Award-winning Groupe Renault retailer Mitchells is courting new car franchises after acquiring Vauxhall specialist Kerridges, at Halesworth.
Aston Barclay will host two e-Live online auction events between Christmas and the New Year to help dealers source used car stock during the festive period.
Cox Automotive has seen “unseasonal dealer activity” towards the end of this year in the new car market ahead of a potential no-deal Brexit.
CD Auction Group will launch its new Vehicle Tradex dealer-to-dealer used car trade platform in January.
Motorway will reveal private car sellers’ reserve price after retailers requested the functionality to help better pitch their bids.
The UK Government’s ‘Lockdown 2’ COVID-19 mitigation measures in England contributed to a 22.1% decline in used cars sales during November, according to data from Indicata.
Car retailers delivery of a “stunning” used car sales performance recovery from the depths of H1’s COVID-19 lockdown helped to deliver an £53,000 average profit in October, according to ASE.
New consumer car finance volumes declined 3% in October to leave the sector 20% down year-to-date, according to the latest data from the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA).
The Sytner Group has completed the latest expansion of its CarShop used car supermarket division with the opening of its largest retail site to date – a “multi-million pound” facility in Nottingham.
V12 Vehicle Finance has secured a new auction partnership with Central Car Auctions in a bid to provide a "seamless" used vehicle proposition.
Carzam has officially launched its new online car retail platform with a promise to differentiate itself from rivals through the provision of “the absolute best used car stock”.
Cazoo has added to its high-profile sponsorship deals with Everton, Aston Villa and the Rugby League World Cup 2021 with an agreement to be lead sponsor of cricket’s The Hundred Tournament.
A Brexit briefing is to be provided by the Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) in its penultimate 2021 Outlook Seminar.
Former Imperial Cars operations director Neil Smith has revealed that he intends to remain in the automotive retail sector after leaving his role as retail operations director at Cazoo.
Vcheck is calling for dealers across the UK to support its call for a change to the law around write-off data.
Cap HPI has said that the leadership of its UK car valuations team will remain “in exclennt hands” following the retirement of its head of forecast, Andrew Mee.
Leasys, the funding arm of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), has launched its Clickar dedicated online auction platform in the UK, which offers used vehicles to dealers.
Used car sales website Carzam is preparing to launch in early December, following lockdown related setbacks affecting its planned October debut.
The average price of a used Land Rover has increased by 2% in the last month, with values up 4% year on year according to new data from Motorway.
Business leaders from AM100 franchised car retailers Sytner, Lookers, TrustFord have joined the NFDA in lobbying Northern Ireland MPs on a Brexit tax issue which could result in a 20% price hike for used cars.
