Stratstone's Aston Martin business in Mayfair has been named the biggest selling Aston Martin dealership in the world, at the London World Dealer conference held in London yesterday.
Vantage Motor Group has completed the acquisition of Stratstone Honda in Bradford.
A US property investment trust WP Carey has bought a portfolio of 73 of AM100-leading car dealer group Pendragon’s retail properties.
Pendragon, whose car dealerships operate under the Stratstone and Evans Halshaw brands, says its full year 2014 results will be ahead of expectations when it publishes them next month.
Pendragon has announced that Jeremy King has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the motor retail group with immediate effect.
Pendragon, the UK's largest car dealer, has reported its third quarter trading resulted in a 4.9% rise in gross profit and 28.8% uplift in operating profit as its Stratstone and Evans Halshaw divisions continue to outperform the prior year.
Pendragon's interim financial results show pre-tax profit from the first six months of trading nearly doubled this year.
Police said a salesman at Stratstone Aston Martin was left with serious injuries following a robbery last Thursday.
Evans Halshaw has become the latest dealer group to support the tyre safety campaign group, TyreSafe.
Pendragon is hosting a Car Cafe event for car enthusiasts at its Nottingham site this Saturday.
Pendragon, the UK's largest car dealer group, says it expects its 2014 underlying profits to be comfortably ahead of expectations after a strong first quarter trading.
Top AM100 dealer group Pendragon saw profit before tax increase by 14% to £38.9 million in its full year results for 2013.
A BMW salesman stole £10,500 from the Pendragon car dealership where he worked after his home life "got into a mess".
Jaguar dealers were ranked in first place in the latest JD Power Dealer Satisfaction Survey for the second year in a row.
Pendragon has renewed its contract with Experian, the global information services company, to support its UK wide used car programme for a further two years.
Pendragon has seen pre-tax profits fall by 23% in the first six months of this year with turnover up 5% to 2.015 billion.
East Lancashire Land Rover dealer Hillendale has expanded with a takeover of a Pendragon dealership.
John Clark Motor Group has acquired four dealerships in Scotland from Pendragon representing the Land Rover and Jaguar franchises for an undisclosed sum.
A Pendragon-owned car dealership has launched a drive to raise £30,000 towards funding treatment in the US for a girl battling a rare cancer.
Pendragon is representing the Seat franchise for the first time with the addition of the brand to its Evans Halshaw showroom in Harrogate.
