Steps for successful trading in Q4 and insights into Q3's sales tactics will be discussed at the quarterly AM Motor Retail Review webinar this Wednesday, October 6.
Shortages of key components including semiconductor microchips have prompted Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Mercedes-Benz to warn fleet customers of lengthy lead times and vehicle specification changes.
Car buyers heading into showrooms this September will be able to achieve discounts of up to 20% on a new car despite stock shortages resulting from the global semiconductor production crisis.
UK car retailers were “within touching distance” of the profitability achieved in 2020 after £110,000 profit-per-site in the key number plate change month of September, according to ASE.
Pendragon has said that it “almost entirely” offset its losses from a COVID-19 impacted first half of the year with an eight-fold increase in underlying pre-tax profits in Q3.
The UK’s new car sales volumes slumped to their lowest September number plate change month this century as the automotive COVID-19 recovery stalled to a 4.4% year-on-year decline.
Volkswagen retailers introduced customers to the first batch of the German brand’s ID.3 electric vehicle (EV) to reach UK dealerships at a nationwide handover event over the weekend.
Strong demand for newly-launched 70-plate models in September will make this a profitable quarter for car dealers across the UK, Motorvise’s Fraser Brown has insisted.
Pictures are flooding in on social media with all the early handovers on the first day of what will likely be the busiest month of the year.
The NFDA has published a new consumer-facing car buying guide to help boost market confidence ahead of the crucial September number plate change month for retailers.
Kia Motors UK has opened UK order books for its new Xceed urban crossover – with prices starting at £28,095.
A survey carried out by Cap HPI has revealed that one-in-four dealers expects volumes of pre-registered vehicles to exceed 21% of total new sales in September.
Peugeot is hoping its facelifted 2008 SUV will give its 66-plate registration sales campaign a boost in September.
Light commercial vehicle registrations saw a 19.6% increase to 65,453 units during the plate change month of September.
