John Grose Group has officially opened the doors to its new Peugeot, Citroën and DS Automobiles dealership in Ipswich – bringing PSA Group under one roof the first time in the town.
Volkswagen’s Polo emerged as the cheapest hatchback to maintain when WhoCanFixMyCar analysed more than 300,000 data points to discover the facts behind cost-effective car ownership.
Inchcape UK's Land Rover Kings Lynn car dealership gave potential customers the chance to chat with celebrity guests including Captain Mark Phillips, Zara Tindall and Clare Balding at the recent Burghley Horse Trials.
Carwow has achieved a 17th-placed ranking in the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 list of Britain’s top 100 private technology, media and telecoms companies with the fastest-growing sales.
Volkswagen has appointed Dr Christian Dahlheim as its new head of group sales after Fred Kappler announced his intention to retire.
Jeep’s latest Cherokee will be available in showrooms from next year, with an evolved design, larger boot and new technology.
Kia Bolton has expanded its aftersales department into an 11-bay, 21,000 sq-ft facility which has been made ready for the Korean brand’s growing EV presence with the addition of new customer charge points.
Toyota makes £430 profit every second, according to a new tool from Staveley Head.
Volkswagen investors are seeking around £8.2 billion in damages from the manufacturer in court amid claims that it did not admit the dieselgate emissions cheating scandal sooner.
Motorpoint will ratchet-up the pressure on potential new recruits when it holds an upcoming assessment day in an Escape Room.
Former Mercedes-Benz Retail Group managing director and Jaguar Land Rover director of global retail operations Mike Whittington will lead Polestar’s sales expansion across the globe.
Alvarez & Marsal Europe LLP (A&M) been appointed as administrators to restoration, historic racing and classic car dealer JD Classics Limited.
Former Rockar managing director Paul Stokes has said that GForces is in a fantastic position to lead an impending "paradigm shift within the automotive industry" after joining the business as its head of online retailing.
Volvo Cars has announced the extension of chief executive and president Håkan Samuelsson’s contract to 2022.
NextGear Capital has announced the appointment of Amrit Singh to the role of finance director.
New and used car markets delivered a sales surge in August as the introduction of WLTP and RDE fuel consumptions an emissions delivered “great value vehicles and finance offers,” enquiryMAX has revealed.
Aston Martin has named former Coca Cola and RBS executive Penny Hughes as its new chairman ahead of an October float on the London Stock Exchange.
Jardine Motor Group’s Lancaster Ferrari Colchester has reported a boom in its post-sales revenue thanks to the use of video.
A quarter of UK car buyers prefer to contact dealers via email, but over half have complained of a poor response rate, according to CarGurus
Aston Martin Works has opened a new Heritage satellite showroom to “complement” Stratstone’s nearby Mayfair franchise.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has urged independent garages to invest in training for its technicians as EV sales reach a record high.
JCT600 will bring the Roll-Royce luxury car franchised to Leeds with the opening of a new purpose-built showroom after Pendragon’s Stratstone operation withdrew its plans to fill the dealership open-point.
Batchelors Motor Group has begun Suzuki sales in York ahead of the opening of an all-new showroom facility at the city’s York Business Park next month.
Vauxhall retailers will be cutting up to £1,000 off the price of new ’68-plate cars and vans as part of a new vehicle sales promotion taking place this weekend.
The Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) has reported a 6% rise in point-of-sale consumer car finance volumes in July as the value of new business rose by 11%.
Tesla has slammed the results of the What Car? Reliability Survey 2018 as “statistically meaningless” after survey responses from 28 UK Model S owners saw it finish bottom of the annual manufacturer ranking.
Dealers are expecting a lopsided Q3 this year as a result of ramped up demand in July and August, rather than the traditional plate-change month of September.
Car buyers’ lack of awareness about car dealers’ obligations when selling finance products suggests a “high potential for mis-selling of F&I products”, according to Alphera Financial Services.
GDPR legislation means less data is available but motor retailers fear lack of transparency could have far-reaching implications
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