Kia’s e-Niro electric vehicle (EV) emerged winner of the New Car of the Year Award after readers and judges' votes were correlated to select an outright winner.
With 50% of motorists unable to pay a £500 repair bill and 83% a bill for £1,000, a solution that tackles this for dealers and consumers will have an impact.
From cake sales to marathon runs, Jardine Motors’ 3,500 colleagues have all stepped up to raise more than £1 million for charity.
Chorley Group recognised the electric vehicle (EV) market was rapidly evolving so decided to position itself as a source of critical information on the subject.
The Havant Volvo team took the positive sales results the manufacturer experienced in a competitive market in 2019 and ensured maximum benefit for the business.
Even after 60 years of looking after Alfa Romeo customers it's refreshing to hear you are still looking to motivate your team and enhance customer experience.”
Hills Ford has seen dramatic improvements in the service levels it provides to customers over the past four years at its Malvern site.
Input from Google was taken into consideration when the judges were evaluating one of the most competitive – and important – categories in the AM Awards.
Ford dealer TrustFord needed new ways to engage with customers and base marketing around its people. The ‘people buy from people’ concept resonated with judges.
The Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) has reported a 3% increase in the value of new business in the car finance during 2019.
Motor traders have faced a dual challenge in the last year or so, reviewing their affordability assessments to meet new guidance from the FCA at a time of economic uncertainty.
A total of 1.15 million county court judgements (CCJs) during 2019, making it a record year of action against consumers in debt, the Registry Trust has revealed.
Snows Motor Group has broken ground on its new £3 million Volvo Car UK dealership in Southampton.
Automotive Management (AM) is all set to celebrate the automotive retail sector’s most successful businesses and star employees at the AM Awards 2020.
The Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) has warned of a potential “charging crisis” for remarketing companies as electric vehicles (EV) start to enter the used market in greater volumes.
Peugeot UK has launched a partnership with charge point provider Polar to offer its electric vehicle (EV) and plug-in hybrid customers a free subscription to its Polar Plus network.
Marshall Motors has completed the £6 million refurbishment of its Volvo Cars UK franchise in Grantham.
York Van Centre was named Isuzu UK’s 2019 Dealer of the Year at the Japanese car brand’s recent annual awards ceremony.
Read Motor Group’s Grimsby Hyundai dealership was named Dealer of the Year while Richmond Motor Group won the Dealer Group of the Year award in the Korean carmaker’s annual awards.
Coronavirus has joined 2020’s shift to stringent EU CO2 emissions regulations to threaten UK car dealers’ supply of vehicles and parts, according to Cox Automotive.
Rainworth Škoda has been named as the Volkswagen Group-owned Czech brand’s UK Retailer of the Year 2019 as it claimed first and second place at its annual awards event.
Imperial Cars operations director Neil Smith believes collaboration will help bring new talent into the automotive industry
The UK’s used car market ended 2019 just 0.1% down with 7.9 million sales following two months of growth in the second half of the year, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has reported.
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) has celebrated the achievements of its top performing dealers at its annual awards event.
Ferrari hosted more than 400 students at dealership aftersales facilities across the UK to showcase its apprenticeship opportunities during National Apprenticeship Week.
Pendragon has completed the £16.5 million sales of its Chevrolet dealership in Puente Hills, California, to JBR Automotive six months after agreeing the sale to another car retail group.
Optimum Vehicles’ SsangYong York franchise has backed horse racing fans at Wetherby Racecourse as potential new customers with a new sponsorship deal for the Yorkshire sports venue.
Car dealers achieved their lowest return-on-sales (RoS) figure since 2011 in 2019 after rounding off a “tough” year with a £1,700 loss in its final month, according to ASE.
Glyn Hopkin is kicking off 2020 with a recruitment drive to attract 35 new members of staff in sales and aftersales positions at its car dealership sites across the South East.
Members of the National Franchised Dealers Association’s (NFDA) Drive My Career reached over 350,000 potential automotive industry employees of the future with an ‘Apprentice Takeover’ publicity campaign during National Apprentice Week 2020.
