A survey of in-market car buyers has found that 58% intend to go-ahead with their planned purchase within the next fortnight, despite the start of more stringent COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.
Aftersales departments allowed to remain open during the latest COVID-19 lockdown restrictions will continue to benefit from record MOT bookings, BookMyGarage.com has reported.
CarGurus has announced that it will axe car dealers’ online advertising subscription fees during December following the recent reintroduction of COVID-19 lockdown measures.
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.
Auto Trader has reported a 37% decline in revenue and 48% dip in operating profit in a COVID-19 half-year trading update.
CD Auction Group will launch a new dealer-to-dealer online remarketing platform as part of expansion plans under new operations director Andy Pearce.
Mercedes-Benz Vans is launching a new online showroom that will give buyers full visibility of stock available across the brand’s dealer network.
Car retailers have once again been urged to “hold firm” with their used vehicle pricing as the UK returns to COVID-19 lockdown this week.
Car retailers’ efforts to drive sales through digital sales processes designed to overcome the challenges of COVID-19 delivered a 10% increase in new car orders last month.
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.
Increasing competition for used car stock from private sellers has been revealed in Motorway data showing year-on-year growth in the valuations – with EVs showing a 34% increase.
Auto Trader is set to roll-out a guaranteed part-exchange tool underwritten by Cox Automotive to its online car marketing platform.
Pistonheads has delivered an 86% increase in the number of car sales leads it delivers to car dealers since its acquisition by CarGurus.
Polestar has been highlighted as best-positioned car brand for online sales as part of a new industry scorecard which rates 30 vehicle manufacturers on their e-commerce capabilities.
BCA has been accused of “opening Pandora’s Box” by shifting its cinch online marketing platform to compete directly with its car retail customers in the online sales sector.
The NFDA is awaiting confirmation from the Welsh Government as to whether the country’s car retailers will be able to provide ‘click and collect’ car sales when Wales return to a state of COVID-19 lockdown.
Alphera Financial Services said it has seen "significant growth" in the number of customers using its digital and online platforms.
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 reported its 23rd week of consecutive used car price rises as the sector continued to defy the impact of COVID with values up 8.5% between October 5 and 11.
CarGurus’ second annual free-to-attend Navigate automotive conference will take place virtually on October 26 and 27.
Offering a no quibble money back guarantee would help UK car buyers feel more comfortable buying online, according to new research from What Car?
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.
Auto Zebra has launched in the UK to work with car manufacturers to use data and retail processes to sell more new cars online.
Demand for used diesel cars has driven average values up by 11.3% to the end of Q3 2020, outstripping increases among any other fuel type, according to Autrola market data.
