Pentagon Motor Group and Charles Hurst Group are both moving Vauxhall dealerships as they look to maximise their use of space to accommodate the PSA Group-owned car brand.
Lipscomb Cars is poised to follow up its recent opening of a £5 million Volvo Car UK showroom near Canterbury with a move into an adjacent multi-brand FCA Group dealership facility.
CarGurus has released its latest COVID-19 Sentiment Study, revealing the continued impact of the pandemic on the concerns, habits and hopes of UK car buyers.
Low Cost Vans has unveiled the launch of its first ever television advertising campaign through Sky Media’s SME Support Scheme.
Bridgestone and ETB Autocentres have announced the launch of an all-inclusive monthly tyre subscription service called MOBOX.
Polestar UK managing director Andrew Pilkington has left the Geely-owned EV specialist for Hyundai luxury brand Genesis.
I did consider picking this topic for my blog last week – the acquisition of Imperial Car Supermarkets in the UK by online used car start-up Cazoo last week.
Jeep has revealed its first electrified model to be sold in the UK, the Renegade 4xe, which will arrive in dealerships from September.
Car body shops in Scotland are continuing to appeal for the same COVID-19 business rates relief as their retail counterparts across the country.
Click2trade, an online vehicle auction platform, has launched in the UK following a year of operation in Holland as BAS.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a reduction in global emissions as the economy slowed and vehicles were kept off the roads during lockdown.
London-based car subscription company Drover is aiming to scale up its business in the UK and France after attracting £20.5 million from new investors.
Former Aston Martin president and chief executive Dr Andy Palmer has joined UK bus manufacturer Optare as its new president.
A car dealership’s financial controller has been jailed for three years for defrauding the business of £252,000 as its owner struggled to fund his wife’s treatment for cancer.
Autotech Recruit has welcomed Laurence Abbott as its new marketing and technology director, to spearhead its technical developments.
Auto Trader predicts that used car values will continue to grow, while consumer demand continues to outstrip supply.
Toyota has said that its UK car dealers’ existing signage will “remain in place” after it unveiled a new logo and branding that attempts to signal its transition into becoming a mobility company.
Aston Barclay has said that a surge in demand for used cars stock has seen value rise to its records highest ever level for a Q2 period – with older cars and diesel vehicles leading the way.
The UK's automotive retail sector remains ‘desperate for more certainty’ on COVID-19 legislation and Government’s guidelines on face coverings, according to the NFDA.
Dealer groups have always struggled to extract valuable data that is stored in their DMS and other ancillary systems.
COVID-19 social distancing measures are putting dealers at a higher risk of fraud in the part-exchange process, according to Cap HPI.
Employers can exercise “more discretion” over their employees return to work as part of a conditional schedule for the further easing of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in England.
The August Issue of AM magazine is available here as a digital magazine, with insights into Volkswagen, industry digitalisation and the electric cars reaching the UK market.
COVID-19 and the EU’s new RDE CO2 emission regulations were cited as the “key events” which resulted in a 5.4% decline in revenues in the car retail group’s 2020 annual financial results.
Members of the BCA human resources (HR) team have raised more than £3,500 for the NHS, after undertaking a sponsored walk, run and cycle during COVID-19 lockdown.
heycar has partnered up with SilverBullet to boost its online car sales capabilities amid a rising customer appetite for digital purchasing.
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The merger between car manufacturers PSA and FCA will create a new OEM super group that will be named Stellantis, the two businesses have revealed.
The used car market could be on course for a similar “market correction” to that seen in May last year after car dealers and remarketing companies flew out of the blocks post-lockdown.
Electric car brand Tesla has been banned from making claims that its cars have “self-driving” technology, by a court in Munich.
