The COVID-19 recovery of UK car production continues to be hampered by component supply shortages, with May volumes down 58% on the five-year average for the month.
Marshall Motor Group expects to deliver record underlying profit in 2021 after riding the automotive retail sector’s positive tailwinds of customer demand and appreciating used car values.
Car buyers are keen to embrace safety-focussed semi-autonomous driver aids but cool on the prospect of handing the helm wholly to a self-driving car, according to a CarGurus survey.
Cambria Automobiles could be trading as a private company by July 29 after a timeframe for the proposed management buy-out by chief executive Mark Lavery was decided this week.
Vertu Motors shareholders voted 32.4% against the remuneration and bonuses of the PLC’s leadership team in a show of dissent against the payments.
Used car dealers have been urged to remember that consumers ultimately dictate the price a car can be sold at as wholesale values continue to place pressure on stocking levels.
Audi has said that all new car launches will be electric vehicles (EV) from 2026, with its final internal combustion engine (ICE) set to go into production in four years’ time.
More than 2.9 million vehicles on UK roads could have potentially dangerous faults according to an investigation which found one-in-seven MOT passes should have been failed by testers.
The Mercedes-Benz GLA Class compact SUV topped the rankings of the fastest-selling used cars advertised on Auto Trader as dealers continued to see a reduction in days to sell.
In an exclusive 'guest opinion' for AM, Dealerweb director Martin Hill asserts that reports of the death of the traditional car retailer have been greatly exaggerated.
Vertu Motors PLC has upgraded its pre-tax profit forecast for 2020 to £28 to £30 million – above current market expectations.
Dealers risk losing out on referrals from new customers who have discovered them online, according to consumer behaviour research from JudgeService.
Hybrids are emerging as the growth fuel type among used car buyers researching their next vehicle purchase online, according to research from Buyacar.
Kia has struck-up a partnership with Uber in Europe as part of a bid to grow its annual electric vehicle (EV) sales to 880,000 by 2030.
Used hybrid cars are gaining popularity in the used car market, according to new data from Indicata.
Retirement home operator McCarthy Stone has renewed its appeal for car retail property as it looks to grow its existing portfolio of 1,300 retirement communities across the UK.
Car retailers will be locked into a strategy of “retaining profit margins at all cost” as vehicle supply issues continue into 2022, according to Cox Automotive.
May’s used car sales volumes were 14% ahead of the same period in the pre-COVID trading period of 2019, according to data from Auto Trader.
Inchcape has revealed that its year-to-date financial performance has “exceeded expectations” in a brief trading update issued today (June 18).
Car retailers left with rent arrears after COVID-19 stalled trading have been granted a nine-month reprieve from possible eviction.
