Maserati has vowed to maintain the “centrality of dealerships’ role” after unveiling a new OTO Retail project corporate identity (CI) in a bid to adapt to customers’ growing demands for online sales.
Constellation Automotive’s £201.6 million offer for a 64.4% controlling stake in Marshall Motor Group has been described as a “done deal” after an ‘undertaking to accept’ was published via the London Stock Exchange.
Greenhous Group has continued its growth in commercial vehicles with the acquisition of Heatons Truck Group.
Marshall Motor Holdings has confirmed its largest shareholder, Marshall of Cambridge, is considering the sale of its 64.4% stake in the AM100 motor retailer.
Marshall Motor Group is nearing the completion of the new £12m Motorline Toyota and Lexus dealership in Bristol – Europe’s largest retail site for the two Japanese brands.
Vertu Motors has completed a £200,000 upgrade of its Bristol Street Motors Nissan Northampton dealership.
Abarth, Fiat, Honda and Suzuki franchisee Balmer Lawn Group has joined the Ssangyong Motors UK car retail network with the opening of a new dealership in Southampton.
Cazoo has acquired Swipcar, a Spanish digital car subscription business.
Mercedes-Benz Retail Group has continued to sell-off its UK car retail sites with the sale of its Epsom dealership to Sandown Motors.
Sytner Group has officially begun trading from Ferrari’s first new franchise point for 15 years ahead of the opening of a new Glasgow showroom in Q1 next year.
Northern Ireland car retail group Mervyn Stewart has opened its first Suzuki GB franchise with the acquisition of the existing Phillip Petersen operation in Bangor.
Snows Motor Group has added a sixth Peugeot dealership to its franchise portfolio through the acquisition of Hamble Motors of Southampton.
Tarnock Garage, the Ford Service centre in Tarnock, Somerset, is set to move premises next summer.
Vertu Motors' Nissan dealerships in Northampton, Derby and Glasgow are the latest to adopt the Japanese carmaker's updated showroom style.
Swedish motor retailer Anders Hedin has increased his stake in the UK's top 10 AM100 group Pendragon to just over 25% of voting rights.
The National Franchised Dealers Association’s (NFDA) Electric Vehicle Approved (EVA) scheme has reopened.
Sytner Group’s CarShop used car supermarket division has opened a new retail site near Halifax, taking its number of Yorkshire retail sites to four.
Vertu Motors has created 15 new jobs with the opening of a new Bristol Street Motors Renault and Dacia dealership in York’s former Jaguar showroom.
Rockar Jaguar Land Rover has opened its new showroom store at One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London.
Clive Brook Volvo’s Bradford dealership could be relocated by Easter after the franchised retailer secured planning permission to redevelop the city’s former Jaguar showroom.
Cazoo has agreed the £6.5 million acquisition of online commercial vehicles retailers Van365 ahead of its launch into the van market later this year.
A High Court judge concluded that Inchcape UK CEO James Brearley appeared prepared to “tell untruths” after dismissing a case that a law firm’s negligence prevented him from opening a Jaguar Land Rover dealership in Wolverhampton.
Isuzu UK has celebrated the “vital” expansion of its pick-up dealership network after Chorley Group became the latest of 16 new additions in 2021.
Constellation Automotive claims to have reached “unmatched scale” in automotive retail after expanding its car retail operations into Europe with the acquisition CarNext.
Marshall Motor Group chief executive Daksh Gupta was described as a “caged tiger” after COVID-19 isolation kept him locked away ahead of completion of today’s Motorline acquisition.
