CarGurus has followed Auto Trader in waiving its February fees for advertising car dealers following the renewal of COVID-19 lockdown measures across the UK this week.
Dealers across the UK saw orders for new vehicles increase by 9.5% in December, against the same month in 2019, data from Dealerweb has found.
Auto Trader is investing in a multi-million pound advertising campaign that is set to launch on Boxing Day.
Autodata has launched Service Advisor, a tool to help support front-of-house staff quoting and estimating for customers.
Bodyshop management system firm InSyPro has been acquired by Solera, in the latest deal to expand the supplier of automotive risk and asset management data and software.
Car retailers across the UK suffered their first new and used car order decline since June during a COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 2’ impacted November, according to Dealerweb.
As we entered lockdown back in March, many dealers would have feared the worst for 2020 but a strong bounce back in both new and used sales through the summer will have gone some way to mitigating the impact of the pandemic.
Some car retailers are feeling the pressure as manufacturers demand they to get their digital houses in order to take advantage of any market recovery ahead of what is expected to be a tough Q4, according to delegates at AM’s first virtual round table (held before 'Lockdown 2').
Icon is a much over-used word in our modern world. Things that have only existed a few years are described as iconic, without having had the time to cement their place in their particular pantheon.
As part of AM's regular '10 minutes with...' automotive retail supplier interview series, Tom Seymour, discussed 2020's rapid shift towards online car retail and what the future might hold with Silver Bullet managing director, Cameron Wade.
Suzuki GB is handing a bonus of up to £10,000 to car dealers as a reward for their efforts to adapt to trading during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A data breach at Sandicliffe Motor Group could affect “thousands” of staff and customers of the AM100 car retailer, according to a legal firm.
BCA has been met with a backlash from car dealers following its decision to relaunch its cinch marketing platform as an online car retailer perceived to be in direct competition with its traditional remarketing customers.
Auto Trader will renew its offer of free classified advertising for car retailers as part of new support measures announced amid new COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in England and Wales.
Mercedes-Benz Vans is launching a new online showroom that will give buyers full visibility of stock available across the brand’s dealer network.
COVID-19 may have stalled the car retail sector for three months and plunged the UK into the most severe economic contraction on record, but Renault UK managing director Vincent Tourette still fears the effects of a “very hard Brexit” even more.
Pistonheads has delivered an 86% increase in the number of car sales leads it delivers to car dealers since its acquisition by CarGurus.
When Snows Motor Group completed a restructure of its leadership team at the turn of the year its new leaders had no idea they would soon be called upon to fast-track a transformation of the business.
Auto Trader has launched Top Spot, a high-impact advertisement that enables dealers to appear at the top of search results.
With Q4 now upon us, dealers will be looking at ways to close this challenging year as strongly as possible.
Hendy Group has confirmed it will continue to support AFC Bournemouth football club for the next two seasons.
Used car retailers saw their stock turn accelerate by 10 days in September as average advertised prices rose by 1.8%, eBay Motors has reported.
Mazepoint has launched Mazeinsight, a fully integrated business intelligence tool that enables dealer groups to collate data and manage, monitor and drive bottom-line performance.
Average retail used car prices on Auto Trader recorded the largest ever monthly price increase in September - increasing by 7.6% to £13,829.
Ex-Liverpool and England footballer Jamie Redknapp features in a series of heycar TV adverts in a marketing campaign launched in partnership with Sky Media.
