Renault's UK's franchised car dealer network could have scored a marketing coup after the French manufacturer secured sponsorship of Premier League football coverage on Sky Sports.
CarGurus claims to be "the fastest growing major automotive shopping site" after its Q2 revenues grew by 45% year-on-year and its unique monthly user base swelled by 54%.
Motorpoint has announced that its Glasgow showroom is to be opened by BBC Scotland Still Game stars Jane McCarry and Mark Cox.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ordered engine decarbonisation specialist Terraclean to withdraw an advert which claiming that its treatment would keep a vehicle’s fuel system and associated components running efficiently – branding it “misleading”.
JudgeService has launched Micro Reviews, a new real-time review product allowing car buyers to post online feedback about their customer experience in franchised dealerships.
CitNOW has achieved ISO 27001 certification for its information security management system (ISMS), showing a commitment to secure data.
Redhill Honda welcomed S2000 owners for its fourth annual open day on July 28 at its dealership on Brighton Road.
Shifting car-buying entirely into the online arena is so incredibly complex that dealers will be around for a long time to come, but increased digitisation is essential if the sector is to meet consumer expectations according to iVendi chief executive James Tew.
Used car sales have been boosted by 6% in July from leads fed through from dealers’ service departments, according to data lead management company enquiryMAX.
Dragon2000 has partnered with Codeweavers to offer an “industry-first” finance integration into the firm’s dealer management system, DragonDMS.
The ASA has banned a Volkswagen television advert after it ruled that it encouraged irresponsible driving by exaggerating the benefits of a vehicle’s safety features.
Car dealers have shared insight into the challenges they face in 2018 as part of an interview series conducted by Oodle Finance – with Brexit and online sales emerging as their most pressing concerns.
WhoCanFixMyCar.com has appointed ScS and House of Fraser's Lacey Hewison as its new strategic network operations director.
Engaging with customers through social media has become the norm for companies across a range of sectors and car reatilers should be paying close attention to the approach of businesses in other sectors.
DS Automobiles has revealed that its franchised car dealerships will offer vehicle rental from this autumn as it revealed more details of its Only You customer service offering.
Mazda Motor UK Is preparing to take car retail direct to customers with a "trial roll-out" of its MyWay test drive concept via its UK franchised dealer network.
Breeze Volkswagen rolled back the clock to recreate a landmark moment from 14 years ago as the car retail group celebrated its 20,000th sale.
Ford, Tesla, Toyota and Volkswagen were among a number of high-profile manufacturers whose sensitive data was ‘accidentally’ shared online.
Vantage Motor Group will remarket 6,000 used cars through auction houses in Donington Park, Prees Heath and a planned Wakefield ‘Mega Centre’ as part of a new solus remarketing deal with Aston Barclay.
Tootle has launched a new progressive comparison tool which allows car buyers to compare offers from dealers and car buying service companies.
Luscombe Motors Car Shop won Retailer of the Year accolades as Auto Trader rewarded the efforts of the UK’s best car dealers at its 11th annual Retailer Awards.
Aston Barclay’s plan to “revolutionise the UK remarketing sector” could move a step closer to realisation with the creation of a new 70,000sq-ft car auction Mega Centre in Wakefield.
Pinewood has made it possible for its car dealer clients to sell and manage vehicle their stock directly from their smartphone or tablet with the introduction of its new Stock+ app.
Ford has officially opened its first 'High Street' new car retail space in Next’s store at the Manchester Arndale Centre as part of an alternative car sales channel developed in partnership with Rockar.
Vauxhall Motors has appointed former Toyota, Renault and Volkswagen marketing and sales professional Patrick Fourniol as its new marketing director.
