Chorley Group managing director Adam Turner has said further growth is on the cards after the family-run car retail group added two new Citroen dealerships with the acquisition of BCC Cars.
One of the things that has changed due to COVID and, to some extent, Brexit is that commonly held mantras of good management have started to be questioned.
Mazda has revealed details of its first plug-in hybrid (PHEV), its flagship CX60 SUV, ahead of an autumn arrival in UK car showrooms.
Vertu Motors has launched a recruitment drive to attract staff to four new Toyota franchised car dealerships after taking over the brand’s West of Scotland territory from Arnold Clark.
Lookers is close to completing a £3 million major redevelopment of its Volkswagen Teeside dealership in a move that will bring car and van sales together at a single site.
As Q1 draws to a close with what is likely to be a quieter than normal March plate change month, AM took a look at the new car finance offers being served up by some of the sector’s leading brands.
As manufacturer strategies focus increasingly on electric vehicles (EV), crossovers and SUVs, is customer choice set to become a thing of the past?
Toyota franchised car retailers John Roe Grimsby, Ron Brooks Motor Group and Burrows Motor Company have all been awarded with the brand’s Ichiban awards for excellence in customer service.
Skoda is ramping-up the performance of its electric vehicles (EV) with the launch of a 299PS all-wheel-drive vRS version of its new Enyaq iV Coupé.
Hyundai believes the relationship with its franchised dealer network is improving on the back of strengthening profits, despite a below par showing in the latest National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) dealer attitude survey.
Lexus pulled clear of the chasing pack to emerge as UK franchised car dealers’ number one retail partner for a sixth consecutive time in the NFDA Dealer Attitude Survey winter 2021/2022.
Suzuki GB boss Dale Wyatt has told the brand’s UK car retailers that the brand has become “VUCA ninjas” in webinar outlining supply constraints for the year ahead.
Hyundai Kia and Ford have followed Stellantis in spelling out new strategies that will accelerate the development of electric vehicles (EV).
February’s new car registrations remained 25.9% down on pre-pandemic 2020 as Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine created increasing doubt about a volume recovery for car retailers.
Tesla finished bottom of a Which? survey of electric vehicle (EV) owners to determine the most and least reliable zero-emission cars on the market.
Long-lasting automotive supply chain impacts look set to be triggered by Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine as Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Skoda, Stellantis and VW felt the conflict's impact.
JT Hughes Group has become the latest former Mitsubishi franchisee to join the Isuzu UK pick-up retail network.
Online car buyers can now pre-order the Genesis premium brand’s first electric vehicle (EV), the GV60 – with prices starting from £47,005.
Stellantis chief executive Carlos Tavares has said that the 14-brand OEM giant is targeting ‘industry champion’ status with its new emissions-cutting Dare Forwards 2030 strategy.
BMW, Fiat, Genesis, Hyundai, Kia, Porsche, Skoda and Toyota all gained recognition from motoring journalists as UK Car of the Year Awards 2022's category winners were revealed.
Agency model car retail is sure to become more widely adopted but agreements must be “balanced, collaborative and win-win”, according to Lotus Cars executive director of sales and aftersales, Geoff Dowding.
MG Motor UK has told its franchised car retailers to stop taking orders for new petrol vehicles after “unprecedented demand” saw it fill its 2022 sales quota by the end of February.
The newly-appointed manager of Paul Rigby Group’s Polestar Space Birmingham store has said he is excited by the challenge of exploring a “new form of retail”.
BMW Group UK has appointed its first general manager for future retail as part of a reshuffle of its senior leadership team.
Steven Eagell Group chief executive Steven Eagell has spoken of his “enormous pride” after the car retailer won nine categories in the annual Toyota and Lexus dealer of the year awards.
