As the new car market declines and EV ownership becomes more widespread, dealer groups are increasingly turning their attention to older vehicles to keep workshops full.
Even the traditionally slender margins that car dealerships make on new and used car sales once all the overheads have been factored in, aftersales is key to profitability.
Aftersales departments have been kept busy for the best part of a decade by a buoyant new car market with each dealerships’ own customer base keeping workshops full.
Facebook UK will join Marketing Delivery on-stage at Automotive Management Live to advise car retailers how to adapt to changing cutsomer baviour with an expertly-targeted social media strategy.
2021 AM Awards winners TrustFord and CitNOW are our guests for the 1st AM News Show monthly podcast for the UK motor retail industry, produced by Armchair Marketing
Maserati has showcased the MC20 supercar as part of the launch of Situ Live, a new retail experience at Westfield London.
The automotive industry is evolving rapidly, with the connected vehicles market increasingly being seen as a major growth area.
Online car market place Heycar has secured a new deal to sponsor Talksport's coverage of this season's UEFA Champions League.
Used diesel cars are in rising demand as commuters opt for fuel-efficient cars to replace public transport in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, research from heycar has found.
Technical issues arising after a platform update left car dealers reliant on Auto Trader Market Insight view of their advertisements’ performance in the dark for more than two days.
We Buy Any Car has been fined £200,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office after sending 191 million emails and 3.6 million “nuisance texts”.
Auto Trader is to start including admin fees charged by retailers within a listed vehicle’s total advertising price.
Renault Group and RCI Bank and Services have acquired a stake in the heycar-owning Mobility Trader Holding business.
Software-driven transformation is expected to help OEMs in automotive gain 9% higher market share on average than their peers.
BCA's cinch online car retail platform has announced a new sponsorship deal with American Football's National Football League (NFL).
Honda has created a giant set of rugby goalposts from its fleet of new cars to celebrate the launch of a new partnership with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and England Rugby.
Arnold Clark, the UK's largest family-owned motor retailer, has begun sponsorship of ITV's BAFTA and NTA-winning TV show This Morning.
The 2015 Kia Sorento claimed the top spot for the fastest selling used car advertised on Auto Trader.
Car marketing platform Motors.co.uk is launching an utumn burst of TV advertising, which includes headline sponsorship of comedian Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line-Up on ITV.
James Taylor has been appointed Stellantis director for B2B for the UK to provide a coordinated approach for large fleet customers across the group’s brands.
The National Franchised Dealers Association’s (NFDA) Driving Digital event will take place on the same morning as the AM Awards on September 8.
The automotive industry is being urged to engage with World EV Day on September 9 to help highlight the role of electric vehicles in driving climate change.
Motorway has launched a multi-million pound marketing campaign spanning TV, outdoor, radio and digital channels.
Record used car prices are not deterring new car buyers from switching into a used alternative to avoid the lengthy lead times triggered by supply shortages, according to Auto Trader.
Social media has become a key mouthpiece for vulnerable customers and car retailers must be ready to identify their needs and respond with empathy, according to The Motor Ombudsman.
