Renault has updated the trim levels of its electricity-powered Zoe supermini and Twizy city car to bring them into line with the company’s other vehicles.
A £100,000 supercar stolen on a dealer test drive in Derbyshire has been found in Birmingham.
New car registrations in the EU increased 14.6% in June compared to 2014, marking the largest monthly increase since December 2009.
Used fleet vehicle values rose by 4.2% (£303) and were just above the same month in 2014, according to Manheim.
Favourable market conditions, dealership acquisition and disposal requests have led dealer profitability specialists ASE to expand its Dealermatch team.
Car dealer Motorline Group has invested £3.5 million in a Renault and Dacia ‘flagship’ store in Kent.
Constitution Motors has been unveiled as the new official vehicle supplier for Norwich City Football Club.
Volvo’s first ever petrol plug-in hybrid, the XC90 T8 Twin Engine, has qualified for the UK Plug-in Car Grant (PICG) scheme from the Office of Low Emissions (OLEV).
The average value of used cars coming into the market through dealer part-exchanges rose by 2.6% (£88) in June from the previous month, according to Manheim.
Skurrays Vauxhall has launched a new 'Customer Journey' programme with automotive eCRM agency Marketing Delivery.
A temporary, pop-up store in a prime location in Birmingham’s Bullring shopping centre has provided lessons in the consumers’ retail expectations for Mercedes-Benz dealers.
A car salesman from Sully has narrowly avoided a jail sentence for carrying out a £30,700 fraud.
Marriott Motor Group has taken delivery of Volkswagen’s most fuel efficient car the XL1.
A car dealer in Wales has installed solar panels at its dealerships and expects to save about £166,000 in total electricity costs over the next 20 years.
Wilsons Auctions is to offer NextGear Capital stock funding facilities.
The AA and the Bank of Ireland UK have begun a 10-year partnership to sell retail financial service products to UK consumers.
A deal by Caffyns to sell a vacant property in Eastbourne is set to go through next week.
Peoples Group has appointed Nicola Gilda as strategy and operations director.
Stoneacre Motor Group has begun the roll-out of automotive sales software enquiryMAX.
IT software provider Cooper Solutions has made four new appointments to support ongoing growth.
The recently appointed head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for the Fiat Professional brand Domenico Gostoli is warning dealers if they don’t represent the brand correctly then they will lose the franchise.
Scottish car dealer Eastern Western Motor Group is building two Mazda and Nissan showrooms on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
Vantage Motor Group has been appointed Mazda dealer for the Oldham area.
Brindley Garages Group has made a £2million investment in a brand new, state-of-the-art operations centre for its fleet, training and marketing departments.
Volvo Cars has acquired 100% of the Swedish high performance car company Polestar.
Hyundai Motor UK has launched a new short-form comedy film featuring Kelly Brook and Tom Stourton to promote the new i20 hatchback and i20 Coupe.
Kent-based used BMW dealership Big Motoring World celebrated its most successful month in over 20 years of trading, in June.
Following Ebbon-Dacs’ plan to withdraw from the dealer management systems market, DMS Navigator is offering Ebbon-Dacs users its system at the lowest possible implementation fee.
Deriving psychological profiles from people’s social media footprints and combining the insights with an increasingly diverse range of communication channels spells enormous potential for the automotive sector.
Kent-based car dealer Motorline Group has donated £30,000 across three local hospices.
