The husband and wife team that manage Seat dealership Grants in Braintree, Essex, have raised £8,400 for two charities by reaching the summit of Kilimanjaro.
Shortage of showroom-ready vehicles and lower footfall hits June volumes. Used car prices remain steady but conversion rates slide to 72%
Citroën hopes to sell around 6,000 of the new C4 Picasso models a year - and more if it can get supply.
Family-owned, AM100 dealer group, Sandicliffe has acquired Farmers, a two site Skoda retailer in the East Midlands. The re-named Sandicliffe Skoda retailers will begin operating from this week.
The Finance & Leasing Association says its redeveloped consumer website, due to be switched on by the end of this month, provides information “like having a friend in the motor trade”.
Cambria Automobiles has signed a deal with Marketing Delivery to manage its social media presence following a six month pilot.
Paul Willcox has been appointed managing director of Volkswagen Group (UK), taking over from Simon Thomas who leaves the UK on September 1 to take up a global marketing role.
Lexus, Subaru and Toyota have claimed the top three places as the best dealer networks for overall service in the UK according to the latest Auto Express Driver Power Survey 2013.
The MG3 will be priced between £8,399 and £9,999 for the top of the range model when the new car goes on sale ready for the September plate-change.
TH White in Swindon has opened its Fiat Group brand centre which has been built with environmentally friendly features which will help reduces costs and its carbon footprint.
Every Mitsubishi dealer in the UK will be giving away one Mirage supermini model to customers that enter a competition linked to boosting test drives.
Spire Automotive has launched its new Skoda showroom in Harlow.
Marshall Motor Group has announced the extension of their finance partnership arrangements with Santander Consumer Finance to the end of 2016.
A new five-year deal has been agreed between the RAC and The Warranty Group (TWG), which will see TWG continue to operate the RAC brand in the motor warranties sector.
Subaru UK has secured an increased supply of the BRZ for the British market, enabling it to better meet demand for the rear-wheel drive sports car.
Over a third of BMW’s UK dealer network has signed up to sell the new i3 electric car as one of the lead markets for the new sub-brand.
Channel 4 has commissioned a new three-part documentary series called The Dealership which will follow used car supermarket Essex Car Company.
Suzuki has revealed the first teaser image of its small SUV concept which will take on the Nissan Juke and Renault Captur in the UK.
CAP is launching a new product which will monitor the impact of manufacturer new car sales incentives.
Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Jeep-Chrysler dealers, covering a total of 310 outlets across the UK, are undergoing a root and branch review of their network by Fiat Auto Group’s new commercial director Karl Howkins.
Dealers are being offered differing opinions and advice on whether to develop their separate mobile websites for tablets and smartphones or to use responsive web design (RWD) which adapts to each mobile device.
Manheim has approved a ‘multi-million pound’ consumer marketing plan to make its Motors (.co.uk) website a household name.
New research by the Motoring (.co.uk) website shows a 5% increase over the last six months in the number of motorists planning to use a franchised dealer for their next service.
Video puts the personal back into car sales establishing a relationship between the sales executive and the prospect which had been otherwise lost with the domination of the internet, according to video technology experts CitNOW’s sales director Alistair Horsburgh.
Suzuki is expecting to improve its fleet growth with the introduction of its new S-Cross model in September.
Sales activity in the used car market is maintaining momentum and preventing severe erosion of trade values, despite the on-going push for new car registrations.
Franchised dealers are invited to take part in a major new research programme into the car finance industry.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has secured nearly £100,000 of further funding from the UK Commission for Employment & Skills (UKCES) for its’ programme of work aimed at improving management and leadership in the retail motor sector.
Ford has closed its Transit factory in Southampton and moved production to Turkey.
Subaru will consider the next-generation WRX saloon to go on sale in the UK if it can be imported at the right price for dealers.
