Technology is an essential part of an automotive retailer's operations and while they believe it can give them a competitive advantage, the majority are finding it difficult to keep pace with change.
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Data is now enabling franchised dealers to better run their forecourts. The industry is working out how to combine information sources and distil it into useful metrics that help dealers make decisions in buying and selling cars.
Motorists had little joy in today's 2014 Budget announcement by Chancellor George Osborne, with VED charges due to rise next month.
ASE data shows franchised dealers averaged £9,400 profit in January 2014, with 12-month rolling return on sales of 1.49% compared to 1.17% in January 2013.
The full range of Subaru vehicles is now available to an even wider number of motorists in Dorset following the appointment of Dorset Sports Cars as a new Subaru-approved dealer.
Galashiels Volvo dealership Clelands of the Borders has been named as the UK’s top performing business for the brand.
Olympian Sir Chris Hoy has got the keys to a Nissan GTR for his new role as Nissan brand ambassador and figurehead for the carmaker’s #UniteAndExcite campaign.
Online recruitment specialist Jobco-op Automotive is advising dealers to watch out for ‘digital burnout’ among staff.
The founder of successful property marketing website Rightmove, Ed Williams, has become Auto Trader's chairman.
Motoring.co.uk is launching a new website in August which it claims will be "the only website of its kind" in the automotive market.
Benfield has had its own in-house website development team since 2011. Headed by Mark King, it consists of a web developer, senior digital marketing executive, and a digital marketing executive and is due to expand this year with another web developer and E-CRM specialist being recruited.
Dealers should make sure they focus on producing quality content on their websites in order to satisfy intelligent changes to the way Google ranks search results.
Lloyd Motor Group’s Carlisle Mini dealership put together a series of videos and competitions through its social media channels to launch the new Mini Hatch.
The winner of the £107.9 million EuroMillions jackpot has been revealed as a Surrey car mechanic.
Renault has revealed its new Trafic which will be available at the French brand’s commercial vehicle dealerships this summer.
New research from the iOpener Institute for People and Performance reveals significant differences between personal productivity levels in different countries and industry sectors.
Nissan’s UK dealer network will all be using CitNOW video technology in their aftersales departments from April 1.
Vauxhall claims the new Vivaro, which shares its design with the Renault Trafic, combines the functionality of a light commercial vehicle with the comfort and design flair of a passenger car.
Service advisors are key to dealership profitability but only if general managers adopt techniques which have been honed in the showroom, according to Karl Davis, managing director at Coachworks Consulting.
Jessica Wilkie of digital advertising agency Wunderman believes marketers should not get carried away with how technology is changing consumer behaviour online.
Nissan and Renault will be moving closer together as the alliance looks to share management teams, engineering and manufacturing in a bid to save €4.3 billion (£3.6bn) a year by 2016.
A customer is suing a US dealership for false imprisonment after claiming it forced her into buying an SUV after closing hours.
Trader Media Group has rebranded to take on the name of its most significant division Auto Trader.
Buyers of Audi's best-seller, the A3, will be able to specify softer standard suspension at no extra cost even when they buy top-line models that are normally fitted with firmer sports suspension.
Toyota GB is once again backing BEN, the automotive industry charity, by supplying a new RAV4 for use by the team at its northernmost residential centre.
Volkswagen Group UK has been awarded ‘Top Employer’ status by the Top Employers Institute for its commitment to developing talent and offering a first-class working environment.
Dealers can use social media channels to differentiate themselves from the competition and to display the culture of their business, according to social media expert Andrew Lloyd Gordon.
The new director of Mini in the UK, Chris Brownridge, is adamant that the familiar design of the next generation hatch will not impact on sales.
