A £9,900 improvement in April profits for car dealers could be an indicator “the real prospect of a period of comparative prosperity”, according to ASE.
Suzuki will offer £1,000 off all models during a Weekend to Remember sales event being hosted by every one of its 157 UK retailers.
Motordepot has announced the opening a brand-new retail site in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, becoming the eighth branch in a growing portfolio.
With many automotive retail businesses entering 2018 with some nervousness and caution, the market has remained remarkably buoyant for the first four months of the year.
The number of UK drivers considering EV ownership has doubled in the past year according to Close Brothers Motor Finance's Britain Under the Bonnet report.
Endeavour Automotive is preparing to open the doors to potential customers of its newly-opened flagship North London Hyundai showroom for the first time with an ‘open weekend’ event this weekend.
Brexit might have proved the catalyst for growth of car supermarket operations in Ireland as the weak Sterling sparked an importing flurry for Kearys Motor Group.
JCT600 has reported a 2% rise in turnover to £1.25 billion in the face of “challenging market conditions”, adding that it expects “fierce competition” to continue in the automotive retail sector.
Women looking to forge a career in the automotive sector face many of the same challenges they faced 30 years ago, delegates at Automechanika Birmingham were told.
Lexus Hull has become one of 10 Lexus European retailers to receive the annual award, presented due to its fine guest experience.
The May new car registration data released on June 5 paints a marginally better picture of the market with overall volumes showing an increase of 3.4% over May 2017.
Yorkshire-based Burrows Motor Company has added a fifth Toyota dealership to its network with the acquisition of L&S Copcutt in Worksop.
Dacia dealerships will be accepting orders for the new Duster SUV from June 11, with prices starting from £9,995.
Land Rover came top of the premium car brands as Mini topped the volume sector in the results of JD Power’s latest Customer Service Index (CSI) Study.
New car registrations rose by 3.4% in what the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) described as a “modest” increase in light of last year’s 8.5% decline during the same month.
Hepworth Motor Group has completed the switch from Honda to Mitsubishi at its Halifax dealership as part of a re-franchising exercise hoping to generate growth in market share and profitability.
Corporate identity demands have been described as “the straw that broke the camel’s back” in prompting the closure of Hardie Motor Group’s Peugeot franchises in Larbert and Stirling.
Cooper Mini Durham has supported the local constabulary’s Pride procession with a rainbow decorated Mini to celebrate diversity.
Dealers need to tailor test drive routes and offer more than the standard “15 minutes around the block” in order to improve their conversion rates, Coachworks Consulting has said.
LeasePlan has announced plans to maximise value from ex-lease cars by selling directly to consumer via a new online sales platform dubbed CarNext.com.
Jennings Group managing director Nas Khan has revealed that the group cancelled plans for a new £6m flagship FordStore dealership due to the effects of Brexit and uncertainty over the future of diesel vehicles.
Volvo has confirmed it will expand production of the XC40 to meet unexpected demand for its recently-released compact SUV.
A 5.2% uplift in UK car manufacturing outputs during April was not enough to arrest a double-digit decline in supply for the domestic market since the start of the year, the SMMT has reported.
Caffyns has reported a 16% decline in operating profit despite rising revenues in annual results which detail the “very disappointing” performance of its volume car brands in 2017.
Arnold Clark, Lookers and Clive Brook Volvo were visited by their local MP last Friday (May 25) as the NFDA's Parliamentary Engagement Programme continued to give car retailers a chance to discuss to discuss employment, apprenticeships and Brexit.
