According to GForces data, there was a 32% year-on-year (YOY) increase in UK dealer online sales in the two weeks over the Christmas and New Year Period.
Volkswagen Financial Services UK chief executive, Mike Todd, reflects on the sector's rapid evolution and offers insight about what's needed to adapt to the road ahead.
Cox Automotive has said that “volatility” is set to define the car retail sector in 2022 as stuttering car supplies combine with rising inflation and changes to OEM and consumer relationships.
Cap HPI has launched a new digital imagery tool that is designed to help dealers and car makers to boost online sales.
A new Beast of Ben charity fund-raising event is set to put automotive rivalries to the test through a series of challenges of both mental strength and physical agility.
Research by electric vehicle (EV) charging app, Zap-Map, has revealed that EV drivers are ‘highly satisfied’ with their decision to purchase a zero emission car.
The ‘UK’s quickest car dealer’ benefits from increased customer conversions thanks to an average response time of just one minute and nine seconds, it has been claimed.
The RAC Dealer Network and The Assurant Foundation have made a £20,000 donation to the Ben automotive charity.
Franchised car retailers should be working hard to secure new car supplies early with a Q1 2022 marketing and sales events push, according to MotorVise Automotive’s Fraser Brown.
After what he described as a "topsy turvey" year for automotive, EY UK & Ireland automotive leader, David Borland, suggests electric vehicles (EV) will hold the key to recovery in 2022.
BCA said that the wholesale used car market showed signs of moving towards a “more stable” footing after average sold values declined by 19% in two months.
This year has seen a perfect storm for energy prices. Unfortunately, the situation looks likely to worsen.
Keyloop has continued its strategy “to build, to buy and to partner” its way to growth with the acquisition of Peter Vardy’s online car retail software provider SilverBullet.
Cazoo has partnered with WhoCanFixMyCar to launch two and three-year CazooCare servicing and MoT plans for its UK customers at point of purchase.
Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) InMotion Ventures fund, Porsche Ventures and Silicon Valley-based Autotech Ventures have contributed to a £9 million fund-raising round by Bumper.
Startline Motor Finance has completed a £292m London Stock Exchange-listed securitisation to fund growth and future-proof it with a move into electric vehicle (EV) funding.
Government’s ‘Plan B’ to mitigate against the approaching “tidal wave” of cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 have done little to dampen rising used car values, according to Auto Trader.
Former Lookers, Manheim and Rapid RTC employee Matt Maley has joined automotive retail video specialist Vehicles in Vision as sales and operations director.
The Ben automotive benevolent charity looks set to be handed a £500,000 Christmas gift after the Ben Ball 2021 succeeded in delivering a £96,500 festive fund-raising boost.
Latest data from Leasing.com has shown that motorists most enquired about compact and electric vehicles (EVs) in November.
