Vospers has targeted greater aftersales efficiency from its £12m supersite which is scheduled to open in Exeter later this year.
PSA Group expects to launch a connected aftersales platform across its Peugeot, Citroen and DS Automobiles brands that could boost car retailers’ retention levels “by next year”.
The European new car market ended the first quarter of 2018 with its highest level of registrations since the year 2000 - despite a 5.2% decline during March.
Demand for used diesel vehicles has remained strong in March with SUVs leading the charge, according to Cap HPI.
Volvo has announced its intent for fully electric cars to make up half of its sales by 2025.
JC Halliday & Sons has officially opened Northern Ireland’s first DS Automobiles dealership, bringing a “taste of Paris” to Eglinton with the new DS Store facility.
Equator has released a report giving insight into dealers’ digital experience, putting Sandicliff and JCT600 above manufacturers.
Volkswagen UK says it sold nearly 200 cars on the first day of adopting SalesMaster’s stock management tool, STOCKBOOK.
Hendy has announced that golfer Georgia Hall has become a Hendy Ambassador as it plans to open a dealership in her hometown of Dorset
In the first three months of this year there were 13,327 new electric and plug-in hybrid cars registered, a 16% increase on the same quarter last year.
Fiat Professional has launched a new, manufacturer-approved converted van programme that allows people to order ready to run LCVs from the dealer network.
Car dealer group Now Vauxhall has closed its dealership in Marlborough, Wiltshire.
Skoda has delivered over 2,000 hours of product demonstrations through its Skoda Live Tour digital showroom offering in its first year.
The DRIVEN consortium has demonstrated to the public that two autonomous Ford vehicles can navigate hazards.
Coachworks Consulting is calling on car brands to review the soft skill shortfall which is limiting aftersales staff ability to engage with customers.
Lookers has announced the closure of its Vauxhall dealerships in Yardley and Warrington following the car manufacturer’s decision to terminate all its franchise contracts.
Sportif Suzuki hopes to have struck up a match made in heaven with its new leadership team, following a management buyout completed by husband and wife duo Nick and Annie Allen.
A High Court hearing has found that classic car dealer JD Classics did act as an agent for a collector who claims to have “suffered catastrophic losses” during the trading of 41 vehicles.
The news of Vauxhall’s decision to ‘rationalise’ its network of dealerships, ready for a new 2020 strategy, may have come as a shock to some – but predictions over whether this move heralds the first dim tolls of the death knell for the traditional bricks-and-mortar dealership model should be taken with a hefty pinch of salt.
Stephen James BMW has opened the UK’s first ‘BMW Store’ at Kent’s Bluewater shopping centre - with product geniuses and a robot replacing sales executives.
Businesses with strong star-ratings, raving reviews and robust online visibility have profited and reduced their marketing costs, grow their prospects and establish a more powerful marketing strategy.
Mitsubishi Motors in the UK will open “12 car retail stores” in high-footfall shopping locations as it pushes towards a new omni-channel car sales strategy in partnership with Rockar.
Motors.co.uk has updated its lead management tool, The Eye, to assist “extremely busy” car dealers after it emerged that 22% of calls to dealers go unanswered.
Cap HPI Adrian Rushmore has announced that he will be departing the business to live life at a "less hectic pace".
City Auction Group has announced the renewal of a three-year remarketing contact with Santander Consumer Finance's Belfast facility.
Auto Trader has reported that online searches for diesel powered used cars stabilised in March as their price failed to keep pace with their petrol equivalents.
BCA has sold a million vehicles in the UK in one year for the first time in its history following a 1,000 vehicle BMW/Mini 'mega sale' at its Perry Barr remarketing centre.
The growing cost of public charge points combined with low residual values could leave EV owners out of pocket, according to What Car?
G3 has credited a 46% increase in digital bids compared to the last quarter of 2017 to the launch of its mobile inspection and asset management application, AVID.
Part of a former cattle market in Norwich could be the site of a new Porsche car dealership if local authority planners give the green light to the scheme.
