Peter Vardy has celebrated a five-star start to sales from the newest addition to its Carz used car retail division – the former Cazoo handover centre at Grangemouth.
Stellantis and Ford remain bullish about their electrified future despite the UK Government’s threat of £15,000 per car fines for OEMs who breach its proposed electric vehicle (EV) sales mandate.
Greenacre cemented its reputation for customer service excellence by becoming the sole UK car retailer to win Honda Motor Europe’s coveted Yūshū award for customer service.
Cazoo founder Alex Chesterman said he was “incredibly proud of everything the team at Cazoo has achieved” in a financial results statement that revealed the online used car retailer’s £704 million losses for 2022.
Waylands Automotive has officially opened the doors to its new Polestar Space at Cribbs Mall in Cribbs Causeway, Bristol.
Suzuki GB has followed the lead of Toyota in offering a service-activated warranty to the owners of vehicles aged up to seven years or 100,000 miles.
The Government has pledged to stick to its plan to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 as it revealed its Powering Up Britain strategy to transform the UK’s energy infrastructure.
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) chief executive Mike Hawes has said the UK’s car manufacturing sector is “on the road to recovery” following a 13.1% growth in production volumes in February.
Car retailers are among employers who must adopt a “multi-pronged” approach to attracting and retaining workforce talent as the post-COVID job sector reshuffle continues, according to research from McKinsey.
Declining values among older, more affordable used cars could be an indicator that the market is set to dip after March delivered another decrease in average vehicle prices, according to Cap HPI.
Drayton Motors is set to continue to drive improvements to its car dealership portfolio with plans to create a new-build Kia showroom in Boston, Lincolnshire.
Motorists could face continued rises in electric vehicle (EV) insurance policy prices if carmakers fail to address batteries’ “unsustainable” performance in minor collisions.
Speculation is growing that the UK could ease back on plans for an all-out ban on the sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035 after the EU drafted legislation to allow vehicles powered by e-fuels.
Rainworth Motor Group is on the lookout for “sleepy” car retailers in need of operational improvement as it targets growth through acquisition after winning Skoda UK’s Retailer of the Year award.
Honda has added prodigious performance hatchback know-how to create the most polished and desirable Honda Civic Type R to date.
