Cazoo has made another Premier League sponsorship signing in the form of Aston Villa, agreeing a deal which will logos on the team’s shirts and around its Villa Park Stadium.
The Evans Halshaw, Stratstone and Car Store car retail businesses will have a “powered by Pendragon” prefix added to their name as part of a rebrand of the AM100 car retail group aiming to add confidence to car buying consumers.
One-in-ten car buyers plan to head online to purchase their next vehicle according to BuyaCar research indicating that specialist online traders are set to gain increased market traction.
After almost three months of shuttered showrooms, the Government’s easing of lockdown restrictions meant car dealers in England were able to reopen their doors from June 1, Northern Ireland June 8 and Wales just this week.
Auto Trader has vowed to repay the funding its accessed through the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) in its annual financial results for 2019/20.
BCA has announced a new fortnightly programme of online Top Car sales following successful events staged in May and earlier this month (June).
Peugeot UK will attempt to bust common electric vehicle (EV) myths and showcase its e-2008 SUV and e-208 hatchback in a online show aiming to leverage rising consumer interest in alternative fuel vehicles (AFV).
Could a shortage of cash and heightened consumer caution in the wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis help to fuel a shift towards car subscription?
The online car retailer Cazoo claims to have become the fastest UK business ever to achieve a valuation in excess of $1 billion (£800.8m) – joining an exclusive list of companies known as ‘unicorns’.
Classic car dealers have been given a new online route to acquiring stock with the launch of the new trade-to-trade remarketing platform, Classic Trade.
Automotive logistics providers will bid for home delivery jobs from car dealers in a new home delivery option launched as part of Auto Trader's Vehicle Moves platform.
Consumer interest has grown rapidly this month, with car dealers receiving an influx of enquiries for new and used models.
Motorway has celebrated its delivery of record volumes of used car stock to the UK’s motor retailers post-lockdown – with £1.39m of sales completed in a single day last week.
Pendragon’s Pinewood Technology has launched a new online payment feature for car retailers’ aftersales departments – enabling customers to pay before collecting their car.
COVID-19 has rendered physical car auctions a no-go zone for 23% of car retailers in the short- to medium-term, Cox Automotive’ s latest dealer sentiment survey has revealed.
Dealers are being urged to have a ‘second wave plan’ to deal with the prospect of a another COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown later this year.
Cazoo has completed the appointment of Stephen Morana as its new chief financial officer (CFO), hailing his track record and experience as “second to none”.
Auto Trader research has said that a third of car buyers remain cautious about visiting a dealership, despite healthy levels of demand which look set to continue.
The appetite for digital solutions has never been greater while identifying and understanding established and emerging trends will help dealers prepare
Arnold Clark chief executive Eddie Hawthorne has told AM that he initially felt that the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis would be “over by Easter”, but now concedes it has fundamentally changed car retail.
