Spencer Halil, director of Alphera Financial Services, why car dealers need better standards of training when it comes to finance sales.
The start of March may have been a little slower than usual due to winter storms, but dealers pushed ahead with their plate-change deliveries.
Volvo is two years from targets on market share, safety and CI and workshop updates. Kevin Meeks, customer services director, is confident it will hit them.
Car manufacturers going after UK customers in the first quarter of this year with some aggressive offers.
From sponsoring sports teams to raising money for charity, car dealers who ‘give back’ to their local areas say the rewards go far beyond the commercial
A US-based start-up called Fair is rolling out a used car finance app that connects customers with dealers’ approved used car stock online and is looking at launching in the UK next year.
AutoGravity, a new and used car finance offer aggregator which has attracted the backing of Daimler in its native US, is looking at entering the UK market.
Of the 36 car manufacturers whose representative finance offers we examined, 10 were changing them at the end of January ahead of the 18-plate launch in March.
The 5.7% fall in new car registrations last year was not split equally across brands, channels or models
Volkswagen has denied plans to reduce the number of dealer locations in its UK network as part of a “future sales model” strategy.
Volvo has opened a new £6 million training and development centre in Daventry to help support its ambitions to become a leading premium brand competitor in the UK.
Changing or upgrading dealership management systems does not always run smoothly – Brayleys Cars and Sere Motors have had very mixed experiences
AM’s data shows 45 0% car finance manufacturer offers in Q4, down from 54 in Q3 this year and the lowest level recorded so far this year
LeasePlan is to start remarketing its ex-lease cars directly to consumers through a new ‘clicks and bricks’ offering that mixes online services and physical experience centres.
Tim Smith, group strategy director at internet software and services provider GForces, on mobiles, manufacturer deals, and global expansion.
