Hampshire-based family-owned firm Snows Motor Group is encouraging customers to head to its Portsmouth dealership - even offering to help pay the travel expenses for trip over to the mainland – with the closure of its Ise of Wight branch.
Bosses at Jaguar Land Rover have upset AM100 dealer group JCT600 by removing its Doncaster Jaguar Land Rover dealership from the OEM's network plan.
Mitsubishi owners have been assured their service and parts needs will be met by IM Group, the new owner of The Colt Car Company's aftersales business.
Thurlow Nunn has ceased selling cars at its Vauxhall dealership in Fakenham ahead of the full closure of the site in mid-November, customers have been informed.
Hepworth Motor Group has closed its Halifax Mitsubishi Motors in the UK franchised car dealership due to the impact of Brexit and COVID-19 pandemic – with the loss of 10 jobs.
Progress Suzuki owner Terence Byrne has said that the UK’s automotive retail sector “will flourish again” following the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis – just days after his business went into liquidation.
Fiat, Ford, Kia, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Skoda and Suzuki dealer Border Cars is filing for administration, said its boss Mike Fusco.
Pendragon’s plan to close its Stratstone Jaguar and Land Rover (JLR) dealerships in Lye have sparked fears for 150 jobs in the West Midlands town.
Foray Motor Group has closed its Andover Used Car Centre less than a year after re-branding the showroom from its Andover Ford dealership.
Slaters of Abergele is preparing to reduce its car retail business to two franchised sites with the closure of its Anglesey Vauxhall dealership next month.
A former Vauxhall dealership in Leicester is on the market following its closure by Marshall Motor Holdings.
Pentagon Motor Group has announced plans to close its Eccles Vauxhall dealership in early 2020, following Vauxhall’s decision to refranchise, termine its entire dealer network and issue new contracts to fewer dealers.
Hylton Group will close its Renault and Dacia dealerships in Cheltenham and Worcester at the end of this month following the recent closure of its Nissan franchise.
Marshall Motor Holdings is closing five franchised dealerships and a used car centre after a review of the business.
Tempest Ford’s efforts to relocate ahead of the redevelopment of its dealership site fell flat as its operators of Lichfield’s Tempest Ford car revealed that the business had gone into administration.
An “opportunistic” property fund has snapped up Antelope Garages’ Nissan showroom in Banbury ahead of the facility’s closure in September.
Rising operational costs and shrinking margins have been blamed for the closure of a car sales, service and parts operation run by Crawley Down Group for 80 years.
