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Tony Bramall to exit Lookers board at year-end
Motor retail veteran Tony Bramall will leave the Lookers board at the end of this year.
- Profits climb at Arnold Clark with rising used car sales
- Trenton partners with Tracker to increase add-on sales
- Watch now: September sales analysis in the AM Motor Retail Review webinar
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Citygate Automotive acquires Lookers’ West London Škoda car dealership
Citygate Automotive has completed the acquisition of Lookers’ West London Škoda dealership for an undisclosed sum.
- Vertu confirms BMW acquisitions move after Inchcape disposals 'speculation'
- Vertu Motors completes Sandicliffe Kia Nottingham dealership acquisition
- Swansway Garages acquires Inchcape Volkswagen dealership in Oldham
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles faces £5bn emissions scandal lawsuit
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is facing a £5bn lawsuit in the UK for the alleged use of emissions defeat devices in some of its diesel vehicles.
- Alfa Romeo and Sauber Motorsport extends partnership for 2021 F1
- UK’s September car production is worst since 1995
- Polestar opens its first ‘Space’ in London’s Westfield Shopping Centre
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Mazda CX-5 UK’s fastest selling used car, according to Auto Trader
The Mazda CX-5 is the UK’s fastest selling used car, taking on average 24 days to sell, according to data from Auto Trader’s Fastest Selling Index.
- Values drop signals used car market shift is under way, Cap HPI says
- Motorway's private sellers’ car valuations rise as dealers compete for stock
- Demand for used cars increases as lockdown restrictions tighten
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Fix Auto UK partners with Trustpilot
Fix Auto UK has formed a partnership with Trustpilot, to ‘instil confidence and credibility’ in the service provided by its franchise partners.
- PSA launches Eurorepar Reliance tyre range
- Harwoods opens 'future proof' Audi Portsmouth aftersales facility
- Temporary vehicle technicians bridge the skills gap for dealerships
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Dealer event Automotive Management Live Virtual gets NFDA backing
The National Franchised Dealers Association has given its backing to Automotive Management Live Virtual, a fully interactive online version of the event we normally hold at Birmingham’s NEC every autumn.
- Auto Trader to deliver guaranteed part-exchange tool with Cox Automotive
- PistonHeads grows car dealers' leads by 86% under CarGurus ownership
- Auto Zebra ranks car manufacturers on online sales capabilities
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Activate Group appoints Lorna Turner as head of commercial
Accident management provider Activate Group has appointed Lorna Turner into its newly-created head of commercial role.
- PSA Group to launch cross-brand Free2Move flexible rental solution
- Renault's EV sales performance 'remarkable' says UK MD Vincent Tourette
- Used LCV values rose by 20.8% in Q2, reports Aston Barclay
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Mazda CX-5 UK’s fastest selling used car, according to Auto Trader
The Mazda CX-5 is the UK’s fastest selling used car, taking on average 24 days to sell, according to data from Auto Trader’s Fastest Selling Index.
- Watch now: September sales analysis in the AM Motor Retail Review webinar
- Children are driving force in decision to buy an EV, Peugeot finds
- OEMs battling hard to nail EU CO2 target, Jato shows
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Evolution Funding wins at virtual Motor Finance Awards 2020
Evolution Funding picked up two awards at the 6th annual Motor Finance European Conference and Awards 2020, including Intermediary of the Year, for the fourth year.
- Alphera reports 75% growth from its digital car finance platforms
- FCA to move from Gabriel to RegData for regulatory reporting
- Finance company demanded £2.3m ‘compensation’ from used car dealer
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Tony Bramall to exit Lookers board at year-end
Motor retail veteran Tony Bramall will leave the Lookers board at the end of this year.
- Matt McGuire joins heycar as CTO
- Tributes after death of Tony Lowe, former RMI Federation director
- Jim Saker named as new IMI president
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Pent-up demand leads to test-drive boom
The number of test drive bookings recorded by AX has more than tripled since June, as pent-up consumer demand sees customers flocking to dealerships.
- CDK Global launches Digital Documents to digitise workflows
- Auto Zebra ranks car manufacturers on online sales capabilities
- BMW and Mini launch EV battery recycling solution
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Robins & Day, Cinch and retail tech-fest here in the new AM issue
Insights into motor retail technology, new competition in the electric van market, dealers' reaction to Cinch and AM100 group Robins & Day's fight back since lockdown all feature in the new November 2020 issue of AM magazine, available to read today in print and digital formats (here).
- Wilsons Auctions launches WilPay stock funding for dealers
- Dealer event Automotive Management Live Virtual gets NFDA backing
- Motorway's private sellers’ car valuations rise as dealers compete for stock
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Car dealership enquiries rose 20% in Q3, says Marketing Delivery
The volume of customer enquiries made to UK dealerships rose by 20% year-on-year during Q3 of 2019, according to new data published by Marketing Delivery.
- Online motor finance conversion rate increase could be due to GDPR, says iVendi
- Car dealers should remind staff that data breaches 'could result in prison term'
- MOT changes 'a chance to improve customer satisfaction and transparency', says CitNOW
