Steve Meadows, development director, Pinewood, said the most sucessful users of dealership management systems integrate them fully into their business.
Used car dealers need to remove the fear of digital failure, Scott Sinclair, industry manager at Google, told attendees at the AM Used Car Market Conference.
Online strategies for used car dealers to deal with ‘Generation C’
Ensuring used car dealers are easy for customers to deal with is the biggest challenge facing retailers, according to Ray Harkin, operations director, Martec Europe.
A quarter of consumers will visit more than 10 used car dealer websites, said Auto Trader's Nick King, which means they need to be visible, optimised and simple.
Dealers who do not spend enough time marketing cars online or post incorrect information, will put serious buyers off, said Cambria Automobiles' Ian Godbold
A selection of images of guests and speakers from the AM Used Car Market Conference 2014
CAP’s Philip Nothard says the best way to predict used car demand is to follow monthly new car registration figures.
Evans Halshaw, the volume brand for Pendragon, today unveiled its newly redesigned website.
Rising book prices and a shortage of quality stock is driving dealers to source stock direct from private sellers, rather than using auction houses.
Three hybrids make the countdown of the fastest selling used cars.
Global information services company, Experian, has published its Used Car Sales Index which shows that sales fell by 3% compared to the same quarter last year.
Chasing volume and market share, and registering more cars than customers need, will lead to faster depreciation, warns CAP.
September proved another month of growth in part-exchange values for dealer stock, with all segments increasing prices compared to 2013.
One of the founders of TripAdvisor is planning to bring a version of the consumer opinion led businesses for car buyers to the UK.
Vehicle Trading Group (VTG) has acquired Trusted Car Buyers, an online car buying service that provides dealers with access to used car stock, direct to their door.
Car supermarket Cargiant has reported record results for 2013, with pre-tax profit up by 69% to £30.2 million, on turnover up by 31% to £398m.
Values in the used car trade market are now slipping and underperformed in September compared with the same month last year, according to CAP Automotive.
The Toyota Prius has topped Glass’s league of fastest selling used cars during August, taking an average of just 25 days to find a buyer.
If we don’t redefine the used car sales model, the customer will. This is the scary reality that Auto Trader will outline at this year’s AM Used Car Conference on October 21.
