List prices on imported cars could go up by an average £1,500 post-Brexit.
Tootle has struck up a partnership with Climb Online, the digital marketing agency founded by BBC Apprentice winner Mark Wright, .
Shell Lubricants has agreed a digital collaboration with WhoCanFixMyCar.com, the online marketplace for car servicing and repairs.
Ford revealed the next generation Fiesta family to more than 2,500 European dealers and media at its latest Go Further event last night.
A new outsourced vehicle remarketing deal has been agreed between BCA and PSA UK.
Rik Shield has been appointed to run Vertu Motor’s new Farnell brand Jaguar Land Rover dealership in Leeds.
BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen Group have teamed up to boost EV use across Europe with the introduction of 400 new fast-charge points along major road routes.
Motorpoint has revealed revenue increased by 11.5% to £408.9m but operating profit before exceptional items down 32% to £7m in its half-year financial report.
Glyn Hopkin has become the UK’s largest independent retailer of Nissan vehicles with the official opening of its new showroom at Stamford Hill, North London.
A quarterly dealer satisfaction survey has uncovered evidence that 63% of dealerships are positive about business prospects for 2017.
TrustFord is hoping to raise funds for Cancer Research UK with a one penny auction which has raised £35,000 since 2014.
Hyundai has claimed that it will cut-out the haggle and guarantee a customer’s trade-in price when it launches a new click to buy car selling website in January.
Transaction prices could move closer to list prices as manufacturers resist pressure to raise published prices substantially.
David Stoole has been appointed Mitsubishi Motors’ corporate sales manager in an expanded fleet and retail team.
Volkswagen has provided the first impression of its new premium saloon, the Arteon.
Only one in 10 dealers are using Facebook advertising, despite it being the only way they can reach a large proportion of its users that don’t like ‘brand’ pages.
Current volumes of pre-registration in the city car sector are far lower than at the same point in 2015.
Data protection law coming into force in 2018 could see non-compliant car dealers fined 4% of turnover or banned from processing data altogether.
Dealers are just as afraid as motorists of being ripped off by last-minute discovery that a used car trade deal is not as good as it seems.
Honda’s UK sales division is to be led by David Hodgetts from January 3.
A website providing independent and franchised dealers with a low-cost cash for car site has launched for registrations.
Work has started on the £4.3 million Volvo Car UK training and development centre in Daventry, set to open in the summer.
Caffyns has reported underlying profit was up in the six months to the end of September by 2.3% to £1.01 million with profit before tax up 221% to £5.49m.
The December issue of AM magazine is out now.
Volkswagen has appointed Nithia Pillay as its new group aftersales and customer quality director.
The appeal of the PCP is central to a range of new finance products which have now been made available for the McLaren Sports Series through McLaren Financial Services.
Pitmans LLP managing partner John Hutchinson advised Ridgeway throughout the group’s July 2016 acquisition by Marshall Motors Group in the third largest deal of its kind in the UK ever.
The SMMT has praised the government’s drive towards improved transport infrastructure and innovation in the EV sector following yesterday’s Autumn Statement as others eyed opportunity amid the uncertainty.
A text message marketing campaign by Lookers has won two industry awards.
New car registrations in 29 European markets declined by 0.5% compared to the same month last year, with 1,140,978 units registered.
