Auto Trader's 2019 Auto Trader Retailer Awards is open for entries 12 years after its begun celebrating the UK’s very best car dealers at its prestigious annual celebration.
G3 Remarketing has appointed Russell Gill to the role of buyer services manager to head up a newly-developed customer support team which focuses on buyer experience and engagement.
The rise of personal leasing has been blamed for a rise in the volume of sub-standard repair work seen on used cars by remarketing operations, according to the Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA).
Pendragon’s new leadership team is conducting review of the car retail group’s operational and financial prospects as an interim management statement revealed Q1 pre-taxes losses which were ‘lower than expected’.
The used car market in March was a story of two halves and market sentiment would appear to suggest that the retail consumers were more fickle than they have been for some time, according to Cazana director of valuations Rupert Pontin.
Carwow has celebrated hitting two million subscribers on its YouTube channel, following a record breaking eight months.
HR Owen has signed a new two year exclusive renewal deal with BCA to manage the remarketing of its part-exchange vehicles arriving at its network of supercar and luxury car showrooms.
A car dealer who moved his home and business after receiving complaints from the buyer of a “dangerous and unroadworthy” BMW X5 has been jailed for 12 months.
Auto Trader is replacing its i-Control used car stock pricing platform with a new Retail Accelerator platform in an effort to help retailers claw-back some of the £290 million lost to overage stock each year.
Nissan’s Leaf electric vehicle (EV) was the fastest-selling used car on Auto Trader during March, according to the online marketing platform’s latest market data.
CarShop has been granted planning permission to allow it to further expand Sytner Group's used car supermarket division with the opening of a new facility in Nottingham.
Three high performance Audi saloons worth £75,000 were stolen from a West Lothian car dealer in an overnight raid which left other vehicles and the property with “significant damage”.
Car dealers reported a 60% decline in demand during March as reaction to political uncertainty over Brexit the introduction of WLTP-related taxation changes caused owners to hold on to their cars for longer.
The fully-electric Nissan Leaf was the fastest selling used car in March, according to Motors.co.uk.
LSH Auto UK has officially opened its new Mercedes-Benz ‘Centre of Excellence’ for used cars in Erdington, Birmingham.
Used cars are selling almost 20% faster on Scotland’s forecourts than the UK average of 31 days, according to data published by CarGurus – taking an average 25 days to turn.
Motorpoint Group has said that it expects to report a 6% increase in revenues and a 10% increase in underlying profit before tax in its forthcoming annual financial results to March 31, 2019.
Used Hyundai Tucsons left dealer forecourts faster than any other car in March, according to a new report from Indicata.
Strong demand for used diesel vehicles has resulted in a 5.6% increase in values during Q1 as part of an apparent resurgence in popularity, according to data published by Autorola.
Brexit, a global slowdown and confusion over the future of diesel vehicles have combined to create a crisis of consumer confidence which may have driven 2.4 million motorists away from a new car purchase.
The Trade Centre Group has published a record set of annual results detailing a 44% rise in turnover to over £250m and record profits during a year of expansion in 2018.
The problem of vehicle clocking is one the rise with one-in-14 cars on UK roads showing “mileage discrepancies”, according to research carried out by Cap HPI.
Aston Barclay has announced two senior appointments to head up its new Digital Solutions business, based in the group’s new mega auction centre in Wakefield.
Cap HPI has reported that used car values have “softened” during March as the SUV segment defined an overall average decline of 0.9% at three years and 60,000 miles.
Used car stock levels have risen by 12% year-on-year, according to Motors.co.uk.
