Auto Trader has urged car retailers not to “jump to rash conclusions about the health of the market” after car price rises eased in May with the prospect of tough times ahead for car buying consumers.
Smart Europe has awarded a new five-year remarketing contract to the Autorola Group.
A Scottish Football sponsorship feud involving Rangers Football Club, Parks Motor Group and cinch may have boosted the online car retailers profile, a YouGov poll suggests.
Suzuki GB car sales boss Dale Wyatt shares his thoughts on agency agreements between franchised dealer networks and vehicle manufacturers
New competition rules (and guidelines) governing supply and distribution agreements in the automotive sector, came into force in the UK and European Union on June 1, and the National Franchised Dealers Association has.pledged to continue to assess the possible scenarios affecting dealer and OEM relationships.
Cupra will launch three new cars over the next three years as it targets annual sales of 500,000 units.
Carwow and Vauxhall have further extended their strategic partnership for the remainder of 2022.
MotoNovo Finance has promoted Matt Lucas to the newly created position of head of partnerships & transformation.
Drivers of electric and hybrid cars feel less stressed behind the wheel than drivers of petrol or diesel cars, research by DS Automobiles has found.
iVendi has created new business units and has appointed new country directors in France and Spain.
Toyota has donated more than £45,000 to the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association, since the start of the year.
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The online car retailer Cazoo has revealed it wants to cut costs by £200 million by the end of 2023, which will include around 750 job cuts.
Sales of new light commercial vehicles in May dropped 25% year-on-year to 22,000 units, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Andy Johnson, group property director at Vertu Motors, has announced his retirement from the AM100 retail group.
Isuzu has appointed 13 of its current retailers as authorised Arctic Trucks dealers.
ICDP managing director Steve Young shares his thoughts on the likelihood of Ford successfully following in Tesla's footsteps.
Ford chief executive Jim Farley has said that future dealer standards will be “brutal” to ensure that the brand has the physical network to outperform its car manufacturing competitors.
Carzam founder Peter Waddell has blamed the faltering performance of online-only car retail businesses including Cazoo for the venture’s failure.
MG Motor UK has expanded its dealer network to 153 sites following the appointment of four new franchisees.
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is accepting deposits for the retro-styled ID Buzz MPV, after reinventing its iconic camper concept for the EV age.
Carwow has seen a 113% increase in the proportion of consumers who place a formal enquiry for a used car after initially searching on the platform for a new car.
A nationwide survey by Alphera Financial Services has found that most UK car buyers are not ready to fully finalise their car finance agreements online.
New car registrations slumped 20.6% to deliver the lowest May volume in three decades as supply issues continued to hamper the automotive retail sector, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) data shows.
As automotive retailing becomes a more omnichannel experience, it’s important that businesses consider how their methods of communication address the needs and expectations of individual customers.
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As car dealerships across the UK deck out their showrooms with bunting in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, it is also time to look back at the AM Awards festivities of three weeks ago.
Pendragon remuneration committee chair Mike Wright has left the car retail PLC after it emerged that the business looked set to face a third successive AGM shareholder revolt over its leadership bonuses.
Mercedes-Benz has revealed its limited run AMG ONE hypercar, which is billed as “an F1 car for the road”, ahead of customer deliveries later this year.
Waylands Automotive has continued its expansion and strengthened an AM Awards-winning partnership with the acquisition of Grovebury Cars’ Kia UK dealership in Bicester.
