Blended retailing is the title of a concept being used by Volkswagen UK in its dealer network that accepts the digitisation of the sales process and the attention given by all retailers to everything ‘e’, but doesn’t assume the traditional face-to-face contact in the showroom and sales staff with encyclopaedic knowledge of the brand is redundant.
“There’s so much untapped power to increase sales in a dealer’s DMS if only they would use it."
Dealer management supplier ADP Dealer Services is separating from its parent company, ADP, and adopting a new company name, CDK Global.
In the late Iain M. Banks’ classic Culture series of science fiction novels, it is noteworthy that pan-galactic civilisation is effectively governed by intelligent vehicles (albeit in the form of 100km-long all-powerful warp-speed spacecraft, rather than the odd Fiesta with a TomTom).
Toyota is giving customers access to personalised audio streaming in the car using Aupeo!, an application that can be downloaded for the latest Toyota Touch 2 with Go multimedia package.
The family cars of the next decade will be some of the most economical mainstream cars ever built, thanks to a raft of cutting-edge technologies which are already being worked on, according to a new report by Autocar.
Driverless cars will legally be able to drive on UK roads from January, Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced.
How car dealers can gain from adopting an externally hosted IT solution for their dealership management systems.
Jaguar Land Rover is working on virtual windscreen technology which will display digital information directly onto the windscreen, including speed, navigation and hazards.
AM's in depth feature on the latest techniques used be dealerships to make sure they have the right used cars in stock.
Tesla Motors, the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, has opened up its technology patents to other car manufactures to speed up EV adoption.
Two years since it entered the DMS market, classified brand Exchange and Mart, is adding new features to its system.
Anonymous, the global group of hackers and activists, is intending to hack sponsors and partners of the 2014 World Cup following critisicm of the financial burden of the competition to Brazil.
Tesla Motors UK is looking to expand its reach across the UK with new dealerships following the launch of its first right-hand drive models.
The increase in online shopping and contactless card payments has driven a 14% fall in the use of cash by shoppers over the last five years, according to a survey by the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
Google has offered test drives of its self-driving two-seater prototype city car to members of the public for the first time.
Engines, not vehicles, are the UK's true manufacturing success story, says Jay Nagley.
Fiat Professional’s new Ducato will come with an integrated TomTom satellite navigation system when it goes on sale in the UK in the summer.
The head of the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has hit back at electric vehicle (EV) sceptics with suggestions that public opinion on the technology is shifting.
Audi’s range topping R8 LMX supercar will be the first production car to feature laser high beam headlight technology.
Car safety specialists Global NCAP is advising fleet managers to only buy five star rated cars for their company car drivers.
Electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid Q&A with Andrew Hooks, director Gumtree Motors.
The Government has committed £500 million of additional spend between 2015 and 2020 to help drive the adoption of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles.
A Taiwanese company which claims to be number one in the British mobility scooter market has developed a range of two-seater electric cars and light commercial vehicles which are destined for the UK.
Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors has been banned from selling its cars in Texas, Arizona and New Jersey after dealers fought the manufacturer for cutting them out of the picture.
