Suzuki GB’s decision to import cars left incomplete due to the shortage of semiconductor microchips is set to give dealers access to 4,000 vehicles they would not otherwise have had.
Inchcape UK has unveiled the new bravoauto for its expanding used car retail division ahead of its expansion to 20 locations in the next three years.
Blue Mondays should not be a feature of the car retail sector according to BuyaCar data which suggests the start of the week is the peak period for customer enquiries.
A thief who stole more than £40,000 of car parts in repeated raids on a JCT600 dealership in Bradford has been jailed for five years.
Demand for electric vehicles (EV) grew by 87% quarter-on-quarter during Q3 as the UK leasing market demonstrated an appetite for a “rapid transition” to net zero emissions, Leasing.com has said.
Eden Motor Group chief executive Graeme Potts said that one of the business’ used car customers was “bowled over” when they became the surprise recipient of a £10,000 cash giveaway.
Motors.co.uk has secured a deal to be the headline sponsor of new ITV quiz show Ant and Dec’s Limitless Win.
The UK’s used car price rises are the highest in Europe, according to new data published by Indicata.
Pulman Group’s Sunderland Seat dealership has made the Catalonian brand’s one millionth car UK sale – 36 years after it first entered the market.
Audi UK has named Tony Moore as its new head of marketing.
RRG Group has renewed its contract with GForces after achieving a conversion rate of 81% from online enquiries.
Volkswagen retailers across the UK have officially opened their order books for the new, 207PS Polo GTI hot hatch.
Abarth, Fiat, Honda and Suzuki franchisee Balmer Lawn Group has joined the Ssangyong Motors UK car retail network with the opening of a new dealership in Southampton.
Waylands Automotive CEO John O'Hanlon has spoke to AM about returning to the motor retail industry and his ability to pick winners in the franchises he represents.
Nominations have opened for Cox Automotive’s Barbara Cox Woman of the Year award for 2022, run in partnership with Bauer Media’s B2B titles AM, Fleet News and Smart Transport.
Cazoo has agreed a long-term partnership with leasing company Ogilvie Fleet to provide end of life vehicle solutions.
Ben has launched a new Christmas appeal which aims to raise at least £500,000 to ensure it can support the record numbers of people calling on its services.
Book My Garage claims to have channelled record levels of aftersales work into franchised retailers' workshops after bookings increased by 34% year-on-year in October.
The average UK car retailer saw their monthly profit soar by 189.7% year-on-year in what the SMMT had described as a “desperately disappointing September”, according to ASE.
A television advert for the Motorway car buying service has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after allegation that it “encouraged driving behaviour that was dangerous”.
Bristol Street Motors has opened a specialist Hyundai service centre at its Newcastle Vauxhall dealership.
Automotive Management (AM) and BDO will reveal the official countdown of the 2021 AM100 car dealer rankings and deliver in-depth insight in a free-to-view webinar.
Cazoo has acquired Swipcar, a Spanish digital car subscription business.
An 80th consecutive week of increasing used car values and the highest level of UK inflation for a decade is unlikely to temper consumers’ appetite to buy a new vehicle, Auto Trader has said.
Mercedes-Benz Retail Group has continued to sell-off its UK car retail sites with the sale of its Epsom dealership to Sandown Motors.
Isuzu UK franchised dealers will offer customers free windscreen wipers and a 38-point safety check as part of its new Quick Check programme.
A free online service for buying and selling electric cars has launched to help car buyers make the shift to zero or low-emissions motoring.
IMDA chairman and Specialist Cars owner Umesh Samani chatted about used car marketing "on the road" and unwinding with a V8-powered hobby "off road" in the latest AM News Show Podcast.
Used car dealers are still under-pricing up to 60% of their forecourt stock, according to data published by Real Time Communications (RTC).
DMN Logistics has revealed lessons learned as growing rates of electric vehicle (EV) adoption result in a new whitepaper laying out its priorities for UK-wide deliveries.
