West of England car dealer group Heritage Automotive is rolling out the installation of Dealerweb’s Evo8 showroom management system.
Volkswagen Group has “broken the trust” of its customers by selling diesel cars fitted with software which cut emissions specifically when being tested.
Dealer profitability firm ASE Global has bought automotive IT solutions provider Edentity Software Solutions.
Ford is developing new lighting technologies to enable drivers to more easily identify potential hazards, including pedestrians, cyclists and animals.
Stoneacre Motor Group has begun the roll-out of automotive sales software enquiryMAX.
CDK Global has signed a deal with Volkswagen Group UK to be the recommended DMS for its Audi, Seat, Skoda, Volkswagen and VW Commercial Vehicles networks.
Vauxhall Tony Le Voi has become the first car dealer in the UK to trial GForces’ new tracking system NetDirector Footfall.
A study by EuroNCAP and ANCAP shows low speed autonomous emergency braking leads to a 38% reduction in real-world rear end crashes.
Embedded technology in cars will shift the balance of power away from the dealer to the manufacturer. What the manufacturer will do with that power is unknown.
Glass’s Rupert Pontin explains how residual values will be one of the main drivers behind increased uptake of electric vehicles.
Dealer website design and digital marketing agency Bluesky Interactive has partnered with innovative automotive start-up, Autochart, to integrate lead profiling technologies into its website platform (the Cog Platform).
Alistair Horsburgh, the chief executive of CitNOW, will demonstrate the benefits of personalised video to car dealerships and their customers within the aftersales process at the AM Aftersales Conference 2015.
The first official trials of autonomous cars have taken place in the UK, with a government minister claiming "driverless cars are the future".
HR Owen has selected HPI's vehicle appraisal software AUTOi to provide increased accuracy and competitive valuations across its network.
Management information systems can streamline processes and increase profits and customer satisfaction in all areas of car dealerships.
Britain's booming new car market may be getting most of the attention, but assessing, refurbishing and remarketing older stock can still significantly boost a dealer’s profit margins
CD Auction Group has signed an agreement with wholesale stocking plan provider NextGear Capital UK, to offer buyers a new way to pay for vehicles bought through the Cars Direct online auction.
Blended retailing is the title of a concept being used by Volkswagen UK in its dealer network that accepts the digitisation of the sales process and the attention given by all retailers to everything ‘e’, but doesn’t assume the traditional face-to-face contact in the showroom and sales staff with encyclopaedic knowledge of the brand is redundant.
“There’s so much untapped power to increase sales in a dealer’s DMS if only they would use it."
Dealer management supplier ADP Dealer Services is separating from its parent company, ADP, and adopting a new company name, CDK Global.
