Online-only buyers expect car dealers to make a higher share of profit, than those buying direct through showrooms according to a new What Car? survey.
Demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing as fuel prices spike, according to Auto Trader.
Vertu Motors has launched a recruitment drive to attract staff to four new Toyota franchised car dealerships after taking over the brand’s West of Scotland territory from Arnold Clark.
Lookers is close to completing a £3 million major redevelopment of its Volkswagen Teeside dealership in a move that will bring car and van sales together at a single site.
Toyota franchised car retailers John Roe Grimsby, Ron Brooks Motor Group and Burrows Motor Company have all been awarded with the brand’s Ichiban awards for excellence in customer service.
eStar Truck & Van head of marketing & communications, Caroline Burnell, has been crowned the Barbara Cox Woman of the Year.
Johnsons Cars has added six Volkswagen and Skoda dealerships and its first Trade Parts Specialists (TPS) businesses through the acquisition of Trust Group UK.
The number of people looking for electric vehicles (EVs) on Auto Trader’s marketplace has declined from a high of 26%, in late September 2021, to just 16% in February.
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 has been named UK Car of the Year 2022, by a panel of 29 motoring journalists.
Hyundai believes the relationship with its franchised dealer network is improving on the back of strengthening profits, despite a below par showing in the latest National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) dealer attitude survey.
Heycar will look to ‘Break the Bias’ with a women in automotive-themed webinar discussion set to follow-up today’s International Women’s Day.
A former Evans Halshaw employee who diverted 73 DVLA cheques worth over £10,000 into his own bank account has avoided jail in a fraud hearing at York Crown Court.
UK electric vehicle (EV) buyers will “pay the price” for the skills gap in trained technicans, unless the Government takes action.
Dealers and other automotive businesses are being warned of “a period of heightened risk” of cyber-attacks.
Motorpoint's retail footprint has expanded to 16 used car retail locations with the opening of a new two-acre, 120-vehicle dealership in Maidstone.
Used car remarketing giant BCA has been fined £1.1 million and ordered to pay £97,000 after a car buyer was crushed by a Porsche at its Paddock Wood auction site in Kent.
Used car supermarkets cut the price of their cars to trigger a 0.3% month-on-month decline in vehicle values on eBay Motors Group marketing portals during February.
Lexus pulled clear of the chasing pack to emerge as UK franchised car dealers’ number one retail partner for a sixth consecutive time in the NFDA Dealer Attitude Survey winter 2021/2022.
AM is delighted to announce that the Manchester-based automotive team of UHY Hacker Young has taken on the role of auditor for the 2022 AM Awards.
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Suzuki GB boss Dale Wyatt has told the brand’s UK car retailers that the brand has become “VUCA ninjas” in webinar outlining supply constraints for the year ahead.
Car retailers, automotive suppliers and car manufacturers battling for prizes at the AM Awards 2022 will be doing so at a record-breaking year for the prestigious annual event.
Volkswagen Group UK has achieved efficiency gains of 10% throughout its dealer network operation within six months of implementing franchise performance management platform Loop.
Hyundai Kia and Ford have followed Stellantis in spelling out new strategies that will accelerate the development of electric vehicles (EV).
A shortage of MOT testers could lead to longer waiting times for tests in April, according to the IMI.
Many car dealers are still “missing out on the full potential of digital retailing” according to a joint report created by Auto Trader, ICDP and the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA).
Two UK motor retail veterans are appealing for essential kit to help fill vans they're sending to a Polish town inundated with refugees from Russia's war on Ukraine.
February’s new car registrations remained 25.9% down on pre-pandemic 2020 as Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine created increasing doubt about a volume recovery for car retailers.
Tesla finished bottom of a Which? survey of electric vehicle (EV) owners to determine the most and least reliable zero-emission cars on the market.
Motors.co.uk is championing this year’s International Women’s Day with a month-long series of YouTube interviews with women in automotive careers.
