Jaguar is planning to launch four new models before 2018 which will help it better compete with German premium rivals.
The average dealer lost just under £11,000 in August, £250 more than they lost in the same month of 2012, according to the latest profitability figures from ASE.
Benfield Motor Group is the highest placed privately owned car dealer in the latest Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250.
Berjaya Philippines Incorporated's takeover offer for luxury car dealer HR Owen ended on Friday, leaving Bejaya with a controlling stake in the London-based motor retailer.
This month’s AM Digital Dealer conference, sponsored by Deltapoint, Citnow, GForces, Manheim Retail Services and Marketing Delivery, examined how the digital arena now plays as important a role in customer care and reputation management as it does in marketing.
Bristol Street Motors Vauxhall in Newcastle has been recognised with a regional award for its quality of service, care and work with customers with disabilities.
Business consulting company Frost and Sullivan believe cars will be the third most connected device behind smartphones and tablets as connectivity and automated technology continues to dictate future car development.
Kia Motors UK will need to secure more production in Europe if it is to reach its target of 100,000 units in the UK before 2020.
Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) agreements grew 54% by value to £432 million in the new car finance market in August, according to Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) figures.
Trusted Dealers, the online used car classified business operated in partnership with the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA), has launched an independent consumer helpline.
Baker Tilly is looking for franchised dealer opinion on the UK car market in a survey in association with AM.
Recovery in the German car market is likely to end the cheap new car bonanza that has benefited hundreds of thousands of UK motorists this year, according to CAP Automotive.
Mercedes-Benz UK has unveiled its ‘Sound With Power’ multi-media campaign to promote the new E 63 AMG.
BMW’s corporate mobility provider, Alphabet, is launching AlphaElectric, a ‘marque neutral’ scheme to drive the adoption of plug-in cars.
The arrival of the new 308 has sparked a change in the way Peugeot will be delivering product training to its dealers.
Business managers are one way to boost finance and insurance revenue, but do they work for all dealers?
Promotion of used car finance is especially important online because it is where most consumers decide what they are going to buy
McLaren tells AM how it plans to build a manufacturing brand that lives up to its racing pedigree
Lenders are urging dealers to boost their revenues with showroom finance as they sell cars taken in part-exchange on 63-plate first registrations
UK internet users spend an average of one-in-seven minutes online accessing their social networks, with social ad budgets increasing 53% in the last year helping lift total online ad spend past £3 billion.
By applying lessons learned from High Street retailers, Hitachi Capital’s managing director Gerald Grimes believes car dealers can grow both their finance business and increase sales.
Volkswagen Group UK has signed a partnership deal with green energy supplier, Ecotricity, to provide a 100% green energy offer to all customers purchasing an electric-powered vehicle from one of the group brands.
Motor Codes has announced a 45% surge in its independent garage subscriber-base, taking the number of formally-endorsed local businesses to more than 2,000 across the UK.
Social media, the power given to every one of us to share events in our lives and the opinions they generate, to a global audience has transformed the way we consume information and the way we choose and purchase products.
UK businesses saw sales and orders rise at the fastest pace since the recession in Q3 this year, according to research by the British Chambers of Commerce.
Jay Nagley looks into Europe’s car safety rating system and asks how any brand can truly stand out
Harratts, the family-owned and run motor group, is investing in a new apprenticeship scheme following a 30% rise in new car business year-to-date.
MG Motor has improved the CO2 emission figures from 139g/km to just 129g/km for the MG6 GT and Magnette Diesel variants.
Mitsubishi has revealed a sneak preview of concepts for MPV and SUV models ahead of the Toyko Motor Show in November.
John Clark Motor Group increased pre-tax profits by 15.8% in 2012 from £3.8 million to £4.4m.
