Car retailers across the UK have spoken of a desire to generate the excitement of a “dream” March number plate change month as new 23-plate cars were handed to customers this morning.
Ex-Lookers chief executive Andy Bruce and former chief operating officer Nigel McMinn have joined the board at car handover technology firm AutoBuzz after investing in the customer-focussed start-up.
Discounts of up to 16% are being offered on new cars at UK retailers, ahead of the March plate-change.
Jato Dynamics has suggested that Europe’s new car registrations volumes may never recover to pre-pandemic highs following 11% year-on-year growth in January.
Stellantis chief executive Carlos Tavares is targeting a “transformative journey” towards electrification in the US after revealing record 2022 financial results for the car manufacturing giant.
Deep analysis of 2022's UK new car market shows parental lineage gives no guarantees when ambitious new car brands like MG and Kia can go the distance
Mercedes-Benz UK chief executive Gary Savage has said he finds the roll-out of the brand’s direct-to-consumer agency model car retail strategy “hugely exciting” – despite agents' two-tier car retail sector concerns.
Cox Automotive predicts that new car registrations will increase by 6% in 2023 to 1.71 million.
MG’s flagship HS SUV was the UK’s best-selling car in the first month of 2023 but Volkswagen registrations exceeded closest rival Ford by 36% to start the year as the biggest selling brand.
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) chief executive Mike Hawes has said the economic outlook, cost-of-living crisis and anxiety over new technology mean the new car market remains ‘fragile’, despite 14.7% January growth.
Peugeot’s 208 hatchback ended the Volkswagen Golf’s 15-year reign as Europe’s best-selling car as the region’s troubled automotive sector suffered a third consecutive year of declining sales in 2022.
Tesla proved that it remained the “EV brand to beat” after Q4 deliveries drove a 59% rise in profitability for Elon Musk’s zero-emissions car brand.
MD Andrew Iveson talks about his decision to go from employee to co-owner at Subaru, isuzu and SsangYong car dealer Livingstone Motor Group and the resilience and innovation he and his team displayed as Mitsubishi quit the UK.
Gravells’ dealership in Bridgend has retained Kia UK’s dealer of the year award at an event which also celebrated the Korean carmaker’s landmark 100,000 registrations performance.
Ford has emerged as the UK’s most popular van manufacturer in 2022, with more than a third of all new LCVs registered last year wearing a blue oval.
Kia UK president and chief executive Paul Philpott has insisted that the Korean carmaker’s ambitions will not stop with after it delivered its 100,000 registrations landmark in 2022.
Volkswagen retained its position as the UK’s best-selling new car brand after bumper December registrations accelerated its performance ahead of US rival Ford.
Nissan’s Qashqai SUV has become the first British-built vehicle to top the UK’s annual best-selling car rankings for 24 years.
The UK automotive sector remains “adrift of its pre-pandemic performance” after an acceleration in December new car registrations failed to arrest a full-year decline – ending 2022 down 2% at 1.61 million units.
Livingstone Motor Group’s growth ambitions, the AM Awards 2023 launch and all the content from AM Live 2022 are all packed into the latest edition of AM magazine – out now.
Consumer car finance registered growth for only the fourth time in 2022 as the sector delivered a 4% uplift by volumes and 9% by value.
Stock shortages are expected to trigger a 3% decline in used car sales during 2023, despite a 19% uplift in new car registrations, according to Auto Trader.
In the latest edition of AM Magazine David Francis takes deep-dive into the UK's new car registrations and asks: "Has the market finally reached 'peak premium?'"
Ford remains in pole position to finish 2022 as the UK's best-selling automotive brand after growing its registrations once more in November.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said that new car registrations were being energised by electric vehicle (EV) uptake as November delivered 23.5% year-on-year growth.
