Neil Parrott has been appointed as the brand manager for Wessex Garages’ new Renault and Dacia dealership in Newport, opening today.
Setting up and running a low-cost airline is a challenge in anyone’s book and David Bryon, former managing director of bmibaby, lived to tell the tale. And he will be doing so at the next AM Executive Breakfast Club meeting, open to all senior franchised dealer group executives, on Friday, November 6.
Car buyers are to continue to get £5,000 off the cost of an electric car after the Government announced today it would extend the plug-in grant scheme.
A used car pricing realignment is expected at the end of this year, caused by high and increasing volumes of stock and reduction in values.
Audi has launched an online finance tool providing instant contract hire quotes tailored for fleet customers.
Two Lamborghini super cars once owned by singer Rod Stewart are on sale for more than £1 million.
One BMW dealer utilising video as part of its renewal process has seen renewals increase from 25% to 45% on average.
The new Jaguar F-Pace, the first performance crossover from the luxury and sports car brand, will be premiered at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month.
UHY Hacker Young's automotive team has expanded with the appointment of Richard Higham as its corporate finance director.
Confidence levels amongst car buyers is “buoyant” with customers replacing financed vehicles more often - and they are willing to pay more each month.
The acquisition of UK car dealer group Allen Ford has boosted the vehicle sales revenue of South African-based logistics operator Super Group.
Van dealers have been accused of having an ‘unhealthy focus’ on price that is damaging the quality of stock and customer service standards.
Lloyd Newcastle BMW has appointed BMWi consultant Suzie Guest-Martin to further boost the dealership’s expertise in the electric vehicle market.
Dealers are being reminded of new regulations on how guaranteed asset protection (GAP) insurance is sold to consumers is due to come into force on September 1.
In automotive, while things are improving, there are still far too many calls going unanswered or diverting to unwelcome answering machines, with survey after survey highlighting this issue.
A new interactive booking directory of garages has been launched, which allows motorists to get instant prices for their car’s servicing, MOT, and repair
Orders for the new Ford Mustang are approaching 2,000 units since orders opened in January, as right-hand drive models begin rolling off the production line
Legislation labelled as the biggest change in consumer rules to affect the motor trade for decades, is about to come into force
Car leasing advertising portal ContractHireandLeasing.com has appointed Craig Moran as manufacturer and dealer relationship manager
The quality of customer service provided by car brands has gone into reverse.
Mazda is marking a customer service milestone with the 10th anniversary of the introduction of its innovative digital service record system
Nissan is promising greater capability, new technology and better efficiency from its new NP300 Navara to be shown in Europe for the first time next month
Lightcliffe Volkswagen in Stoke, part of the CJ Automotive dealer group, has adopted the car brand’s ‘bricks and clicks’ showroom style.
Manheim has raised £14,050 for charity from a fortnight of sale events, which celebrated the Ford Transit’s 50th birthday
Vauxhall dealer Thurlow Nunn has made a number of new appointments to its sales team at its Hall Road branch in Norwich.
Motor industry bosses are calm over the latest figures that show a slowing of car and engine production in the UK over the summer
Procurement company Purchase Direct won an award for delivering ‘best advice’ to motor retailers which has netted clients six-figure savings on energy bills.
Auto Trader figures for July reveal that petrol versions of the 2012 BMW 1 Series with automatic transmissions were the quickest sellers nationally
Car supermarket Motorpoint is set to feature for a second time in a major prime time show on ITV
Ford dealer TC Harrison has launched a responsive website, following analysis of hundreds of automotive retail websites.
