Volkswagen dealers are to be given details of 1,189,906 group diesel vehicles caught up in the emissions’ rigging scandal in the UK.
Car dealers’ social marketing efforts could be given a boost as Twitter is reportedly building a new product that will allow users to share tweets that are longer than its 140-character limit.
Trade values of Volkswagen used cars have so far only been marginally affected by the news of last week's emissions scandal.
Total key movements being tracked in UK car dealerships is now rising at a rate of 212,000 per week as managers seek greater efficiency in working.
Car buyers are increasingly taking a digital journey when making car funding decisions. Dealers and finance providers need to work together to best meet their needs.
Bodyshop franchise Fix Auto UK has appointed Mark Hutchins as business development manager.
Volkswagen Group will publish “in the next few weeks and months” how it will recall its Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Skoda and VW Commercial Vehicles models.
Volkswagen’s cheating of the emissions tests has struck a blow to the public’s perception of its brand image, according to a study by YouGov BrandIndex UK.
Online motor finance broker Carfinance247 has been authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under its new regulatory scheme.
Car dealer Rybrook is to manage Rolls-Royce Motor Cars’ seventh showroom in the UK.
Northern Ireland car dealer Charles Hurst Group has opened its new showroom designed exclusively for Aston Martin.
A vacuum is being created in the new car market for new prestige brands as the established upmarket choices such as Audi and BMW go increasingly mainstream.
If this imbalance continues to be left unchecked, and action is confined to emissions testing and compliance, it is inevitable that other abuses will not be addressed.
Volkswagen has revealed the names of the cars affected in the emissions’ rigging scandal, a week after the new broke.
Asda has joined forces with the UK’s tyre safety organisation, TyreSafe, to bring tyre safety messages to its UK stores and customers.
Kia Motors UK has awarded Paragon two new contracts to support both new car storage and preparation, and de-fleet storage and preparation.
Average used car values remained steady in September, moving down by 0.7% at the 3-year, 60,000 mile point.
The greatest problem for the industry is of reputational damage to VW and possible erosion of consumer confidence in other brands, warns lawyer Nicholas Yapp
A policy of nurturing talent internally has seen Foray Motor Group make two key senior appointments from within its own ranks.
German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt has confirmed to reporters that Volkswagen Group's emissions scandal does extend to European models.
Recently launched trading platform Cartotrade.com has pledged to keep its monthly subscription costs at the same price for the entire life of memberships.
The average UK car owner is prepared to travel a distance of 5.7 miles to get their car serviced, according to new data from whocanfixmycar.com.
Lobbyists are urging UK national sales companies to reconsider importing LPG variants of new cars while consumers are aware of the emissions issue.
The last 12 months has seen the largest ever volume of automotive investment transactions, with around £650 million expected to transact by the end of the year.
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The European Commission, “extremely concerned” about the Volkswagen case, has been accused of cosying up to carmakers and failing to keep them in check.
John Buckley has been promoted to used car sales manager at Swansway Garage’s Crewe Audi dealership.
Infiniti is gearing up its dealer network for a push into the corporate and private markets with the Sunderland-built Q30 hatchback, says UK boss Carl Bayliss.
Maserati’s registrations have been rising fast since it launched the sub-£50,000 Ghibli and larger Quattroporte in petrol and turbodiesel guises in early 2014.
After 235 sales in 2014, a fall of 8% on the year before, dealers have been given something to shout about by beating that figure already in 2015.
