Car retailers in the UK are missing out on £166 million in aftersales revenue due to a failure to tap into manufacturers’ vehicle safety recalls, research conducted by Auto Data Solutions has found.
Intelligent Motoring has appointed Alan Hunter as its new head of repairs.
Bumper co-founder Jack Allman has been named as one of three Autocar Drivers of Change award winners.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has celebrated the talents of some of the UK’s top young technicians after revealing the winners of its 2022 Skills Competition.
Many dealerships and independent services centres (ISCs) are facing cost pressures due to inflation and ongoing supply chain disruption. Dominic Tribe, partner at Vendigital, asks whether car dealership can engineer a better way of working.
Honda has ranked top in Warranytwise’s Reliability Index of car manufacturer brands as Japanese and Korean marques have dominated the top five spots.
An outraged Motorpoint customer has told The Sun newspaper how her daughter’s Ford Fiesta was driven 22 miles during a service appointment with Motorpoint.
The automotive sector's 20-year high vacancy rate has led to increased demand and greater salaries, research completed by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has found.
AutoRaise has partnered with Future First to offer state school and college students support and advice to consider a career in the vehicle repair industry.
Data analysis by Intelligent Motoring has revealed a 24% rise in the value of Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP) insurance claims year-on-year (YoY).
Franchised dealers can increase tyre sales as a result of the growing number of new electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) on sale.
Professor Jim Saker of Loughborough University's Business School observes that an ageing car parc provides good pickings for those businesses in the service and repair sector in this latest instalment of his monthly Viewpoint guest opinion articles for AM.
Volkswagen Financial Services (VWFS) is offering Black Friday deals on service plans, with offers going live on November 14.
Professor Jim Saker reflects on a need to focus on automotive retail's opportunties to see the "bright side" of the current economic gloom in his latest opinion article for AM Magazine.
Major fleet operators' top-rated franchised car and van retail networks have been revealed at Fleet News’ annual FN50 awards.
Marketing Delivery have urged dealers to combine MOT and vehicle service alerts to help maximise aftersales conversions.
Electric vehicles (EVs) are failing to show a clear advantage over petrol and diesel cars and vans when it comes to servicing, research by Epyx has found.
Halfords has teamed up with MotorEasy to launch a new warranty package for motorists.
Franchised dealers who fail to sell cars with service plans are losing one-in-five customers to independent garages for servicing work.
Opteven UK will pursue a “digital transformation strategy” for its WMS automotive warranties operation under its new operations director Madjid Hadj-Amar.
