Castrol has launched a new reward scheme app for workshops so they can redeem prizes each time they purchase qualifying products.
Harwoods Group’s chief transformation officer Archie Harwood has told AM that the business is starting to reap the rewards of a tech revolution after taking decisive action to “take charge” of its car retail destiny.
Recent research has revealed that the average retailer has £59,145 of aftersales opportunity at risk due to poor data health.
Staff from Hunt Forest Group, an Isuzu dealership in the South of England, will embark on an Icelandic expedition to demonstrate the capability of the brand’s flagship Arctic Trucks AT35 model.
Scottish car retail Dicksons of Inverness is making waves with a series of tongue-in-cheek videos that have led to thousands of views on social media.
Research has shown that dealers worked hard to convert enquiries in February and saw a 3.4% increase in the number of test drives. However, sales fell by 7% and handovers by 27%.
eBay Motors Group has said that dealers may have to "work their marketing harder" to reach car buyers earlier and maintain leads until potential customers are ready to buy.
Leads are part of the lifeblood of the car retail business. Here, Chris Roberts describes some of the robust processes and best-practice that can deliver success.
Supercar brand Automobilii Lamborghini will mark its 60th birthday in 2023 with a schedule of events backed by the carmaker and its retailers.
Hendy Group welcomed hundreds of car enthusiast to its first Performance Coffee Run of 2023, at Thruxton race circuit on January 15.
Sales of new and used cars fell by 13% in a “conflicting” January, when compared to the same month last year.
Arnold Clark customers have had their addresses, passports and national insurance numbers leaked on the dark web following a cyber-attack on the car retail giant over the festive period.
The average price of a used car advertised for sale on Auto Traders has reached a new record high after car retailers started the new year with “real momentum”, it has been claimed.
Demand from car buyers is said to be on a “downward trend” after retailers experienced declining sales leads in December.
Auto Trader will launch its largest integrated marketing campaign on Boxing Day to drive consumers in the market for new and used cars to its retailer partners.
Isuzu UK has secured a new multi-year partnership with the Scottish FA as the official commercial vehicle partner for the Men’s Scottish Cup.
Car retailers in the UK are missing out on £166 million in aftersales revenue due to a failure to tap into manufacturers’ vehicle safety recalls, research conducted by Auto Data Solutions has found.
Over half (50.8%) of car buyers in the market are looking to place an order or buy a vehicle before the end of 2022, research by What Car? has found.
Armed forces and public sector workers will benefit from a £500 contribution to their next used car as part of a limited-time offer from heycar.
Luxury and supercar retail group HR Owen claims to have introduced new technology which streamlines its online customer journey to make it “more geared towards their curiosities and desires than ever before.”
The Research Institute of Sweden (RISE) is launching cyber security initiative dedicated to vehicle testing to combat threats to connected vehicles.
Single point dealer processes that track motor finance activity could prove essential to meeting the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Consumer Duty principle, says iVendi.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said that the finance sector needs “a higher quality of credit information” to ensure that consumers get accurate lending advice.
Motorists’ continued appetite for car buying has delivered another 5.1% increase in the value of the average used vehicle advertised for sale on Auto Trader.
Following Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt acknowledgement that the UK was in recession during last week’s Autumn Statement Mad Devs chief executive David Boyce is keen to highlight the need for car retailers to keep their customers close through challenging economic times.
