The average franchised car dealer missed out on £429 million of aftersales income by selling just 53% of urgently required work, according to the findings of autoVHC’s annual aftersales report.
Kia Motors UK president and chief executive Paul Philpott has officially opened Ringways’ new Kia Leeds dealership.
Cap HPI has reported that used car prices have risen an “eye-opening” 1.2% since the start of the year, following a 0.4% increase so far in March.
Dinnages Garages has achieved a listing among its home county’s top 50 companies in the Sussex Super Growth Awards 2018.
Bentley's longest-standing franchised car retailer Jack Barclay has reopened its doors after a refurbishment, with a client champagne bar as the ‘focal point’.
Seat will enter the EV race in 2020 when it launches its first fully-electric vehicle as part of a new model offensive which will see a new vehicle launched every six months from 2018.
Europe’s continued growth in new car registrations “could become dependent on a select few markets” after 13 of the region’s 27 markets register sales declines, Jato Dynamics has revealed.
Peter Vardy’s BMW Edinburgh dealership fought off fierce competition to win the car manufacturer’s Dealer of the Year award in what was described as “a lifelong ambition” fulfilled.
Santander Consumer Finance has introduced a new Propensity Modelling tool which it claims will help dealers improve their finance renewal rates.
Ford will sell cars in the Next store at Manchester’s Arndale shopping Centre after becoming the latest partner of Rockar’s omni-channel car retailing platform.
The point of sale (POS) consumer car finance market increased 7% by volume and 13% by value in January, according to the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA).
A classic car collector has started High Court proceedings against JD Classics after alleging that the trader invented fictitious buyers and sellers to boost its sales profits.
Pendragon has re-opened its Bolton Porsche Centre Bolton following a full refurbishment and showroom extention offering greater capacity for new and used car stock.
SsangYong has added two new dealerships in Scotland with the appointment of Lawrence of Kemnay as a new franchisee and the addition of a second Frasers of Edinburgh site to its network.
Pentagon is poised to close its Fiat and Peugeot joint franchise dealership in Keighley after efforts to sell the business “fell through”.
GForces’ partnership with Gubagoo has seen 50 retailers sign up to a new customer communications solution, having only launched in December last year.
KPMG’s restructuring practice has been appointed as administrators to Nissan and Citroen dealership operators Slaters of Abergele Limited, Slaters of Ruthin Limited and Slaters North Wales Car Centre Limited.
An all-in-one car subscription service launched by London-based Drover has seen its “mobility as a service” venture given a £5.5m funding boost in a recent funding round.
Thurlby Motors in Lincolnshire has ditched both its Nissan and Vauxhall franchises after it “suffered heavily” in 2016 and 2017 from demands to pre-register to hit increasing targets.
Land Rover has recognised the best dealerships from with its franchised retail network with the presentation of its annual awards.
