Sytner Group is awaiting a decision on its plans to transform Glasgow’s former Infiniti dealership into the west of Scotland’s first ever Ferrari supercar dealership.
Cambria Automobiles were given an opportunity to discuss the challenges facing the automotive retail sector with the Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt Hon Grant Shapps, during a recent showroom visit.
Marshall Motor Holdings has reforecast its 2020 performance expectations after a “stunning” September of new and used cars sales – targeting a £15m underlying profit before tax.
Eight members of staff have tested positive for COVID-19 at Pendragon’s Evans Halshaw Vauxhall car dealership in Wakefield.
Car manufacturers and their retail partners should use COVID-19 as a catalyst to a new model for automotive retail, according to a new report by McKinsey Automotive.
Suggestions that Ford car retailers could go out of business as the result of a Brexit-related change to the brand’s VAT invoicing have been branded as “scaremongering”.
Eastern Western Motor Company parent company Easter Holdings has reported a 10.1% increase in turnover and pre-tax profits up 15.1% in the car retail group’s 2019 annual financial results.
Crayford & Abbs car retail group managing director Kevin Abbs is set to prove he still enjoys life in the fast lane after 30 years with the Nissan brand.
Caterham has welcomed Krazy Horse in Bury St Edmunds as the latest member of its retailer network.
TrustFord preparing for new store concept and aftersales openings after celebrating “stunning performance” to carry momentum from its COVID-19 comeback in Q3.
Motorpoint chief executive Mark Carpenter has said that the car supermarket group’s board “continues to look to the future with confidence” after a June return to profitability.
Ford retailers who are unable to find £750,000-per-dealership site to fund a post-Brexit change to the brand’s VAT invoicing regime could be forced out of business, it has been claimed.
Cazoo founder Alex Chesterman told AM that it is “too early to speculate” about a possible market floatation of the online car retail business, following publication of its 2019 annual financial results.
Red Rose Mitsubishi has added a SsangYong Motors UK car retail franchise to its dealership site in north Birmingham.
Vertu Motors’ COVID-19 recovery accelerated the AM100 PLC to a £19 million profit in Q2 to reverse a £14.3m Q1 loss and deliver a profit in a challenging period for automotive retail.
Kia Motors UK has celebrated the strong comeback from COVID-19 lockdown made 34 of its franchised car dealers with the award of a series of special President's Acceleration Awards.
The average UK car retailer delivered a £28,000 year-on-year swing to profitability in August to ensure “a profitable 2020 seems very much in reach for the average retailer”, according to ASE.
Shelbourne Motors has marked the first anniversary of the opening of its £5 million multi-brand car dealership in Newry with a 20.5% increase in pre-tax profits in its 2019 annual financial results.
Mazda has built on its ‘Mazda My Way’ home test drive concept to take car buying to customers across the UK with its new ‘Mazda Your Way’ pledge.
The PSA Group has claimed that its new Robins & Day multi-brand car dealership in Chiswick offers the car buyers the UK’s “largest concentration” of new electric vehicles (EV) to choose from.
