In his latest opinion column for Automotive Management (AM), professor Jim Saker considers the ‘profound impact’ of a shjift to agency-style franchise agreements for car retailers.
Just 10% of UK car buyers plan to embrace a wholly online car retail experience facilitated by click and collect or click and delivery, JudgeService survey data has revealed.
The automotive world has been profoundly affected by COVID-19, but even before the pandemic hit the sector was undergoing a transformation in how, where, and what cars consumers wanted to buy.
Motorpoint and Peter Vardy's recently expanded Carz used car division have both launched new TV advertising campaigns focussing on the ease of their omnichannel car retail offering.
Cazoo has reported an £8 million gross profit in Q2 after its online used car retail volumes surged by 429% a year on from the first COVID-19 lockdown period.
V12 Vehicle Finance (V12VF) and Moneyway have partnered with Codeweavers, to launch a new digital finance calculator to support dealers and their customers.
Motor Connect expects to double its turnover in the coming year to £20 million as more buyers embrace online car buying.
Motorpoint has revealed that it sold 61% of its used car volume online in Q1 as it accelerated its ecommerce retail offering to deliver a record start to 2021.
Almost half (46%) of car dealers say they worry about the rise in online car purchases, according to research from Close Brothers Motor Finance.
Cinch has named Leanne Thames as its new operations director and appointed Amy Townsend as senior marketing director.
Cazoo is poised to invest £1 million in a new used car handover customer centre in Carlisle - the first of seven new facilities.
Drivvn has designed a suite of comparator tools that provides a total life view of owning an electric vehicle (EV).
GForces and Autofutura have promised to join the dots of automotive e-commerce as Automotive Transformation Group following the two UK tech businesses' merger back in April.
Allianz has become a strategic core investor in heycar in a move that will bring new investment and allow the online business to become “holistic and customer-centric mobility provider”.
The car retail sector has been hit hard since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Auto Trader has revealed that car buyers are considering vehicles being offered for sale 25% further from their homes since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Peter Vardy Group has officially left the Vauxhall franchise network and launched its Carz Supermarkets brands at the six Vauxhall sites across Scotland.
Peter Vardy Group has launched a new car buying service called GoodByeCar, which offers motorists a convenient way to sell unwanted vehicles.
Škoda has set out plans to sell one-in-five of its car online by 2025 as part of its new ‘Next Level – Škoda Strategy 2030’.
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.
