Cooper Solutions has added electronic appraisal diagrams for vans and motorbikes to its FullAppraisal and FullAuction services.
Volvo Cars is partnering with Amazon to bring in-car delivery of packages to customers in the United States.
While dealerships aren’t dead yet, their survival could be under threat if the automotive industry fails to adjust to changing customer expectations. Co-founder and executive director of experience design specialist Foolproof, Peter Ballard, explains how dealerships could safeguard their position by seamlessly joining digital and physical experiences.
Saxon Bridge Automotive has partnered with Buzz2Get enabling customers to gain instant access to vehicle details via their smartphone.
Thatcham Research has called for AEB to be fitted as standard on all EVs afte the Nissan LEAF set the standard with a five-star Euro NCAP safety rating.
Creating “EV champions” in dealerships could maximise the growing demand for electric vehicles, according to Gain Solutions.
Cazana has launched a vehicle valuation tool enabling dealers to make “instant price decisions” based on the current retail market.
PSA Group expects to launch a connected aftersales platform across its Peugeot, Citroen and DS Automobiles brands that could boost car retailers’ retention levels “by next year”.
JC Halliday & Sons has officially opened Northern Ireland’s first DS Automobiles dealership, bringing a “taste of Paris” to Eglinton with the new DS Store facility.
Volkswagen UK says it sold nearly 200 cars on the first day of adopting SalesMaster’s stock management tool, STOCKBOOK.
Skoda has delivered over 2,000 hours of product demonstrations through its Skoda Live Tour digital showroom offering in its first year.
Stephen James BMW has opened the UK’s first ‘BMW Store’ at Kent’s Bluewater shopping centre - with product geniuses and a robot replacing sales executives.
Motors.co.uk has updated its lead management tool, The Eye, to assist “extremely busy” car dealers after it emerged that 22% of calls to dealers go unanswered.
The growing cost of public charge points combined with low residual values could leave EV owners out of pocket, according to What Car?
G3 has credited a 46% increase in digital bids compared to the last quarter of 2017 to the launch of its mobile inspection and asset management application, AVID.
Franchised car dealers could see their new car sales “largely replaced” by manufacturers’ online retail platforms and mobility schemes, according to KPMG research to be discussed at the AM Digitech conference.
Car retailers’ need to better cater for women was brought into focus by a Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders report, which showed female car ownership has risen by 21% in a decade.
Rockar MD Martin Sewell will discuss the omni-channel car retail business's “way forward” after landmark partnerships with Next and Ford at AM DigiTech on April 17.
Cooper Solutions has invested in “technical expertise” by appointing Gayan Thilakarathna as software developer.
Manufacturers are being urged to “learn from past mistakes” in order to capitalise on the anticipated surge of EV sales.
IVendi has invested more than £3m in a tracking tool, “event store” which will provide a full audit and log of consumer actions online.
AM100 dealer groups supplying Lex Autolease are rolling out the installation of new software to handle all its vehicle delivery and collection operations.
Close Brothers Motor Finance has launched an online portal allowing dealers to quote multiple finance products in tandem with its website.
Shaun Harris, sales director at Codeweavers has urged that dealers demand a better approach to technology as re-keying data proves costly.
The full line-up of speakers at April’s DigiTech tackling the digital and technological challenges facing automotive retailers, has been confirmed.
