Hendy Group chief executive Paul Hendy has said that the AM100 car retailer’s shortlisting for several AM Awards provided him and his team with a ‘tangible chest puffed-out moment’ in 2021.
Sytner Group’s CarShop used car division is celebrating the “astounding success” of its first Express Store concept retail site in Leicester.
Used car values were up 13.2% year-on-year in December as BCA’s programme of festive auctions delivered a near-25% sales boost during the last week of 2021.
Motorway will sponsor ITV’s live coverage of the Guinness Six Nations for the next two years, to boost awareness of its used car buying service.
The Nissan Leaf has topped Auto Trader’s Fastest Selling Index for 2021, with the average example taking just 17 days to sell from dealer forecourts.
Driverama has said that it has no immediate plans to bring its growing online car retail operation to the UK after kicking off its growth in new European markets.
Dealer attitudes suggest a level of uncertainty about a 2022 car retail market increasingly defined by vehicle availability, the transition to electric vehicles (EV) and moves from manufacturers towards an agency franchise model.
Renault UK has promoted its national corporate sales manager Peter Horton to head of fleet and used vehicles as the brand enters the next stage of its ‘Renaulution’ strategy.
Motorpoint has begun the process of recruiting 30 new employees ahead of the opening of its new 120-car retail site in Maidstone.
A used car retailer that saw £250,000 worth of used car stock written-off after a high-speed police chase ended in a Volkswagen Golf somersaulting across his forecourt has been told he must foot the bill.
A car buyer threatened to “execute” a car dealer in a string of racist and threatening text messages after his Mini Cooper S broke down, leaving him stranded at the roadside on the day he bought it.
Car supplies could take up to eight years to recover after component shortages and COVID-19 factory closures, according to Pendragon chief executive Bill Berman.
Pendragon will re-launch its CarStore division with a new hybrid sales process designed to remove the “restrictive” process of traditional retail and new online rivals, chief executive Bill Berman has told AM.
Auto Trader has predicted “continued strong price growth” in the used car sector following a 30.5% surge in values during December.
Environmental and sustainability considerations are the top driver for those buying used electric and hybrid cars, according to eBay Motors Group.
Cox Automotive has said that “volatility” is set to define the car retail sector in 2022 as stuttering car supplies combine with rising inflation and changes to OEM and consumer relationships.
Former Paddy Power and Lastminute.com tech expert Edgardo Savoy has joined the “fiercely ambitious” team at online car retailer Carzam as chief technology officer.
Vertu Motors has acquired a site for a new Bristol Street Motors MotorNation used car dealership business in Stockton, Teeside.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has dismissed a complaint which questioned WeBuyAnyCar claims that customers usually travelled no more than 15 minutes to a local branch.
BCA said that the wholesale used car market showed signs of moving towards a “more stable” footing after average sold values declined by 19% in two months.
Van buyers are up to 40 times more likely to go ahead with a purchase than those looking at the most popular car models, finds BuyaCar.
Lookers has boosted its fleet of vehicle delivery and collection vans alongside the launch of a new ‘click and sell’ online used car buying platform aimed at sourcing used car stock from private sellers.
Government’s ‘Plan B’ to mitigate against the approaching “tidal wave” of cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 have done little to dampen rising used car values, according to Auto Trader.
Motor retail executives from CarShop, Humphries And Parks, Available Car and eDynamix will discuss methods of improving stock turn at this afternoon's AM webinar.
Carzam has marked its first anniversary with the appointment of former Paddy Power chief executive Andy McCue as its new executive chairman.
