Professor Jim Saker, regular Automotive Management contributor and president of the Institute of the Motor Industry, ponders on the consumer's perception of the name above a dealership's doors.
Family-run dealership Dick Lovett has revealed plans for a new, purpose-built dealership near Junction 16 of the M4.
Swansway Motor Group unveiled their newest dealership in style with a spectacular launch event at BYD Crewe.
Used car marketplace Cinch is to get physical with the launch of an in-person store retail strategy after selling more than 200,000 cars online.
Stellantis &You has opened a new multi-million pound six-brand showroom in Bristol, replacing its well-known Peugeot dealership on the Cribbs Causeway.
Norton Way Group has installed a new Kia EV9 on the top floor of one of the largest and most prominently positioned Kia dealerships in the UK.
Investor appetite for car dealership property is accelerating with transaction activity already ahead of 2023
A Medway Autos Fiat car showroom in Rainham, Kent, which has remained empty and redundant for some 13 years is now a venue for weddings and parties.
Automobili Lamborghini has revealed its new showroom design aesthetic which is under roll out for its global retailer network.
More than three-quarters (76%) of in-market buyers are planning to visit a car showroom in the next three months, despite the ongoing Coronavirus risks.
Vertu Motors' Nissan dealerships in Northampton, Derby and Glasgow are the latest to adopt the Japanese carmaker's updated showroom style.
LSH Auto boss Martyn Webb says car dealer COVID tests play an important role in the sector’s fight against the pandemic, as showrooms prepare to open next month.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has just set out his four step plan to bring England out of the latest COVID-19 lockdown, allowing non-essential retailers - such as car showrooms - to reopen no sooner than April 12.
40% of UK drivers say they are now less likely to visit a showroom while researching the purchase of a car, as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, research by Marketing Delivery, has found.
Nine-out-of-10 in-market car buyers are comfortable visiting retailers when researching or buying their next car, despite COVID-19 causing more local restrictions and lockdowns.
The UK's automotive retail sector remains ‘desperate for more certainty’ on COVID-19 legislation and Government’s guidelines on face coverings, according to the NFDA.
Car retailers in Leicester fear that a stalling of lockdown easing measures resulting from a localised outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus in the city could see their recovery efforts unravel.
The Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has given the go-ahead of car retailers in the country to re-open their showrooms to customers on Monday, June 22.
Some dealerships had hoped to get going again in first half of May, but June was the earliest and subject to levels of COVID-19 control
Over two-thirds of car buyers want to purchase their next vehicle face-to-face, despite the risks posed by the COVID-19 coronavirus – highlighting the importance of showrooms’ June 1 reopening.
