BCA has been met with a backlash from car dealers following its decision to relaunch its cinch marketing platform as an online car retailer perceived to be in direct competition with its traditional remarketing customers.
Auto Trader will renew its offer of free classified advertising for car retailers as part of new support measures announced amid new COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in England and Wales.
Mercedes-Benz Vans is launching a new online showroom that will give buyers full visibility of stock available across the brand’s dealer network.
COVID-19 may have stalled the car retail sector for three months and plunged the UK into the most severe economic contraction on record, but Renault UK managing director Vincent Tourette still fears the effects of a “very hard Brexit” even more.
Pistonheads has delivered an 86% increase in the number of car sales leads it delivers to car dealers since its acquisition by CarGurus.
When Snows Motor Group completed a restructure of its leadership team at the turn of the year its new leaders had no idea they would soon be called upon to fast-track a transformation of the business.
Auto Trader has launched Top Spot, a high-impact advertisement that enables dealers to appear at the top of search results.
With Q4 now upon us, dealers will be looking at ways to close this challenging year as strongly as possible.
Hendy Group has confirmed it will continue to support AFC Bournemouth football club for the next two seasons.
Used car retailers saw their stock turn accelerate by 10 days in September as average advertised prices rose by 1.8%, eBay Motors has reported.
Mazepoint has launched Mazeinsight, a fully integrated business intelligence tool that enables dealer groups to collate data and manage, monitor and drive bottom-line performance.
Average retail used car prices on Auto Trader recorded the largest ever monthly price increase in September - increasing by 7.6% to £13,829.
Ex-Liverpool and England footballer Jamie Redknapp features in a series of heycar TV adverts in a marketing campaign launched in partnership with Sky Media.
Vauxhall has introduced a new Augmented Reality (AR) filter that allows Instagram users to see how an all-new Mokka would look parked on their driveway.
Santander Consumer Finance claims that it will “reduce margin costs and maximise sales” for car retailers with the launch of its new Your Red Car online marketing platform early next year.
Auto Trader has reported a 19th straight week of used car price rises with a 7.4% mid-September increase in the average advertised value on a vehicle offered on its online marketing platform.
Auto Trader is making preparations to move its Manchester headquarters into a new 80,000 square foot office facility which gained approval from city planners earlier this year.
Auto Trader and price comparison website CompareTheMarket have launched a Quick Quote service offering car buyers rapid access to insurance for their new car purchase.
Online car marketplace heycar has partnered with Regit and will provide the site with new and used car listings exclusively.
Average used car prices on Auto Trader have increased for the fifth consecutive month to £13,705, up by 6.1% in August year-on-year.
Motorpoint will highlight its online retail and home delivery car buying process in a new ‘Your Car, Your Way’ TV advertising campaign.
Car buying platform, YesAuto, has launched its online shop and car information hub, to ‘support customers through every stage of the car buying journey’.
Many dealerships and independent service centres were finding it hard to make a profit long before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, due to their low margin, high volume operating models.
Auto Trader is aiming to drive more traffic to car retailer’s online adverts through its sponsorship of ‘Weekends on Dave’ – delivering a 12-months of continuous TV exposure.
A survey of over 1,000 consumers who purchased a car through carwow since the UK's first dealership reopenings has confirmed a shift towards digital car retailing across Europe.
