Car dealers have been urged to make mileage investigations "an integral part of their business" after a Cap HPI survey uncovered growing concern about growing clocking and mileage discrepancies in the past 12 months.
The Car People has officially opened its new £13 million car supermarket site in Warrington, targeting 4,000 sales in its first year of trading.
A shift in the selling price of used cars helped average used values to rise 5.2% in June within Cox Automotive’s wholesale and retail businesses.
Jardine Motors Group has increased its Audi footprint with the transformation of a former Mazda dealership into an Audi Approved used car centre.
The Warranty Group claims that comprehensive warranties will be an essential component in customer acceptence of used hybrids and electric vehicles.
A loss of £17,000 was experienced by the average UK motor retailer in May – a result £7,000 down year-on-year.
Harwoods has renewed its exclusive remarketing partnership with BCA.
BCA's monthly Pulse report stated that there were "no surprises" during JUne as the average price of a used car fell by just 0.74%.
A trio of serial new start-up specialists have launched Motorway.co.uk, the UK’s first price comparison service to help motorists get the best price for their used car.
A used car dealer who left 17 customers out of pocket to the tune of £95,000 has been banned from acting as a company director for seven years.
Many motor retailers say they would like to emulate Apple or John Lewis, but to do so would require radical change
Manheim has held what it believes to be the first vehicle auction at sea – an off-site sale for Citroën on No Man’s Fort in the Solent.
Manheim will launch its first double-block vehicle auction in September.
Bluesky Interactive has launched a photographic turntable service courtesy of UK Turntables across a number of its dealer websites.
The founder of online used car sales platform Hellocar claims that large dealer groups will not be the ones to disrupt the sales process over the coming six to eight years.
Used car PCPs could play a crucial role in maintaining demand for diesel cars if the current backlash against the fuel type continues, according to iVendi.
Arval and Autorola have joined forces to run weekly online used auctions.
Wholesale funding software experts at Sword Apak expect that the UK used car market will "remain resilient” in the face of both economic and political changes during 2017.
Auto Trader made an average 10% more from each of its dealer customers’ forecourts in the last financial year.
Auto Trader has formed a partnership with Reevoo in a bid to drive user generated content to the forefront of its adverts.
