Kia and Audi are among car manufacturers helping to propel the Ionity electric vehicle (EV) charging network to 7,000 units by 2025 thanks to a €700 million (£592m) funding boost.

Sales of used electric vehicles (EV) have accelerated past their petrol counterparts and are now leaving forecourts faster, according to new data from Auto Trader.

Suzuki has unveiled details of its new S-Cross SUV ahead of its arrival in UK car dealerships in January 2022.

Caffyns has revealed turnover up by 29.8% and a 62.3% rise in profit before tax in published results for the first half of its financial year.

Nissan GB has appointed Csaba Vincze as fleet director as it targets “leadership in electrification” with the launch of its new Ariya EV crossover and fully electric Townstar compact van.

The UK’s car manufacturing output slumped 41.4% year-on-year in October as an “extremely worrying” continuation of the semiconductor shortages continued to play out.

Thatcham Research and Euro NCAP have said they are ‘encouraged’ by the results of their latest Assisted Driving Gradings.

Real Time Communications (RTC) has joined Menable as part of a bid to "champion the well-being" of its team and its clients in the automotive retail sector.

Snows Motor Group is rolling out a new company-wide talent management programme as part of its 60th anniversary celebrations.

Car retail’s staffing crisis, a celebration of inspiring automotive women and in-depth insight into the soaring used car market all feature in a packed December edition of Automotive Management (AM) magazine.

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.

Used car dealers are buying cheaper used cars at physical auctions as they search for ways to avoid the impact of limited vehicle supplies and soaring values, according to Shoreham Vehicle Auctions (SVA).

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Volkswagen has said that its takeover offer made for international vehicle rental giant Europcar has been approved by France’s market regulator.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has named Stellantis senior vice-president and UK country manager Alison Jones as its 82nd president.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has dismissed 96 complaints which claimed a Land Rover Defender advert undermined efforts to tackle climate change and ecological damage.

Vertu Motors has completed a £200,000 upgrade of its Bristol Street Motors Nissan Northampton dealership.

Vauxhall has launched a Plug & Go sales initiative aiming to reassure potential electric vehicle (EV) customers with an all-in-one package covering home and public charging, warranty, roadside assistance and servicing.

Almost half of in-market car buyers expect to make a purchase before the end o the year, according to research from What Car?.

The Government’s Minister for Skills, Alex Burghart MP, has congratulated Stoneacre Motor Group after its Stoneacre Academy secured outstanding status following its first-ever Ofsted inspection.

FRF Volvo has welcomed customers into its newly refurbished premium car dealership two years after starting the £1.9 million project ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Society of Motor Manufactures and Traders (SMMT) has published a series of “guiding principles” to prevent customer confusion about the 'hands-free' driving capabilities of their car.

The HMRC has clarified the terms of post-Brexit tax arrangements for car retailers operating in Northern Ireland after changes to the margin scheme created a “hidden trap”.

Vertu Motors has appointed Darren Binge as head of business and Stuart Porter as service manager at its Harrogate Volkswagen dealership.

Suzuki GB’s decision to import cars left incomplete due to the shortage of semiconductor microchips is set to give dealers access to 4,000 vehicles they would not otherwise have had.

Inchcape UK has unveiled the new bravoauto for its expanding used car retail division ahead of its expansion to 20 locations in the next three years.

Blue Mondays should not be a feature of the car retail sector according to BuyaCar data which suggests the start of the week is the peak period for customer enquiries.

A thief who stole more than £40,000 of car parts in repeated raids on a JCT600 dealership in Bradford has been jailed for five years.

Demand for electric vehicles (EV) grew by 87% quarter-on-quarter during Q3 as the UK leasing market demonstrated an appetite for a “rapid transition” to net zero emissions, Leasing.com has said.