Drayton Motors has completed the acquisition of Grantham Kia operator Victor Wood Group for an undisclosed fee.
Henrys Cars Glasgow has won Skoda UK’s Retailer of the Year award as the Volkswagen Group brand celebrated the successes of its franchised dealer network across 10 categories.
MG Motor UK is offering electric vehicle (EV) customers a full-service plan from £6 a month under a newly-launched aftersales scheme.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has followed-up its plans for a fully electrified product range with the announcement that it is set to axe 2,000 jobs in the coming year.
McLaren Automotive has officially unveiled its first ever series production plug-in hybrid (PHEV) supercar – the 680PS Artura.
Hyundai Motor UK has received the Feefo Gold Trusted Service award for its Accident Aftercare programme – ‘Call Hyundai First’.
Hendy Group is set to increase its representation with the Lotus Cars brand with the addition of new dealerships in Hampshire and Devon.
The 29.4% decline in 2020 represented, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), £20.4bn in lost turnover.
Citroën UK will set to act on its ‘Advance UK’ strategy’s pledge to grow its marketing profile by signing a two-year sponsorship deal with UKTV’s Dave channel.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will transform the Jaguar brand into a purely electric vehicle (EV) brand by 2025 and expects 60% of new Land Rovers to be zero-emissions capable by 2030.
New car buyers can save more than 20% on new cars ahead of the March number plate change, What Car? research has found.
JF & E Hadwin’s Settle Land Rover dealership and Roger Young’s Plymouth Jaguar car retail operations have been named as Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) dealers of the year for 2020.
Vertu Motors is set to relocate its Kia Nottingham dealership into its existing Volkswagen dealership operation in the city as it continues to consolidate its UK retail operations.
ICDP has set aside a “pragmatic approach” to the evolution of motor retail in a new whitepaper which explores the impact of a ‘clean-slate’ shift omnichannel car distribution.
Isuzu UK has named Welsh franchised retailer David Taylor Garages as its Dealer of the Year 2021 as it celebrated the “talent and expertise across its growing UK network” with a string of awards presentations.
Kia president and chief executive Ho Sung Song has said that the Korean carmaker will be “reborn in 2021” with the launch of new mobility solutions and 11 new electric vehicles (EVs).
Vospers Abarth Exeter is the performance brand’s UK car retailers to trial a virtual reality (VR) home test drive package to coincide with the launch of the new limited edition Abarth 595 Scorpioneoro.
Park’s Motor Group’s BMW Hamilton dealership has claimed the German premium car brand’s Retailer of the Year award for 2020.
Mercedes-Benz UK has opened up order books for its new, fully-electric EQA SUV – with prices starting from £40,495 (inc. plug-in car grant).
Mazda UK has added its new MX-30 electric vehicle (EV) to the list of cars eligible for savings of up to £4,000 in its CO2 emissions-reducing car scrappage scheme.
Isuzu UK has revealed plans to add a further 10 new franchised retail sites to its retail network in 2021 as the new D-Max pick-up prompts further growth for the brand.
A new whitepaper report published by Capgemini has determined that an agency model for franchised car retail, vehicle subscriptions and monetised customer data are now core elements of a sustainable automotive sector.
Close Motor Company has replaced its Mitsubishi Motors in the UK dealership in Corby with a new Suzuki franchise.
Kia Motors UK has issued a recall for its new Sorento SUV after identifying a problem with the vehicles eCall SOS alert system.
