Auto Trader’s annual financial results have revealed turnover of £281.6 million during the year to May 27 – up 10% year-on-year.
Millennials and Gen Z customers are more than twice as likely to use an online car search when buying a new car than the over-50s, a new census of car buyers claims.
Carwow has appointed legal representatives in a bid to lift a BMW UK ban on its franchised dealers use of the online market place’s services.
CarCliq has hired former Auto Trader and Cap Automotive executive Ben Maguire as its new managing director.
Online car search engine Carsnip is appealing for 500 ‘Founder Dealers’ to help test drive its products as the new search and analytics platform was officially launched this week.
HR Owen has struck up a partnership with Premier Sports Network in a deal that will see the leading luxury dealer group offer private driver training to football stars.
AutosOnShow.TV will deliver digital images to Volvo Cars UK customers nationwide after striking up a partnership with the Swedish manufacturer.
CarKeys has announced the expansion of its senior team, with Chris Smith becoming head of Carkeys.co.uk and Sean Harris joining the team as commercial operations manager.
BMW UK is preparing to extend its award-winning Retail Online offering to new MINI sales and a specialist used platform for both BMW and MINI brands.
Arnold Clark’s head of marketing paid tribute to the “quality and creativity” of her team after bringing home the Drum Marketing Awards’ In-house Marketing Team of the Year accolade.
JudgeService is expanding its workforce and has moved to new premises as the company publishes its landmark 500,000th review.
Seat is offering customers an additional £500 deposit contribution towards the purchase of all of its new car range as part of its ‘Beautifully Made May event’.
Manheim has appointed Stuart Miles as business development director to help drive the business’s development strategy and sales organisation.
Tootle.co.uk is set to launch a £300,000 nationwide ad campaign as it attempts to match more private vehicle sellers with retailers.
Following a trip to this year’s annual NADA convention in Las Vegas, chief executive of The Lead Agency, which owns CarKeys.co.uk, Anton Hanley saw how the need for face-to-face interactions in the car buying process is even more limited than in the UK.
Knowledge is power, or so the saying goes anyway. If that holds true, then today’s motor industry should be more powerful than it’s ever been.
Social networks matter to dealers because they matter to customers said Erica Siestsma, of Digital Air Strike. But some fundamental mistakes are being made by retailers.
The price of EVs rose by 8.7% alongside a 1.2% decline for diesel cars as demand for alternative fuel vehicles continued to increase in April, reports Manheim and Motors.co.uk.
Automotive video specialist CitNOW has appointed Jason Jeggo as its new head of sales for the UK market.
Game of Thrones fans will flock to Donalds Volvo Ipswich when the businesses showroom turns film set to host the hit TV series’ iron throne.
Stricter data protection rules have been adopted by the European Parliament to protect the privacy of drivers.
A YouGov poll has highlighted a generation gap amongst car buyers with 44% of respondents aged 55 and over not visiting classified websites when buying a car.
With the recent introduction of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) legislation and the game-changing Consumer Rights Act 2015, the number of claims made by motorists against independent garages, franchise dealers and authorised repairers is on the rise.
Exchange and Mart has launched a bid to use the regional reach of its publisher, Newsquest, to achieve an audience twice the size of rival Auto Trader.
Paint and interior protection specialist GardX is moving into new territory by launching an online marketing tool focused on video and photography.
