sales director Sharon Randall will be replaced by Le Etta Pearce and Darren Moon as she prepares to take a part-time role with the online marketplace.
BCA Marketplace plc is aiming to continue in its bid to offer “joined-up services” for its customers with the acquisition of Ambrosetti – specialist in the preparation of new and used vehicles.
Sandwiches are being served up alongside car sales and servicing after Jennings Group opened a Subway franchise at its Stockton Kia dealership.
Almost a quarter of a million used car buyers may have made their purchase without taking a test drive in their chosen vehicle, research by webuyanycar.com has revealed.
Vertu Motors have submitted a planning application which could see a former chemical site transformed into a 14,000 Renault dealership in Leeds.
The National Franchised Dealers Association has raised the cost of FCA compliance, an extended MOT testing period and the BIK diesel surcharge with the HM Treasury.
Lloyd Motor Group has completed the acquisition of the Ripon Land Rover business along with the Service Centre at Leyburn, North Yorkshire.
Car dealers’ sales processes are suffering from a “lethargy” which sees many customers leave the showroom without having taken a test drive, had their part-ex valued or finance offer calculated.
The pace of change in online technology is frenetic and dealers need to start thinking now about how they want their site to look in four or five years’ time.
A car dealer was ordered to pay out £4,000 after his claims about a used Vauxhall Corsa were found to be false – the car breaking down after just 20 miles.
Marriott Motor Group's new head of business at its Bury St Edmunds Audi dealership says that he is “excited to start a new challenge”.
THE record-breaking momentum of car registrations during 2015 has continued into the start of the year, with the SSMT confirming an 11-year high of 169,678 for January.
Dacia has struck up a three-year sponsorship agreement with the Rugby Football League which will see the brand gain exposure as lead sponsor at a string of sporting showdowns.
British motorists seem to be preparing themselves for the arrival of the autonomous car, with 78% stating that they are comfortable with the idea.
Dealers need the right digital mix to engage customers from the research stage to the sale and beyond.
