Navigation and safety technology already freely accessed by motorists emerged as the services that the majority were most willing to pay for in a connected car study conducted by YouGov.
Candid online used car and van descriptions that highlight scratches, dents and other minor damage are a key lesson from digital disruptors for dealers, says iVendi.
Mazda UK sales director Peter Allibon has discussed the Japanese brand’s challenging launch of online retail, its direct vehicle imports to the UK and agency model retail in a wide-ranging interview with the AM News Show.
The automotive industry must embrace digital transformation being driven by tech-savvy generation of younger drivers.
A Vertu Motors ‘book club’ which helps to develop the PLC’s leadership and strategic direction is stuck on a challenging chapter as it targets a pinpoint focus on customer retention in 2022.
Cazoo has completed the launch of its online used car retail and vehicle subscription offering to the Spanish market, promising to offer “the best car buying experience to consumers”.
Vertu Motors PLC leveraged car retail’s “sector tailwinds” to deliver a 41.9% rise in turnover and 228% rise in adjusted pre-tax profits in a record-breaking set of 2021 annual financial results.
An “exciting and ambitious phase of growth” at carwow has prompted the online car retail marketplace to strengthen its leadership team with a series of senior promotions and appointments.
Dealers are being warned to stop using misleading terms in their adverts, by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Used car marketing provider eBay Motors Group has said that a downward pricing adjustment was “inevitable” in the sector after seeing values decline by 1.5% month-on-month in April.
Cazoo has said that it cannot guarantee it will “achieve profit at all” in a newly-published document detailing the potential risks and pitfalls of its online car retail and vehicle subcription model.
A specially-built drone has delivered a fly-through view of Snows Motor Group’s Lexus Hedge End car dealership as part of a bid to share the dealership experience with prospective customers.
The Trade Centre Group has been announced as title sponsor of the Formula Woman GT Cup team.
Buyacar founder Andy Oldham has left his position with the business’s new owner, Autovia, after a new strategic direction brought an end to the platform’s online sale of used cars and motor finance.
Arnold Clark chief executive Eddie Hawthorne, Pendragon chief marketing officer Kim Costello and Auto Trader’s chief operations officer Catherine Faiers are among the headline speakers at this year’s Driving Digital conference.
Pendragon has agreed a naming sponsorship deal with British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) team Power Maxed Racing (PMR).
Toyota GB’s entire allocation of the new GR86 coupe has sold out within 90 minutes of the car being offered for sale online.
Fake reviews could be made illegal under new rules handed to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) by the UK Government.
Vertu Motors has declared that its promotion of IT director Bruce Clark into the newly-created role of chief technology officer marks “a further step change in its focus on technology".
Car retailers are having to get “more creative” in their customer communications as limited vehicle supplies call for a more flexible sales strategy, the latest AM News Show Podcast has been told.
The UK’s cost of living crisis and the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine threaten the used car market’s shift towards stability, eBay Motors’ Dermot Kelleher has suggested.
CitNOW has announced the winners of its annual Digital Spotlight Awards, which recognise automotive businesses with the best digital customer communications.
An online car finance start-up created by a team of British and Ukrainian former Movebubble and Zoopla executives has attracted £27 million in venture capital funding.
Auto Trader director of data and insights Richard Walker has stated that suggestions of tumbling used car prices “unfounded” – but conceded that demand is softening.
A BBC Watchdog investigation has called into question online car retailer Cazoo’s 300-point check on all its vehicles after failing to uncover documentary evidence of such scrutiny being carried out.
