Chris Hayes will take over as director of Lexus in the UK on January 1, following the retirement of Ewan Sheppard.
Dacia has been named the UK’s most satisfying car brand, according to readers of consumer motoring website HonestJohn.co.uk.
The doors have officially opened to customers at Marshall Motor Group’s “monster” £12 million Toyota and Lexus dealership in Bristol.
Marshall Motor Group is nearing the completion of the new £12m Motorline Toyota and Lexus dealership in Bristol – Europe’s largest retail site for the two Japanese brands.
Top 10 AM100 motor retailer Marshall Motor Holdings has secured a £64.5 million takeover of 48-site Motorline Holdings from the Obee family.
Lexus dealers are now accepting orders for the new NX mid-sized SUV, which is priced from £38,300.
Toyota has revealed that it plans to cut its global vehicle production by 40% because of the impact of COVID-triggered semiconductor shortages.
Stoneacre Motor Group has assumed responsibility for the entire Toyota North East Market Area after completing the acquisition of Jardine Motor Group dealerships in Durham and Sunderland.
Toyota and Lexus will drive franchisees' aftersales customer retention by extending the warranty on its cars to 10 years and 100,000 miles through its new service-activated Relax scheme.
Inchcape was named Group of the Year and Pinkstone Cars’ Stoke franchise Centre of the Year at Lexus UK’s 2020 ‘Centre of Excellence’ awards.
Inchcape’s Lexus Derby dealership has been recognised among 10 of the Japanese premium car brand’s European franchisees to receive a prestigious Kiwami award for “retailer excellence”.
With the UK on a pathway to zero emission new cars and London set to expand its ultra-low emission zone this year, Hills Garages looks well placed to continue notching up successes.
The new issue of AM is out now with insights into dealers’ learnings from lockdown, and how they can prepare for an electrified vehicle ramp up as we near the 2030 UK Government target.
Steven Eagell Group has said that it expects to be even ‘more profitable’ in 2020 after reporting a 14% pre tax profits rise in its 2019 annual financial results.
Stoneacre Motor Group has created a dual-brand Aston Martin and Lexus dealership in Newcastle after forging its first partnership with the Japanese premium brand via an acquisition from Jardine Motors Group.
OEMs are playing their part in the recovery of car sales since the COVID-19 lockdown and want to see showroom standards and the customer experience maintained.
The pressure is on for car retailers to make a success of September ahead of an uncertain Q4.
Toyota and Lexus are offering discounts of up to £4,000 to owners of older vehicles to trade up to a brand-new car with the launch of its own its scrappage schemes.
Inchcape UK Lexus Guildford and Motorline Lexus Cardiff have been named among the winners of Lexus Kiwami awards in 2020.
Lexus’s franchised retail network has taken the Japanese premium car brand to the top of a What Car? ranking of the UK’s top car service and maintenance providers.
