Polestar UK plans to get up to 30,000 car buyers behind the wheel of its Polestar 2 performance electric vehicle (EV) with the help of a new ‘test drive hub’ in Milton Keynes.
Johnsons Cars has revealed a 14.1% rise in turnover and a 410% rise in profit before tax in a COVID-impacted 2020 annual financial results statement.
More than two-thirds of motorists disagree with the UK Government’s assertion that self-driving cars should be allowed on UK roads later this year.
Aston Barclay’s decision to allow car buyers to return to its auction halls when COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 3’ ended in April has delivered a 17% uplift in attendances.
Vertu Motors chief executive Robert Forrester has said the AM100 PLC will continue to drive a “big brand” profile through high-profile marketing after adding 30 car retail outlets in 15 months.
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) chief executive Mike Hawes has said the used car retail sector can look forward with “renewed optimism” after an 8.9% decline in sales during Q1.
Groupe Renault’s Renault Sport line-up will now operate under an Alpine Cars business unit as the OEM targets a future of fully electric performance cars.
Car dealers sold vehicles seven days faster than they did at the start of 2021 after the return of showroom retail accelerated the sector, eBay Motors has reported.
Cox Automotive has warned UK car dealers not to be ‘blindsided’ by the automotive retail sector’s headwinds after the optimism on an April sales regurgence.
Car retailers are being urged to refocus their online marketing efforts as Google prepares to update its policies on customer data – removing cookies and making customer behaviour harder to track.
Cambria Automobiles chief executive Mark Lavery has said that the group has experienced “tension” from certain OEM partners over COVID safety measures which have seen customers turned away from its car showrooms.
The Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) market delivered record registrations in April as businesses expressed their confidence in the COVID-19 recovery in new vehicle acquisitions.
Car retailers across the UK should be working to ensure that organising a test drive is as easy as ordering an Uber, according to automotive eCommerce specialist drivvn.
What Car? has teamed up with valuations experts at Cap HPI to rank the UK’s slowest and fastest depreciating cars.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has said that April’s 13.9% rise in new car registrations show that there is “light at the end of the tunnel” after COVID-19.
Waylands Automotive ensured that the COVID-19 pandemic was no barrier to ongoing growth as it delivered a 4% increase in revenues and 150% rise in pre-tax profits from its network of Volvo dealerships.
Rainworth Motor Group doubled its franchised car retail footprint with a Hyundai and Isuzu dealership acquisition after its directors went from the AM cover to expansion talks in the space of three days.
SW Car Supermarket has become the latest car retailer to celebrate a record sales week after reopening its showroom doors following COVID-19 'Lockdown 3'.
Caffyns has joined the London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) dealer network with the opening of a new franchised retail location in Eastbourne, Sussex.
Genesis Motor Europe is said to be a “product-launch fantasy” ahead of its official launch in the UK on May 4.
