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.
Wessex Garages has completed the redevelopment of its Nissan and Kia dealerships in Gloucester.
Brayleys Cars has appointed an “independent whistleblower” as part of efforts to ensure its staff have a voice within the business.
Swansway Group’s Volkswagen dealership in Wrexham has been awarded the German carmaker’s retailer of the year award for 2022.
Liquidators have listed 61 creditors owed a combined total of £1.14m after luxury used car retailer Autovogue slipped into liquidation this month.
Volkswagen UK has marked the sale of the 10,000th Tiguan R by hosting a special handover event at Brands Hatch.
LSH Auto UK has added the Chinese BYD electric vehicle (EV) franchise into its flagship Mercedes-Benz premium car dealership in Stockport.
Inchcape chief executive Duncan Tait has highlighted the success of the automotive PLC’s “portfolio shift towards distribution” as it reported a near-50% growth in profits in its 2022 annual financial results.
The £57.6m underlying pre-tax profit that Pendragon made in 2022 has exceeded expectations, despite being a 30.6% drop on 2021's £83m earnings.
Car retailers have been advised to act now to formulate long-term energy and business strategies after the UK energy crisis left operating expenses and employees stretched to "breaking point".
