BMW has said that its workers may have to go unpaid for a more than three weeks during an enforced shutdown of its Oxford manufacturing plant after Britain’s departure from the EU.
Autotech Recruit has appointed former Kwik-Fit business development specialist Simon King as its concepts manager as it drives towards further growth.
Volkswagen retailers across the globe will set about replacing the brand’s logo at 10,000 car showrooms and service partners as part of a new corporate identity for the German brand.
August delivered evidence of significant pre-registration driven by the requirement for market share and the need to register WLTP cars in the face of the arrival of RDE2 legislation.
Available Car has promoted Steve Alcock to the post of chief operating officer after 17 years with the independent used car supermarket operator.
Waylands Automotive has officially opened the doors at its new 10-car Oxford Volvo car dealership following a £1 million investment in the site.
Inchcape has generated £76m with the disposal of six Volkswagen, BMW, Mini and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) retail sites in Australia.
Pendragon could be poised to make 1,300 redendancies as part of a business restructure designed to stem its faltering financial performance.
More than half of used car retailers reported that they had achieved the same or improved margins during August, according to a Cox Automotive Dealer Sentiment Survey.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is showcasing its efforts to reinvent an icon with the official unveiling of the new Land Rover Defender 4x4 at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Physical car auctions in the UK have remained fundamentally unchanged for decades.
Ford expects its electrified vehicle (EV) sales to outstrip those of conventional petrol and diesel models by 2020, according to a statement made at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
The Ionity electric vehicle (EV) charge point infrastructure joint venture has welcomed Korean car brands Hyundai and Kia as its latest shareholders.
Honda dealers are now able to accept orders for the brand’s first electric vehicle (EV) after the pricing of its Honda e hatchback was announced at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Farnell’s Leeds Jaguar Land Rover dealership is achieving success as an SV Specialist Centre after its operations director exploited his design background to deliver bespoke luxury vehicles to its customers.
Volkswagen dealers are now accepting orders for the plug-in hybrid Passat GTE, which is priced from £36,390.
Mitsubishi has confirmed pricing for the heavily revised the ASX compact crossover, adding a new engine, all-wheel-drive and new bodywork.
TrustFord has celebrated the opening of its newly upgraded Staines FordStore with a meeting of old and new…as the classic Model T Ford appeared alongside the newly-unveiled Puma crossover.
Seat UK has appointed Volkswagen Group stalwart Ben Fish as its new head of sales operations as part of a management restructure at the Spanish brand.
Car retail management and leadership training and recruitment specialist GMD People is targeting growth under new ownership following its sale to former ASE Global business coach Paul Canning.
JCT600 has opened the doors at its new Mitsubishi Motors dealership in the city following a six figure investment to re-purpose the former BMW franchised site.
Big Motoring World has opened a new £14m vehicle preparation centre in Peterborough as part of a bid to drive further growth following the sale of 22,000 used cars in 2018.
Motorpoint’s share value slumped by over 15% after the car supermarket’s founder David Shelby sold 11 million shares “in connection with divorce proceedings”.
Volkswagen will reveal a new version of its electric e-Up city car at the Frankfurt motor show with a longer range and lower pricing.
Online car sales will number over a million across the globe in 2020 as rapid growth drives a further six-fold growth by 2025, according to research conducted by Frost & Sullivan.
The Trade Centre Group will expand into the North with the opening of a sixth car supermarket site in Rochdale before the end of the year.
Marshall Motor Group is celebrating a decade of success in the annual Great Place to Work survey after 82% of its workforce contributed to a result which showcased the car retail group as “a shining light” in the sector.
Franchised car retailers have a role to play in disproving the challenges of electric vehicle (EV) adoption if consumers are to wholeheartedly adopt new AFV technology, writes Mike Morris, chief executive of Nexus Infrastructure and its subsidiary eSmart Networks.
Hendy Group is preparing to embark on a rebrand of the Westover Group dealerships it acquired at the start of 2019.
Marshall Motor Group has opened the doors to an all-new Nissan dealership in Lincoln with a special sales event celebrating the opening until September 15.
