Car dealers must start to take the business of explaining electric vehicles (EVs), hybrids and fuel cell vehicles seriously to drive future car sales, members of the Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) have been told.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) suffered a £395 million loss in the three months to the end of June as sales fell by 12% to 128,615.
Demand for SUVs appeared to stall across Europe during June as the region suffered a 7.9% overall decline in registrations, Jato Dynamics has reported.
Car buyers are more likely to buy a hybrid over a diesel for their next car purchase, according to a new study by Motors.co.uk.
Audi has revealed the new Q3 Sportback, a sportier-looking “coupe” version of its exisiting Q3 SUV.
The Volkswagen Group has delivered revenue and profit growth in H1 2019 with strong results for Porsche, its new SUV models and Bentley’s return to profit all boosting its performance.
Nissan’s Sunderland car manufacturing plant appears to have avoided a new round of job cuts as the Japanese car brand announced that it plans to shed 12,500 employees worldwide.
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) has said that motorists will trigger a four-fold growth in electric vehicle (EV) sales if they follow through on their current buying intentions.
Inchcape has said that it is targeting “revenue and cost optimisation” in the UK car retail market after its disposal of seven Volkswagen and Audi dealerships this week.
While Mercedes-Benz’s aim to complete 25% of new car sales online by 2025 are a welcome development in motor retail the German manufacturer’s targets could be considered “conservative”, says iVendi.
Porsche has begun a pilot in Germany of a new showroom corporate identity for its franchised network, ahead of roll out globally from mid-2020.
Drive Energi will roll-out 2,500 new rapid electric vehicle (EV) chargers, supplied by Tritium, by 2025.
PSA Group’s supervisory board has appointed Opel chief executive Michael Lohscheller as a member of the French carmaker’s Managing Board.
The growth of used car prices slowed to just 0.1% in June, the lowest since Q3 2016 according to Auto Trader.
PSA Group has reported record H1 profitability on the same day that Aston Martin suffered a share price slump, Daimler revealed Q2 losses and reports suggest mass job cuts could be on the cards at Nissan.
Volkswagen Financial Services (VWFS) has appointed former Nissan fleet director Iker Lazzari as its new sales director.
Vertu chairman Peter Jones will tell this morning’s car retail group AGM that the group experienced profit declines of £2.3 million from new car sales and £1.1 million from use in the four month period to June 30.
Cox Automotive has sold its Real Time Communications business to its founder and senior leadership team in a management buy-out.
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PSA Group has appointed former network development director David March into the newly-created role of customer experience and strategy director for Peugeot, Citroën and DS Automobiles.
New draft guidance from the Financial Conduct Authority should help dealers in their sales of finance and insurance to vulnerable consumers.
Petrol powered vehicles dominated Indicata's monthly rankings of the UK's fastest-selling used cars during June.
CDK Global had opened up its platform to software developers looking to integrate new applications with its dealer management system.
ALD Automotive has launched a new digital sales platform that gives dealers access to its ex-lease vehicles.
TrustFord has continued the growth of its wholesale parts business with the opening of new PartsPlus franchised sites in Lincoln and Hull.
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Volkswagen Financial Services UK have taken van leasing online with the launch of a new Contract Hire Direct website.
Motorpoint Group has predicted reduced half-year profits ahead of its annual general meeting this morning.
Former Vauxhall Motors network development director Andy Robson has added responsibility for the Peugeot, Citroen, DS Automobiles as Groupe PSA UK’s network development director.
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Motorline has trebled its Audi representation in Kent with the acquisition of a further two dealerships sites from Inchcape Retail.
