Porsche Centre Reading has been re-developed as the UK’s first Destination Porsche, meeting a new corporate identity for the sports car brand.
Stellantis UK will adopt a contiguous market area-style network plan to streamline its franchised dealer relationships. The new approach is part of a wide reorganisation at Stellantis UK, including management team changes.
Opteven UK will pursue a “digital transformation strategy” for its WMS automotive warranties operation under its new operations director Madjid Hadj-Amar.
Lookers increased its full-year profit expectations to £75 million and kicked-off a £15m share buyback programnme after reporting strong performance in a Q3 trading update.
A delegation of more than 30 car retailers from Thailand have paid a visit to Vertu Motors’ Mercedes-Benz Reading dealership to explore how it achieves top-rated customer service.
Jardine, JCT600, Lookers, Marshall and TrustFord employees have been recognised at the Automotive 30% Club’s annual Inspiring Automotive Women Awards.
The Ben Ball is expected to sell out for 2022 prompting organisers to release more tables.
Mercedes-Benz is stepping up its range of EQ electric cars with the launch of the EQE SUV next year.
Just Stop Oil protestors followed up a tomato soup attack on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers by daubing Pendragon’s Stratstone Aston Martin dealership on Westminster’s Park Lane with orange paint.
Consumers are shying away from expensive used electric vehicles (EV) amid escalating cost-of-living pressures, according to used car stock management and marketing specialist Indicata.
Luxury and supercar retailer HR Owen has raised over £55,000 for children’s heart charity Chain of Hope with their first ever charity shoot.
City Auction Group has expanded its operations with the launch of a new auction site in Peterborough.
Cox Automotive customer insight and strategy director Philip Nothard has warned used car retailers to “remain cautious” as the sector heads into an in certain period of winter trading.
Online car buying platform heycar UK has promoted its chief commercial officer Karen Hilton into the post of chief executive, with Mat Moakes becoming CCO of the heycar Group.
Market and economic forces have created a scenario where franchised car dealerships' savvy aftersales departments are looking outside their traditional zero-to-three-year-old vehicle bread and butter.
Carwow has appointed a new chief marketing officer, commercial director and director for its new Drive division, as part of an expanding senior leadership team.
Renault Group has rebranded its financial services arm as Mobilize Financial Services UK.
Car retail businesses drove record pay rises in 2022 with bonuses and incentives to management soaring by 70% to deliver average remuneration of £407,000, the latest BDO Salary Survey has revealed.
Electric vehicle (EV) home charger business, Muller EV, which trades as Andersen EV, has recently faced administration.
Lookers has re-opened its Nissan dealership in Chester following £750,000 investment in the Japanese carmaker's new corporate identity (CI).
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A new Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Van Centre has opened in Oldham, providing new and used cars alongside servicing and repair facilities.
Kia UK will support its dealer network to win more aftersales work from fleet customers, by subsidising labour rates.
Polestar has launched its second fully electric model, the Polestar 3, which is available to order online now for £79,900
Increasing numbers of franchised car retailers are considering exit strategies as economic pressures and uncertainty around agency model retail plunge the sector into a period where uncertainty is now the norm, MHA has suggested.
Car buyers and aftersales customers need to receive a consistent experience online, in-store and across departments, CitNOW Group’s chief customer officer Carol Fairchild will tell delegates at next month's Automotive Management Live 2022 event.
Taggarts' Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Volvo premium car dealerships will be rebranded after more than 120 years' trading as Lookers moves to unify its operations in Scotland.
Hyundai Motor Group plans to invest £11.4bn in a new global software centre and research and development (R&D) headquarters by 2030 as it targets a new era defined by pioneering connected car technologies.
‘High demand’ for petrol and diesel vehicles is continuing to drive the strength of the used car market, according to Cap HPI’s Derren Martin.
BYD’s ATTO 3 delivered a five-star Euro NCAP safety rating ahead of its UK market debut as eight new car models delivered the crash testers top score in the most recent round of testing.
