Car retailers should be compelled to familiarise and educate customers with new in-car technology as part of new responsibilities towards road safety, according to IAM Roadsmart.
Pendragon will rebrand and restructure its Car Store used car division while driving digital innovation in a new growth strategy which it hopes will deliver an underlying profit before tax of £85m to £90m by 2025.
Pictures are flooding in on social media with all the early handovers on the first day of what will likely be the busiest month of the year.
Pendragon officials have been left “angry and confused” by the launch of a Motorpoint television advertising campaign which features a near-identical slogan to its own, AM understands.
Mervyn Stewart has launched a new Select Used Cars business after £2 million in new funding allowed the business to acquire and redevelop the site of its former Infiniti dealership in Belfast.
Motorpoint will highlight its online retail and home delivery car buying process in a new ‘Your Car, Your Way’ TV advertising campaign.
Staff at John Clark Motor Group’s Pentland Land Rover dealership in Perth have been ordered to self-isolate and a deep clean of the premises carried out after three team members tested positive for COVID-19.
A celebrity car dealer who had been placed on the FBI’s ‘most wanted’ list faces up to 20 years in jail after pleading guilty to a £420,000 luxury vehicle sales scam.
Citroen UK managing director Eurig Druce has officially welcomed Drivers of Prestatyn to the PSA Group franchise with an inaugural visit which had been delayed due to COVID-19.
Clive Brook Volvo is hoping to expand into a second site in Bradford following a “really” good restart following the COVID-19 lockdown period.
Robins & Day has opened the UK’s largest DS Automobiles showroom in Leicester with plans for a COVID-19 secure one-way system to make way for a fashion show catwalk at its official opening event.
JCT600 has officially moved the Lotus Cars Bradford franchise into its former BMW and Mini showroom, bringing sales and service under the same roof.
Motorpoint has reported that business at its 13 used car supermarkets has been “comfortably ahead” of 2019 in the period since the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were eased on June 1.
Hendy Group has continued to recognise the “dedication and loyalty” of its workforce by inducting a further eight long-serving colleagues into its prestigious 25 Year Club.
Car dealers are adopting new technology to meet new purchasing demands among car buyers, according to the latest research from CarGurus.
Vindis Group has launched an ‘Express Car Buying’ online retail platform promising up-front, fixed pricing, online finance and home delivery of all its franchised brands and used car stock.
Arden is poised to acquire Inchcape’s Cooper BMW and Mini car dealership operation in Tunbridge Wells, with the deal expected to be finalised by the end of this month.
Vertu Motors has brought Citroen under the same roof as its existing Ford franchised in Worcester as part of a £250,000 upgrade of the car dealership’s facilities.
Ssangyong Motors UK has added a dealership in Shrewsbury to its expanding network through a new relationship with award-winning retailer Hawkins Motor Group.
Vertu Motors has named 17-year-old Farnell Land Rover Nelson service advisor apprentice Susannah Kendall as the winner of its annual ‘Apprentice of the Year’ awards.
Porsche Retail Group has officially opened the UK’s first Porsche Studio franchised retail space in London’s Mayfair.
Cox Automotive’s monthly Dealer Sentiment Survey has found that more than a third (37%) of UK car dealers are stocking older vehicles in the wake of COVID-19 lockdown.
Wingrove Motor Company is set to add a Peugeot franchise into its Citroen car dealership at Silverlink Newcastle.
Sytner Group is poised to open the doors at its new five-storey flagship Guy Salmon Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) car dealership in South West London.
Vantage Motor Group has further strengthened its part-exchange used car remarketing relationship with Aston Barclay.
