Auto Trader is helping retailer’s showcase their 'exceptional' customer service with the launch of Auto Trader Highly Rated 2022.
Dealers face a “double whammy” of rapidly rising costs and rapidly slowing buyer demand, driven largely by the accelerating cost of living.
More than a third of in-market car buyers have decided to delay their purchase due to rising living costs.
The first franchised car retail site to open under Volvo Car UK’s Sponsored Retailer Programme has completed a move into a brand new premium car showroom.
Pendragon chief executive Bill Berman has said that an anticipated £33 million underlying first-half pre-tax profit will give the car retail PLC “good momentum” for H2 2022.
When I read earlier this year about the push for the automotive sector to achieve carbon net zero, I imagined some worried faces.
Open banking is expected to become the most popular payment method in car dealerships by 2030.
Batchelors Motor Group managing director Tony Denton has suggested that UK businesses may have to “start treating extreme heat like extreme snowfall” in a bid to better look after customers and staff.
Used car buying platform CarGurus has appointed Amanda Symonds as its new UK managing director.
Stellantis’ mobility division Free2move has completed the acquisition of car sharing company Share Now, a joint venture formed by Mercedes-Benz Mobility Group and BMW Group in 2019.
Vauxhall’s zero-emissions Corsa-e hatchback has emerged as the most desirable’ car at Aston Barclay auctions as EVs and premium cars attract the most attention from buyers.
Cambria Automobiles marketing and CRM director Ian Godbold has revealed his intention to pursue a new role as a car retail marketing consultant after announcing his exit from the former PLC.
Automotive retail technology provider CitNOW Group will aim to boost its international growth through acquisitions after securing new private equity investment.
Electric car brand Polestar expects to at least double its UK sales volume by the end of 2022 as the brand continues to win over EV buyers.
Robins & Day has recognised its longest-serving employee, who has clocked up 55 years of service with the Peugeot brand.
Motability Operations is poised to expand its de-fleet services with the acquisition of a 22-acre facility from Fleet Auction Group.
Mercedes-Benz dealership group LSH Auto is the official sponsor of Pride House at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Leading lights in the Pendragon car retail group have continued the sector’s tributes to former colleague Stuart Foulds.
A new iVendi whitepaper is aiming to help car dealers improve their online experience and bridge gap between to retailers Amazon, John Lewis and eBay.
Chorley has continued its growth in the North-West through the acquisition of Vantage Citroen in Blackpool
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Despite signs that the UK’s cost-of-living crisis is starting to impact the value of older vehicles, there are no signs of prices “crashing” in the used car sector, Cap HPI’s director of valuations has told AM.
A car tax ‘holiday’ is among the measures needed to support motorists through the cost-of-living crisis, according to Carwow.
Stoneacre has completed the refurbishment of its Volvo Sunderland dealership, following a £5 million investment in the site.
Friends and colleagues of former TrustFord chairman and chief executive have paid tribute to a “straight-talking, true professional” following his death yesterday (July 14).
The relaunch of electric car brand Smart, plus reasons for consumers to buy EVs and success stories from used EV dealers are all among the features in the July 2022 issue of AM magazine, available to read here in digital format.
Alphera Financial Services has appointed Alex Royall as its new UK director after Preston Rogers left to become head of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Financial Services at Lloyds Banking Group.
Recycling lives, processor of end-of-life vehicles, has completed its acquisition of John R. Adam and Sons for an undisclosed sum.
The Government has launched a consultation to end the sale of fossil-fuelled motorbikes and mopeds by 2035.
