Ocean Automotive has celebrated a hat-trick of Audi Q Power Awards successes after securing the German premium carmaker’s UK Centre of the Year title for a third consecutive year.
The Motorpoint used car supermarket group has revealed record revenues totalling £1.44 billion from its 2022 financial year in a trading update published this morning (April 6).
Steven Eagell could be about to secure the acquisition of 13 Toyota and Lexus car dealerships from Marshall Motor Group.
Lookers chief operating officer Duncan McPhee has said the AM100 PLC is ready to accelrate growth through acquisitions and the creation of a Lookers Car Hub used car operation.
Lookers chief executive Mark Raban has said that he is “delighted” with the car retail group’s 2022 financial results performance in light of the “supply disruption, inflation and rising interest rates” experienced in the period.
Peter Vardy has expanded the reach of its CarMoney motor finance broker service outside the UK with the launch of a new operation in Perth, West Australia.
Group 1 Automotive is on the hunt for a new managing director once again after Mark Bridgland announced his departure from the US-owned car retail group ahead of the start of a “new venture”.
Hendy Group is all set to showcase its newly-expanded supercar retail portfolio at its high octane annual Hendy Performance Open Day event.
New and used car handovers were down 29% in March as supply challenges continue to “plague” the automotive retail sector.
Jobs losses are expected to result from Marshall Motor Group’s closure of its Honda Scarborough dealership and the end of trading from Underwoods Skoda in Colchester.
Peter Vardy has celebrated a five-star start to sales from the newest addition to its Carz used car retail division – the former Cazoo handover centre at Grangemouth.
Greenacre cemented its reputation for customer service excellence by becoming the sole UK car retailer to win Honda Motor Europe’s coveted Yūshū award for customer service.
Aftersales teams at franchised dealers are failing to sell tyres to customers, even when they’re identified as illegal.
Cazoo founder Alex Chesterman said he was “incredibly proud of everything the team at Cazoo has achieved” in a financial results statement that revealed the online used car retailer’s £704 million losses for 2022.
Waylands Automotive has officially opened the doors to its new Polestar Space at Cribbs Mall in Cribbs Causeway, Bristol.
Drayton Motors is set to continue to drive improvements to its car dealership portfolio with plans to create a new-build Kia showroom in Boston, Lincolnshire.
Used car dealers are avoiding high value used cars for stock and only buying such vehicles to order, according to Aston Barclay.
Rainworth Motor Group is on the lookout for “sleepy” car retailers in need of operational improvement as it targets growth through acquisition after winning Skoda UK’s Retailer of the Year award.
Harwoods Group’s McLaren New Forest will represent the British supercar brand’s UK retail network at the McLaren Global Retailer of the Year 2022 awards.
Volkswagen has gathered 13,000 car retailers in Hamburg to showcase its latest electric vehicles (EV) “shifting future perspectives of the dealerships” at a global retail conference.
