A post-lockdown surge in used car sales activity has put retailers ahead of the same period in 2019, according to data gathered by Indicata.
Study seeks to deliver clarity for dealers faced with customers seeing ‘poor value’ claims on classified sites
Motorway has celebrated its delivery of record volumes of used car stock to the UK’s motor retailers post-lockdown – with £1.39m of sales completed in a single day last week.
Anca Motor Group has added a new Suzuki Brighton dealership to its portfolio.
Autofutura has named data and analytics expert Christian Erlandson as its new chief executive officer.
Autotrader has revealed which used cars attracted the highest price increase during lockdown.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is expected to axe a further 1,100 contracted worker jobs from its UK factory floors following the impact of COVID-19 on manufacturing and global sales.
ASE chairman Mike Jones has urged car retailers to focus on their "cash position" after the sector's businesses lost an average of £63,000 during April’s COVID-19 lockdown.
Pendragon’s Pinewood Technology has launched a new online payment feature for car retailers’ aftersales departments – enabling customers to pay before collecting their car.
Professor Jim Saker, director of the Centre for Automotive Management at Loughborough University’s Business School, reveals his car-buying lockdown experience
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COVID-19 has rendered physical car auctions a no-go zone for 23% of car retailers in the short- to medium-term, Cox Automotive’ s latest dealer sentiment survey has revealed.
The Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) is calling for the Government and the Bank of England to take immediate action to support the non-bank lending market, as forbearance requests reach 1.6m.
A new COVID-19 aftersales whitepaper has questioned whether franchised car retailers are properly prepared for a June surge in servicing demand – and continued peaks and troughs to follow.
Dealers are being urged to have a ‘second wave plan’ to deal with the prospect of a another COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown later this year.
Russian car retail group boss Sergey Petrov is said to be eyeing a potential move into the UK franchised sector.
Cazoo has completed the appointment of Stephen Morana as its new chief financial officer (CFO), hailing his track record and experience as “second to none”.
Cazana, the vehicle data company, has confirmed that used car pricing has not raced to the bottom during lockdown.
Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Global Electric Vehicle Market Outlook, 2020, has found that the COVID-19 uncertainty will globally dent electric vehicle (EV) sales, but as the market recovers, it is expected to experience a healthy growth.
There has been an increase in the number of car owners searching for information on how to tackle issues with car brakes, batteries and tyres.
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Devonshire Motors owner Nathan Tomlinson believes the car retail sector must move quickly to “normalise” socially-distanced car showrooms to avoid deterring anxious customers.
The car leasing industry is experiencing a rapid rate of recovery following the automotive industry’s collapse during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Citroen has revealed details of its nine-seat ë-SpaceTourer MPV electric vehicle (EV) as its 2020 electrification revolution gathers pace.
Groupe PSA has launched a Virtual Showroom service across its Vauxhall, Peugeot, Citroen and DS brands that allows customers to buy cars online.
Arnold Clark chief executive Eddie Hawthorne has admitted that the car retail group’s apprentices will see their training “set back by a year” as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
Auto Trader research has said that a third of car buyers remain cautious about visiting a dealership, despite healthy levels of demand which look set to continue.
New data from dealers across the UK shows a strong recovery in the first week in June as lockdown begins to lift, according to Dealerweb.
The appetite for digital solutions has never been greater while identifying and understanding established and emerging trends will help dealers prepare
Arnold Clark chief executive Eddie Hawthorne has told AM that he initially felt that the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis would be “over by Easter”, but now concedes it has fundamentally changed car retail.
