BCA has reported "encouraging signs" from a used van market which experienced a 1.8% (£177) decline in average wholesale values during September.
UK new car registrations predictions for 2023 have been downgraded by between 7% and 15% as Coz Automotive predicts faltering vehicle supplies may not recover until Q3 next year.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has added a sustainability and diversity focus to its 2023 awards, which have been officially launched this week.
ICDP has questioned whether car manufacturers will retain a desire to switch from a franchise to an agency retail model if consumer demand and inflation “head on opposite directions” in 2023.
Dealerships need to use the quieter Q4 period to ensure staff are fully prepared to meet an expected Q1 upswing – which could signal a move towards the return of something approaching normality.
Auto Trader has sold off its Webzone subsidiary, which trades as Carzone in the Republic of Ireland, for 30m euros (approx. £26m).
Jato Dynamics has announced the launch of its new solution, Car Mapper, designed to help speed up the process of used vehicle listing in the online marketplace.
The automotive retail sector’s used car shortages “will stick with us” for some time to come but it is not altogether bad news, Auto Trader commercial director Ian Plummer has told the AM News Show.
Evolution Funding achieved a milestone of transacting £1bn in motor finance advances, with total platform transactions of more than £1.5bn.
Opteven UK will pursue a “digital transformation strategy” for its WMS automotive warranties operation under its new operations director Madjid Hadj-Amar.
Consumers are shying away from expensive used electric vehicles (EV) amid escalating cost-of-living pressures, according to used car stock management and marketing specialist Indicata.
City Auction Group has expanded its operations with the launch of a new auction site in Peterborough.
Online car buying platform heycar UK has promoted its chief commercial officer Karen Hilton into the post of chief executive, with Mat Moakes becoming CCO of the heycar Group.
As consumers are coming under increasing financial strain from soaring inflation and the cost-of-living crisis, so car dealerships are stepping up to help them through these challenging times.
With costs soaring, a constricted new car market and a used car market under pressure, the concern that routine vehicle servicing, maintenance and repairs (SMR) could be delayed, or cheaper alternatives sought by cash-strapped customers, is all too real.
Electric vehicle (EV) home charger business, Muller EV, which trades as Andersen EV, has recently faced administration.
‘High demand’ for petrol and diesel vehicles is continuing to drive the strength of the used car market, according to Cap HPI’s Derren Martin.
Ohme chief executive Peter McDonald says the electric vehicle (EV) charge point provider will prove its value to car retailers and customers after striking up a new partnership with the Volkswagen Group.
In AM's latest '10 Minutes With...' supplier interview Aston Barclay chairman Greg McLeod talks to AM about the automotive remarketing business's growth since acquisition in 2017 and what will come next.
Former GForces chief executive Giles Smith is set to step aside from his role as Automotive Transformation Group chief product officer following the appointment of Anson Moniz.
War, inflation, rising gas prices...not to mention a looming recession. Keyloop's executive vice-president of Alliances and OEMs Megan Harvey considers how car retail businesses can overcome the economic headwinds.
Used car prices rose by 2.17% on Auto Trader as new car supply constraints continued to drive a buoyant market in September.
Former Leaseplan director Tim Meadows has returned to epyx in the newly-created role of chief commercial officer.
Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) policy manager Hayley Pells has called for Government to add the automotive sector on the UK’s Shortage Occupation List in an open letter to Secretary of State for Transport.
Used car supermarkets and franchised retailers responded to September’s sector stability to increase the value of their advertised vehicle stock by 1.5% and 1%, respectively.
