A car supermarket had more than £51,000 “skimmed” from its vehicle sales by a salesman who stole from the business in a bid to solve his financial problems.
Phoenix Mitsubishi is charging ahead with efforts to win new custom from the brand’s growing sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles – with the installation of six new rapid charge points.
Indian car manufacturer Mahindra will cut UK car dealerships out of the selling process for its forthcoming e2o electric car.
David Main, chief executive of BEN, has today announced he is to retire from the organisation in July 2016.
Mercedes-AMG has unveiled the 362bhp GLC 43, a performance SUV which “marks the pinnacle of the GLC product range”.
Vauxhall has launched a new extended warranty website.
JCT600 has won planning permission for a new Vauxhall showroom on the site of its current Vauxhall dealership in Bradford.
Jaguar Land Rover and Nissan has won a share of £38 million of government money for use in a project to develop more efficient low emission vehicles.
A director of a firm preparing used cars for recycling has received a suspended jail sentence for health and safety breaches.
European new car registrations grew by 13.8% in February 2016, marking the 30th consecutive month of year-on-year growth.
Franchised dealers may be set to benefit from the launch of a cloud-based booking system by one of the UK’s largest providers of demonstrator vehicles.
Toyota will not replace the Avensis at the end of the current model’s lifecycle, hoping customers will be tempted by its revamped line-up of hybrid models.
Ridgeway Group has been rolling out a data driven marketing programme designed to help it increase sales.
A used car dealer who sold his employer’s stock to fund a gambling addiction has been handed an eight month suspended jail sentence and ordered to complete 180 hours of unpaid work.
A car dealer’s appeal against his jail sentence for his part in running a £100,000 scam selling hundreds of cars that had been written off has been rejected.
Kia dealership Flear and Thomson rose to the top of the brand’s dealership network when it received a prestigious Platinum Prestige Award Down Under.
BCA has appointed Pendragon’s Tony Booth as managing director of its technical services division.
Kia has appointed Verex to operate its customer motor insurance programme and a new accident aftercare scheme.
HR Owen has confirmed its involvement in the forthcoming London Motor Show with a line-up of its ultra-premium cars set to make appearances.
Dealers and retailers will have to bear the cost of reviewing their T&Cs along with the training for customer facing staff and of course the financial penalty by way of fines for any transgressions.
Devonshire Motors and Firs Garage have shared top honours at Mitsubishi’s Dealer of the Year awards, with Tees Valley Mitsubishi in Darlington taking the runner-up spot.
Vospers has acquired a 9.5 acre development site in Exeter as it prepares to submit a planning application for a new FordStore.
Dealer web-sites are key to a customer’s decision to visit a forecourt, with one-in-five crediting an impressive online offering as a determining factor.
Caffyns Plc is poised to complete the disposal of its Lewes Land Rover dealership to Harwoods Ltd a month before its franchise agreement expires.
Independent used car retailer Big Cars Ltd has expanded its operation into Surrey with a move into a former Vauxhall dealership site in Addlestone.
Where do you go from a record year? It appears to be a key concern for the industry and an issue that encompasses everything from used values to dealer margins.
Motorline has officially opened its newly renovated Maserati showroom in Cardiff – the Italian brand’s only dealership in Wales.
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has launched an iPad-based sales aid.
Seat has reported its first profits since 2008.
A new funding product has been launched by NextGear Capital for franchised dealers.
