TrustFord has seen its car sales volumes decline by around 40% during COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 3’ trading in England and Northern Ireland – but home delivery boom is driving commercial vehicle records.
Pendragon has completed the £16.3 million sale of its Hornburg Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) premium car dealership in Los Angeles, California.
Drive Motor Retail has joined the Citroën franchise with the introduction of the brand to its former Sherwoods Group Vauxhall site at Stockton-on-Tees.
Volkswagen Financial Services (VWFS) chief executive, Mike Todd, predicts that - aside from the impact of Brexit - three other key areas will continue to influence the automotive sector’s response post COVID-19.
The Big Motoring World used car supermarket business has reported that it managed to overcome the challenges of COVID-19 to increase its used car sales volumes in 2020.
SW Car Supermarket is poised to embrace a “wholesale approach” to used car retail in 2021 following the acquisition of two new sites in its hometown of Peterborough.
Lookers has applied to recommence share trading on the London Stock Exchange following publication of interim financial results which revealed a £50 million loss in a COVID-impacted H1, 2020.
In a snap poll on AM-online, we asked motor retailers 'How do you feel about the 2030 rule for hybrid and electric new cars only?'
UK car production slumped 29.3% to deliver its lowest output of vehicles since 1984 in a COVID-19 impacted 2020 stalled by plant closures and enforced dealership shut-downs.
Volkswagen’s ID.4 SUV electric vehicle (EV) has officially gone on sale in the UK, with 1ST Edition models available to order for £37,800 (inc. plug-in car grant).
Auto Trader has predicted that sales of new electric vehicles (EV) could surpass that of traditional petrol and diesel internal combustion engined (ICE) equivalents as soon as 2025.
Volkswagen’s ID.3 electric vehicle (EV) ended 2020 as Europe’s second best-selling car as COVID-19 triggered a 25% full-year market decline - its worst result since 1993.
Vauxhall has rejected allegations that it cheated vehicle emissions tests in response to threats of legal action claiming that up to a million car owners could be liable for compensation due to mis-selling.
Over half (52%) of motorists in the UK believe their next car is likely to be a hybrid vehicle, but 68% of petrol and diesel drivers feel they do not know enough to buy one.
Over three-quarters of car buyers have increased their use of car search websites to inform their next purchase during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, according to research by eBay Motors Group.
Lotus Cars will advance its Vision80 strategy in 2021 with the launch of a new Type 131 sports car to replace its iconic Elise and a move into a new £100m manufacturing facility at its Hethel headquarters.
Carzam has said that it is “on track” to complete more than 20,000 used car sales in its first full-year as GForces forecasted a doubling of digital sales for franchised retailers.
Subaru UK managing director has said that the Japanese car brand needs to “rebuild the dealer network from the roots” as it bids to overcome an “embarrassing” 2020 sales result.
MG Motor UK has targeted the appointment of 10 more franchised car retail sites to its network in 2021 after welcoming 28 new locations last year – expanding its network to 130 locations.
The Volkswagen Group faces a fine of over €100 million (£89m) after it “narrowly missed” its EU CO2 emissions targets for 2020.
