Manheim has appointed Stuart Miles as business development director to help drive the business’s development strategy and sales organisation.
The Kia Sportage proved the UK’s fastest-selling car for a record second month in a row, according to data published by Auto Trader.
Tootle.co.uk is set to launch a £300,000 nationwide ad campaign as it attempts to match more private vehicle sellers with retailers.
The headline average value of a used car rose to its highest point on record in April, improving by £317 (4.0%) to £8,155, according to BCA’s Pulse report.
Vertu Motors are focussing on “controlling the controllables” as they reap the fruits of their labour in aftersales and a growing market to record a £2.4bn turnover for the year ended February 29.
The price of EVs rose by 8.7% alongside a 1.2% decline for diesel cars as demand for alternative fuel vehicles continued to increase in April, reports Manheim and Motors.co.uk.
A London-based used car dealership caused rush-hour gridlock on the Old Kent Road when they set up a blockade in protest over plans to paint red lines outside its forecourt.
Cambria Automobiles chief executive Mark Lavery has told AM that a data-driven approach to used car retailing which delivered 148% return on investment has underpinned his business’ success.
Improved speed and efficiency were behind a £700,000 investment in a fleet of new transporters and inspection turntables by remarketing specialist Aston Barclay plc.
Pressure from pre-registrations and continued new car offers pushed used values down by 1.4% in April, according to CAP HPI.
An innovative mobile auction unit unveiled by Manheim at The Commercial Vehicle Show in 2015 has directly assisted the sale of more than £1 million-worth of vans.
Alternative fuel vehicles have increased in value by an average of £1,502 year-on-year in Q1 2016 – a 7% increase over Q1 2015.
An estimated 3.3 million used cars sold in the UK during 2015 had a warning against them, a report by mycarcheck.com has warned.
Planning officials took just 20 seconds to give the new Peter Vardy CarStore operation destined for Dundee the green light.
Pendragon has been granted planning permission for a new 255-vehicle Evans Halshaw used car centre at Barnwood, Gloucester.
Peter Vardy could have a new addition to its CarStore network up and running by December if planners give a proposed development in Dundee the go-ahead this week.
Aston Barclay has streamlined its online offering in the first phase of substantial investment in its IT infrastructure and online systems throughout 2016.
Young drivers in Scotland spend more than twice as much on a used car as those in the South East – but the country’s new car sales are not stacking up.
Magistrates fined a used car dealer £9,700 after he offered vehicles for sale with an array of faults including illegal tyres and corroded components.
A wheeler dealer former car trader has left £1.5 million to the hospital that cared for him.
