CarGurus has signed an agreement to complete the acquisition of the PistonHeads used car retail website from Haymarket Media Group.
MotorEasy has launched a new online tool that allows customers to track the progress of garage maintenance and repairs on their car like fast food consumers track their pizza.
Software development workers at iVendi have completed their move to new Manchester facility which is three-times the size of their previous offices.
Car retailers will have to open up to the prospect of collaboration and integration in order to deliver a digital transformation that will benefit car retailers and buyers alike, according to Jardine Motor Group’s Matt Wrigley.
PSA Finance will offer Peugeot, Citroen and DS vehicles on flexible subscriptions as part of a new mobility partnership with Wagonex.
The growth in used car retail prices reached its lowest point since August 2017 as online enquiries reflected a surge in interest in electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid vehicles, according to the Auto Trader Retail Price Index.
Vauxhall has started piloting a live video streaming service for vehicle demonstrations at the Tony Levoi dealership Vauxhall in Romford, Essex.
Lookers has won two awards in recognition of its approach to email marketing at the recent Communicator Click Awards.
Auto Trader is offering car dealers the chance to advertise their entire stock of brand-new unregistered cars online for free until early 2019 as part of its launch a new service.
Alfa Romeo is providing greater access to its new Stelvio SUV through a partnership with Amazon.
Mercedes-Benz Vans will release a limited number of Storm Edition X 250d models as part of its discounted Black Friday offering.
The Lead Agency has been named as one of the UKs fastest-growing tech companies in the 2018 Deloitte Technology Fast 50.
Peugeot UK has launched a range of ‘Black Friday’ new car offers via its Order Online car retail portal – with offers available from today.
BuyaCar.co.uk has hailed the simplicity, fairness and transparency of online retail as the key to its 53% used car sales growth in Q3 2018.
Robins & Day has completed an 11-day ‘Pass the Pudsey’ event as it hosted the famous mascot of BBC Children in Need during a whistle-stop fund-raising tour of its UK car dealership network.
Car buyers in the US believe that 80% of the vehicles travelling on their roads will be electric (EVs) as soon as 2025, a survey published by Assurant has revealed.
The Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) first prosecution under the Computer Misuse Act has resulted in a six month jail sentence for a former employee of Nationwide Accident Repair Services (NARS).
Auto Trader has reported a 7% increase in revenues and a 10% rise in operating profits in its half-year financial results for the six months to September 30.
Dacia has launched its Dacia Buy Online car sales platform with the claim that it has opened 150 million new retail outlets across the UK.
Automotive Management Live 2018 is finally upon us and AM wants car retailers and suppliers to share their experiences with the editorial and events teams via social media.
Dealer’s trialling Santander Consumer Finance (SCF)’s newly-launched free online finance calculator have reported strong customer demand.
JCT600, which has been a patron of The Prince’s Trust for the last three years, has launched an online supercar game to raise money for the youth charity.
Contact At Once! sales director Thom Coupar-Evans will reveal how car dealers can ‘join the dots’ to achieve better customer communication and reveal insight from Robins and Day’s roll-out of Apple Business Chat.
Dealers have said that the car buying process is drawn out by social media enquiries and buyers wanting to part-exchange for more than they’re worth, study finds.
Targeted commercial messages within premium automotive publisher sites can increase traffic to a brand’s website by 67%. That’s the key finding from a new white paper published today from independent digital intelligence and marketing consultancy, Sophus3.
