JUNE

1) AM100 Dinner 2014 gallery

A selection of images from the AM100 Dinner.

 

 

 

 

2) Tom Hartley Jnr launches luxury car retail business

Tom Hartley Jnr has launched his own high-end luxury and classic used car business at a site in Derbyshire.

 

3) Can car dealers ever kill off the commission model?

Motor retail sales executives have earned most of their pay from hitting targets for decades. We ask car dealers if a high basic/low commission model would yield better results.

 

4) How Holdcroft Group built its award-winning fleet business from scratch

Holdcroft Group, the winner of the AM Award for Best Fleet Dealer, explains how it has built a successful and standalone corporate sales business.

 

5) Former Vauxhall salesman hopes social media outburst won't jeopardise new job

Many franchised dealer bosses now talk about hiring for attitude. Whether that will work against former Vauxhall salesman Gary Brown after he called a customer a "moaning little c***" on Facebook will remain to be seen.

 

6) P&A Wood opens new Rolls-Royce car showroom

P&A Wood has opened a £2.5 million new car dealership, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars London Stansted, in Great Easton, Essex.

 

7) Trading ends at Brian Leighton Garages

Yorkshire Nissan, SsangYong and Isuzu dealership Brian Leighton Garages has closed.

 

8) Salesman injured in robbery at Cheshire car dealership

Police said a salesman at Stratstone Aston Martin was left with serious injuries following a robbery.

 

9) Mercedes-Benz reveals CLS coupe and CLS Shooting Brake facelift prices

The facelifted Mercedes-Benz CLS Coupe and CLS Shooting Brake will be priced from £46,500 and £48,080 respectively when they both go on sale in time for the September plate-change.

 

10) Jeep on the path to recovery, says Fiat Group UK boss

Steve Zanlunghi, Fiat Group Automobiles chief executive and managing director, has told AM Jeep is back on the path to recovery after appointing new dealers and recovering volumes with new product.