Used car dealers are buying cheaper used cars at physical auctions as they search for ways to avoid the impact of limited vehicle supplies and soaring values, according to Shoreham Vehicle Auctions (SVA).
Almost half of in-market car buyers expect to make a purchase before the end o the year, according to research from What Car?.
Blue Mondays should not be a feature of the car retail sector according to BuyaCar data which suggests the start of the week is the peak period for customer enquiries.
Demand for electric vehicles (EV) grew by 87% quarter-on-quarter during Q3 as the UK leasing market demonstrated an appetite for a “rapid transition” to net zero emissions, Leasing.com has said.
Motors.co.uk has secured a deal to be the headline sponsor of new ITV quiz show Ant and Dec’s Limitless Win.
The UK’s used car price rises are the highest in Europe, according to new data published by Indicata.
Book My Garage claims to have channelled record levels of aftersales work into franchised retailers' workshops after bookings increased by 34% year-on-year in October.
The average UK car retailer saw their monthly profit soar by 189.7% year-on-year in what the SMMT had described as a “desperately disappointing September”, according to ASE.
A television advert for the Motorway car buying service has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after allegation that it “encouraged driving behaviour that was dangerous”.
An 80th consecutive week of increasing used car values and the highest level of UK inflation for a decade is unlikely to temper consumers’ appetite to buy a new vehicle, Auto Trader has said.
A free online service for buying and selling electric cars has launched to help car buyers make the shift to zero or low-emissions motoring.
Used car dealers are still under-pricing up to 60% of their forecourt stock, according to data published by Real Time Communications (RTC).
DMN Logistics has revealed lessons learned as growing rates of electric vehicle (EV) adoption result in a new whitepaper laying out its priorities for UK-wide deliveries.
Used car values remained at their second highest level ever in a “frenzied” 2021 market at BCA’s auction in October, despite showing signs of “easing back” in the month’s latter stages.
Car retailers and industry suppliers hailed the return of Automotive Management Live as “a great success” after crowds returned to the NEC to meet-up in-person.
Car buyers have sped-up their purchasing process to cut the time from making an initial enquiry to completing a purchase from 16 to six days, according to Marketing Delivery.
Used car dealers need to collaborate with motor finance partners to effectively compete with new digital disruptors, says iVendi.
Automotive Management Live officially returns to the NEC in Birmingham today, with car retailers from across the UK flocking through the doors to gain insight and advice and network in-person.
Automotive retailers that can leverage their customer data will be best placed to face any future challenges with the automotive retail model, according to customer relationship management (CRM) specialists Salesforce.
Automotive sector consultancy Elevenci has appointed automotive finance industry expert and former Volkswagen Financial Services chief executive Bryan Marcus to its leadership team.
