Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) InMotion Ventures fund, Porsche Ventures and Silicon Valley-based Autotech Ventures have contributed to a £9 million fund-raising round by Bumper.
Lookers has boosted its fleet of vehicle delivery and collection vans alongside the launch of a new ‘click and sell’ online used car buying platform aimed at sourcing used car stock from private sellers.
Government’s ‘Plan B’ to mitigate against the approaching “tidal wave” of cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 have done little to dampen rising used car values, according to Auto Trader.
Latest data from Leasing.com has shown that motorists most enquired about compact and electric vehicles (EVs) in November.
Cinch will be the first-ever sponsor of Simon Cowell’s new ITV musical game show, Walk The Line.
A new technology platform has been launched to help dealers drive longer customer relationships and greater lifetime value.
Bristol Street Motors has joined Co-Op Live as a founding partner of the new 23,500-capacity arena opening in Manchester in 2023.
In his latest 'Viewpoint' opinion article for AM, Professor Jim Saker responds to a recent AM webinar, concluding that accessibility is now the key ingredient for any car retailer's reputation.
Motor Connect has grown its online used car retail partnership with 30 independent dealers in the space of three months.
Carwow has raised $55 million (£41.5m) to scale its Sell Your Car division after the used car stocking platform delivered 600% revenue growth in just six months.
MPVs continued to star in Auto Trader’s top ten ranking of the used car market’s most appreciating vehicles, with the Seat Alhambra emerging as number one in November.
Cazoo has vowed to grow its car inventory in Europe after officially launching its online car retail offering in France and Germany today.
Vertu Motors become the ‘Official Car Retailer’ League One football team Sunderland AFC for the remainder of the current season.
Digital automotive retail tools can bring and end to a one-size-fits-all sales experience for car buyers, according to Keyloop chief executive Tom Kilroy.
Automotive executive from across the globe have predicted “profitable growth” in the next five years, despite ongoing vehicle supply and staffing worries.
Andrew Dickinson has joined Donnelly Group as its new head of marketing.
Bumper has integrated with Keyloop’s car dealer management systems to facilitate the provision of digital aftersales payments.
Maserati has vowed to maintain the “centrality of dealerships’ role” after unveiling a new OTO Retail project corporate identity (CI) in a bid to adapt to customers’ growing demands for online sales.
Carzam has raised £112 million to in a development that the online car retail business believes will propel it into its “next chapter”.
Motorway has set its sights on “further massive opportunity” in the automotive retail sector after achieving ‘unicorn’ status with a $1 billion (£750m) valuation.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has dismissed 96 complaints which claimed a Land Rover Defender advert undermined efforts to tackle climate change and ecological damage.
Blue Mondays should not be a feature of the car retail sector according to BuyaCar data which suggests the start of the week is the peak period for customer enquiries.
Demand for electric vehicles (EV) grew by 87% quarter-on-quarter during Q3 as the UK leasing market demonstrated an appetite for a “rapid transition” to net zero emissions, Leasing.com has said.
Motors.co.uk has secured a deal to be the headline sponsor of new ITV quiz show Ant and Dec’s Limitless Win.
RRG Group has renewed its contract with GForces after achieving a conversion rate of 81% from online enquiries.
