Franchised car retailers have been told to "clean-up their act" after an investigation found that aftersales customer were being charged up to £180 for a 30-minute car diagnostic check.
Car dealers will have to “supply new and used cars to service providers” as consumers move away from ownership towards leasing and mobility solutions in the next decade, Auto Trader has claimed.
Avis Car Rental UK will allow car dealers and trade buyers to purchase its de-fleeted vehicles via a new online sales portal developed in partnership with CD Auction Group.
Sales of SUVs continue to grow at the expense of traditional family cars, according to the latest data from carwow.
New online motor finance broker FairSquare has launched a TV ad campaign focusing on its provision of ‘pain-free’ service online.
Volkswagen Financial Services UK (VWFS) will take over Aston Barclay’s Donington Park Mega Centre auction facility for a series of ‘Centre-For-A-Day’ sales before the end of the year.
A new range of four short animated videos about add-on products has been created by iVendi in an effort to support car dealers' online sales efforts.
The Lead Agency has appointed Auto Trader’s former agency sales director Chris Gawor as its new head of agency partnerships.
Used car prices reached their second-highest level on record at BCA auctions during August, with average values rising by 2.4% to £9,697.
Car valeting and preparation service provider Motorclean has been acquired in a management buyout deal supported by a £13m funding package from HSBC.
A team of 52 pedal pushing BCA employees are preparing to swap the auction hall for the open road to raise funds for the Action for A-T charity on a 235-mile cycling challenge.
A former Renault and Nissan dealership in Cheltenham, operated by Hylton Group, has been sold for £1.9 million by Colliers.
Startline Motor Finance is expanding into larger offices following rapid growth over the last year.
Network Q has claimed the title of the market’s largest approved used car scheme to offer online motor finance following the adoption of technology from iVendi.
The Vehicle Remarking Association will ask whether 2019 will be “the year of the used van” when it hosts members at Manheim’s Bruntingthorpe auction site next week.
Aston Barclay sold 76 of 150 Mercedes-Benz cars offered in two auction events which marked the official launch of its new Virtual Auction app.
Lookers Group’s Taggarts franchised retail operation will remarket 2,600 cars through BCA auction halls as part of a new exclusive remarketing partnership.
BMW retailers will be offering customers seven days of complimentary car insurance through a partnership between BMW Financial Services (GB) and insurance technology firm Wrisk.
Volkswagen’s Polo emerged as the cheapest hatchback to maintain when WhoCanFixMyCar analysed more than 300,000 data points to discover the facts behind cost-effective car ownership.
Carwow has achieved a 17th-placed ranking in the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 list of Britain’s top 100 private technology, media and telecoms companies with the fastest-growing sales.
Former Rockar managing director Paul Stokes has said that GForces is in a fantastic position to lead an impending "paradigm shift within the automotive industry" after joining the business as its head of online retailing.
NextGear Capital has announced the appointment of Amrit Singh to the role of finance director.
New and used car markets delivered a sales surge in August as the introduction of WLTP and RDE fuel consumptions an emissions delivered “great value vehicles and finance offers,” enquiryMAX has revealed.
A quarter of UK car buyers prefer to contact dealers via email, but over half have complained of a poor response rate, according to CarGurus
Car buyers’ lack of awareness about car dealers’ obligations when selling finance products suggests a “high potential for mis-selling of F&I products”, according to Alphera Financial Services.
