Online car buyers can now pre-order the Genesis premium brand’s first electric vehicle (EV), the GV60 – with prices starting from £47,005.
Agency model car retail is sure to become more widely adopted but agreements must be “balanced, collaborative and win-win”, according to Lotus Cars executive director of sales and aftersales, Geoff Dowding.
The newly-appointed manager of Paul Rigby Group’s Polestar Space Birmingham store has said he is excited by the challenge of exploring a “new form of retail”.
Paul Rigby Group will operate the UK’s third Polestar Space when the electric vehicle (EV) brand’s new facility opens its doors to customers at the Touchwood Solihull shopping centre next week.
Multi-brand electric vehicle (EV) company Innovate Automotive (IA) has partnered with the AA to offer roadside assistance to its customers.
Driverama has started selling used cars online in Germany, a year after it established a car buying service in the region.
Chief executive Mark Raban discusses his plan to move Lookers forward in the new issue of AM magazine after a difficult period in the AM100 dealer group's history.
Cazoo is targeting 100,000 annual used car sales and a £2 billion turnover in 2022 after raising a further $630 million (£414.2m) to fund its expansion in Europe and UK growth.
Cazoo has secured a sponsorship deal with Spanish LaLiga football club Real Sociedad as its strategy to drive car sales growth through profile continues in mainland Europe.
Volvo Car UK has launched a new used car sales platform that will sell its “newest” vehicle stock direct to online car buyers.
Offering car buyers the ability to buy a car in minutes online is expected to be one of six key trends dealers must embrace in 2022.
Used car buyers are less interested in fuel economy, despite rising pump prices, according to BuyaCar.
Online-only premium car brand Genesis has launched Genesis Flexibility, a car subscription service for customers across Europe.
Online car marketplace Heycar is reintroducing its free car delivery scheme.
Peugeot UK has revealed that its online sales accounted for 15% of its retail car registrations in 2021 – doubling its digital traction year-on-year.
Dealers with a higher proportion of ‘satisfied’ customers are selling cars more quickly.
A share price slump has seen the value of online car retailer Cazoo halve since its August listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
The UK’s established used car retail operators will continue to dominate the sector after ramping up their breadth of services to see off new market disruptors such as Cazoo and cinch, iVendi has said.
More than three-quarters (76%) of in-market buyers are planning to visit a car showroom in the next three months, despite the ongoing Coronavirus risks.
Driverama has said that it has no immediate plans to bring its growing online car retail operation to the UK after kicking off its growth in new European markets.
Luscombe Motors has appointed former Mitsubishi and Suzuki finance specialist Soteris Neophytou as its new Innovation and development manager.
According to GForces data, there was a 32% year-on-year (YOY) increase in UK dealer online sales in the two weeks over the Christmas and New Year Period.
Cap HPI has launched a new digital imagery tool that is designed to help dealers and car makers to boost online sales.
Former Paddy Power and Lastminute.com tech expert Edgardo Savoy has joined the “fiercely ambitious” team at online car retailer Carzam as chief technology officer.
Former Dyson Group chief executive Jim Rowan will succeed Håkan Samuelsson as CEO and president of Volvo Cars as the brand continues its “rapid transformation of digitalization”.
