Midlothian-based Nissan and Subaru/Isuzu dealer, AF Noble and Son, has recruited Joe O’Donnell to manage its newly launched 4x4 vehicle hire division.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has unveiled the 2013 Ghost, with subtle enhancements and a vast array of high tech gadgets.
McLaren Automotive has entered into a Financial Services Marketing Agreement with Investec Asset Finance to offer finance options to UK customers at its dealerships.
Several dealer councils have worked with law firm TLT to negotiate the removal of contractual provisions which grant manufacturers control over who runs specific dealerships.
Dacia has received over 1,000 pre-orders for its new budget SUV the £8,995 Duster.
Online vehicle remarketing specialist Autorola has appointed UK sales and operations directors.
BEN, the automotive charity, has given its Special Award for Outstanding Support to Cambria Automobiles following its fundraising effort through Payroll Giving, donations and regular support for BEN events.
Dealers need to break from the manufacturer’s obsession with customer satisfaction if they want to obtain a true and meaningful measurement of likely future customer behaviour.
Great Missenden Trade Centre and Chesham Trade Centre managing director Asrar Ahmed has been fined for “misdescribing” stock.
While car sales across Europe are suffering Land Rover has been able to report a 46% hike in global sales this year.
Tesla has unveiled a pure electric, executive saloon called the Model S, which has a range of 300 miles on a single charge and a 0-60mph time of 4.4 seconds via the 416bhp electric motor.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has revised its 2012 new car registration forecast to 2.013 million units, up 3.7% on the 2011 total.
Brindley Garages Group have started a £600,000 redevelopment of its two acre Brincars Nissan and Mitsubishi site on the A5 at Cannock.
Saab’s authorised repairer network of 87 sites is offering winter health checks to Saab customers for a fixed price of £19.99.
Volvo is looking to launch new technology that automatically steers and follows the vehicle in front on motorway driving in slow-moving queues up to 30mph by 2014.
Ford has confirmed its Transit assembly plant at Southampton and stamping facility at Dagenham will close next year.
Creating an F&I culture where business managers are an integral part of the team is key to business success, according to Drive Motor Retail managing director Paul Manning.
Vertu Motors will open its first premium brand car dealership in 2013.
The UK economy grew by 1% in Q3 in comparison to the same period last year according to the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Inchcape has updated the stock market on its Q3 trading and claims it enjoyed a "robust" performance from its broad international operation.
Steve Nash has joined the AM Awards' judging panel.
Great Wall has appointed Londonderry-based Eakin Bros to its UK network of 48 dealerships.
Dealers are eating into their bottom line by “taking up the slack” caused by a 30% surge in the number of courtesy cars insured through their own motor trade policy during the last four years, according to DCML.
Further to the alliance agreement signed in February, PSA Peugeot Citroen and General Motors have today announced key details of their global strategy.
In part two of this guest blog, Chris Ford - business development director at loyalty services company Grass Roots, talks about how dealers should replicate the new car experience for used car customers in order to have a successful used car operation.
Publicly listed motor retailer Caffyns has announced operations director Guy Ainsley is stepping down with immediate effect.
Family and friends have the biggest influence on used car buyers, ahead of their own personal experience, expert advice or a test drive.
Thousands of volunteers have been given the opportunity to buy a BMW used to ferry around athletes and officials during the Olympics and Paralympics.
Ford has entered into a consultation process on a plan to close its Genk factory in Belgium as it looks to right size production as sales continue to slow down across Europe.
Jaguar Land Rover is developing a digital showroom experience enabling customers to interact with almost scale representation of any Jaguar or Land Rover model.
