Dealer profiles

Vertu Motors’ chief executive discusses managing the impact of inflation, expanding EV and used car sales, while boosting shareholder value at the same time

Buying a car from AM Award winner Luscombe’s is undoubtedly a different experience when compared with almost any franchised or independent retailer in the UK.

It is an incredible sixth consecutive win of the Best Dealer Group of the Year (up to 10 sites) award by MG, Kia, Polestar and Volvo dealer group Waylands Automotive.

It was a tightly contested head-to-head contest between two titans of the AM100 for the accolade of Dealer Group of the Year (more than 10 sites). The AM Awards judges deemed TrustFord to be the deserving winner.

The AM Awards judges handed Devonshire Motors the inaugural trophy for EV Advocate of the Year for its comprehensive approach and strong results

Growth to gain the benefits of scale, but without losing its family-driven values, helped secure AM100 car dealer DM Keith the Strategic Success Award at the 2024 AM Awards.

Cambridgeshire used car dealer Ponko's won the 2024 Independent Dealer of the Year Award at the AM Awards

Beechwood, which operates Suzuki and Mazda dealerships in Derby, won Best In Customer Service at the 2024 AM Awards

Leeds MG dealership Luscombe’s scooped the trophy for EV Dealership of the Year at the 2024 AM Awards, in a closely fought head-to-head contest with another of the UK's best electric vehicle dealerships.

The winner of the 2024 AM Award for Marketing Strategy of the Year was Hendy Group, for work involving ambassador Harry Redknapp

At the 2024 AM Awards we were delighted to induct John Clark OBE, chairman of John Clark Motor Group, into the AM Hall of Fame. Read why here.

The winner of the 2024 AM Award for Retailer of the Year has been revealed.

Few people, in recent years, have used their business leader profile and their boundless energy to enhance the image of the UK’s franchised dealers like our inductee has.

TrustFord, winner of the 2023 AM Award for Leader in Diversity and Inclusion, pledges to treat everyone the same way regardless of ethnicity, culture or any other protected characteristic.

The 2023 AM Awards Retailer of the Year winner is TrustFord, the world’s largest Ford dealer group, with 65 locations across the UK.  

Our winner, Steven Eagell, has built extremely close manufacturer relationships and has taken selected acquisition opportunities as they came to expand into a significant partnership with Toyota and Lexus.

Leasing Options has continued to expand, grow profits and introduce new initiatives, and win more PCH custom, so it stood out to the AM Awards judges .in this narrowly contested category.

Read why the AM Awards judges voted for AM100 dealer group TrustFord to win the 2023 Community Hero Award.

In 2022 Lookers launched its first major multi-channel brand marketing campaign in more than five years, which the AM Awards judges voted to be the winner of the Marketing Strategy of the Year trophy at the 2023 AM Awards.

The breadth of transformation undertaken by FOW Car Supermarket during 2022 resulted in a winning entry for the 2023 AM Awards.

Leading a cultural transformation at a two-site dealership underpinned the winner of the 2023 AM Award for Dealer Principal/General Manager (DP/GM) of the Year. 

A fifth consecutive Dealer Group of the Year (up to 10 sites) win for Waylands reflects on the culture of high performance and support at the Volvo, Kia, MG and Polestar car dealer.

TrustFord won the 2023 AM Award for Dealer Group of the Year (more than 10 sites). Read why it won.

With Stellantis and Mercedes-Benz starting EV charging firms, and Arnold Clark buying a charger installer, experts can't agree whether it's a good, profitable step for the automotive industry's establishment.

Passion for Porsche is helping Inchcape's Porsche Centre Portsmouth optimise the efficiency of its service workshops and identify opportunities for owners to keep their Porsche in great shape.