Volvo Car UK has teamed up with online retail specialist Amazon in a bid to drive convenient access to its vehicles with a ‘Prime Now test drives’ initiative.
Startline Motor Finance has welcomed Kevin Mooney as its new head of business intelligence to provide “expert data analysis”.
Diesel-powered used cars have risen 5% in value on Auto Trader during April, despite the proportion of online searches for diesel falling to an record low.
Motors.co.uk has partnered with Top Gear to give its car dealer partners' stock “even greater exposure” online.
“Car dealers need to make their pretty websites into e-commerce platforms”, iVendi chief executive James Tew has insisted following the publication of the finance specialist’s first-ever Report on Online Motor Retailing.
GDPR has been putting the frighteners on virtually every business in the UK for the past 12 months and with D-day finally on the horizon, there’s no escaping the panic any time soon.
Chorley Group's new Digital Response Team has completed 75% of all its sales at times traditionally considered 'outside of office hours' after introducing late-night car buying to meet the changing needs of its customers.
Motors.co.uk and GForces have teamed up to help used vehicle dealers connect with customers on Facebook Marketplace - delivering enhanced customer reach.
If you ask the average consumer about car insurance, it’s very possible the answer will include an audible huff of frustration, followed by an expression of exasperation.
Franchised dealers hold inaccurate or incomplete records for 30% of their customers, according to Marketing Delivery research.
Car dealers have almost doubled the number of valuations carried out via smartphone during the past year, according to new market data from Cap HPI.
NextGear Capital has provided £50million in stock funding to hundreds of UK dealers thanks to a partnership with Dealer Auction.
Mitsubishi Motors in the UK has launched the latest phase of its long-standing sponsorship of Channel 4’s Documentaries on 4 television programmes with a series of new adverts.
Close Brothers Motor Finance has issued its top five tips to help car dealers achieve GDPR compliance after identifying a need for a quick and easy guide to the new legislation.
Every digital marketer has a list of what car dealers should and should not do on social media. AM assembles the most common advice
Tony Patterson, the director of automotive at Summit Media, on how the motor retail industry is becoming more open-minded about e-commerce and new ideas
While dealerships aren’t dead yet, their survival could be under threat if the automotive industry fails to adjust to changing customer expectations. Co-founder and executive director of experience design specialist Foolproof, Peter Ballard, explains how dealerships could safeguard their position by seamlessly joining digital and physical experiences.
Mon Motors' Cardiff Audi dealership got a taste of the lead-generating benefits of customer events when it marked the launch of the RS4 with a Welsh food event for more than 50 VIP guests.
Aston Barclay’s SAS training partner company Break-Point has taken the remarketing firm’s marketing efforts to the ‘top of the world’ by planting a branded flag at the North Pole.
Saxon Bridge Automotive has partnered with Buzz2Get enabling customers to gain instant access to vehicle details via their smartphone.
Listers Honda will showcase its latest range of vehicles to 60,000 pertrolheads at this year's Stratford Festival of Motoring.
PSA Group expects to launch a connected aftersales platform across its Peugeot, Citroen and DS Automobiles brands that could boost car retailers’ retention levels “by next year”.
JC Halliday & Sons has officially opened Northern Ireland’s first DS Automobiles dealership, bringing a “taste of Paris” to Eglinton with the new DS Store facility.
Skoda has delivered over 2,000 hours of product demonstrations through its Skoda Live Tour digital showroom offering in its first year.
Stephen James BMW has opened the UK’s first ‘BMW Store’ at Kent’s Bluewater shopping centre - with product geniuses and a robot replacing sales executives.
