Vertu Motors has acquired three Lookers Honda dealerships for approximately £2 million, including goodwill of £0.2m.
Dealers need to meet consumer expectations to see off the fall in aftersales revenues.
Nissan’s premium sister brand Infiniti has begun production this week of the Q30 executive hatchback at the Japanese group’s assembly plant in Sunderland.
BCA Marketplace saw its revenues increase by 20% to £525.8 million, but profits were dulled by its acquisition of SMA Group for £42m this summer.
HR Owen has now launched its new Luxury Hire hire division, joining its new classic car sales, insurance and chauffeur businesses.
Infiniti has awarded one of its customers with a test drive in a race-specification Infiniti-branded Formula One car following a test drive marketing campaign.
The Vauxhall Astra has been named as the Scottish Car of the Year, while Mazda also took home a hat-trick of prizes.
Wessex Garages as appointed Claire Andrews as its service manager for its new purpose-built Nissan dealership in Bristol.
The FCA is seeking views on whether the level of protection provided to SMEs in its handbook of rules and guidance is “broadly right”.
Caffyns has reported a profit before tax increase of 30% to £1.5 million, with increases across all areas of the business for its half year ended September 30.
Sales on Facebook and Twitter are still rare, but with 38 million social media accounts in the UK, independents would be short-sighted to ignore them
Japanese vehicle manufacturers heavily represent the automotive sector in the latest Thomson Reuters’ Top 100 Global Innovators report.
Volvo has added a sport R-Design version of its XC90 to the range priced from £49,785.
Used values dropped by 2.6% through November in a predicted seasonal slide, according to data from CAP.
Chancellor George Osborne pledged a further £600 million to boost the update of ULEVs, but there was no mention of the future of the plug-in grant.
