Toyota is miles ahead of the any other car manufacturer when it comes to Twitter, according to research from Auto Trader and social media analytics platform BirdSong.
Close Motor Finance has announced that it will re-brand to Close Brothers Motor Finance as of November 1.
Halfords Autocentre has invested £1 million in new fault-finding diagnostic equipment to further aid its 300-garage network’s ability to service and repair any vehicle.
A Volkswagen Golf has been revealed in What Car? testing as the car that delivers the closest mpg figures in 'real world' driving conditions.
GAP pricing transparency would be the biggest single advantage that the FCA could provide to help new and used car customers make more informed choices.
Administrative problems for plug-in car and van grants could result in money due to dealers being delayed and even withheld, claims Malcolm Pearson, group fleet director at Stoke-on-Trent based Holdcroft Motor Group.
Vauxhall is hosting its ‘Weekend of Giving’ event during the weekend of November 7-10, where customers purchasing a new Vauxhall car or van will receive £500 of free fuel*.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has launched three nationwide competitions designed to showcase different aspects of the retail motor industry to students.
Andy Jackman has been appointed as the new general manager of Melksham Mitsubishi following a restructure to deal with an increase in sales.
Citroen has appointed Xavier Peugeot as director of product planning.
The Funding Corporation this month launches Inisium, a non-prime HP loan of up to £10,000 for buyers of used and, for the first time, new cars.
Automotive Compliance, the appointed representative (AR) network working within general insurance meditation specifically for the motor industry, has been confirmed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as a principal firm for consumer credit.
Lookers-owned Charles Hurst Group has launched a new business to business vehicle division to support local businesses.
Richard Parkin (pictured), former head of valuations at Glass's, has joined Grant Thornton's transaction advisory services as an automotive sector specialist.
Suzuki GB has announced the opening of its 150th UK dealership, which is based in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
The new chief executive of Group Lotus says the company will return to profitability in the "very forseeable future".
The number of car dealers with forecourts of more than 50 cars has risen by almost 30% in the last year.
The UK’s 10th Infiniti Centre has officially opened in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The AM Digital Dealer Conference Report explains ways franchised dealers can make their businesses more effective through better use of digital infrastructure, technology and strategy.
People buy from people, making LinkedIn one of the most important social platforms, social media sales strategist Philip Calvert told delegates at the AM Digital Dealer Conference
The modern dealership may require the latest in digital and multimedia technology, but if the infrastructure supporting this is not up to scratch then efficiency and performance will suffer, delegates at the AM Digital Dealer Conference were told.
Video can be an “engaging, easy and fun” way for dealers to increase customer ineractions, CitNow commercial director Alistair Jeff told delegates at the AM Digital Dealer Conference.
Dealers can enliven their online brand image by following a few simple rules aimed at capturing consumer interest, Terry Hogan, Motoring.co.uk managing director, told the AM Digital Dealer conference.
RAC Cars managing director Peter McCullough gave delegates at the AM Digital Dealer Conference an in-depth insight into the workings of the company’s successful online classified directory.
Car dealers can create distinct “personas” for the demographic groups they want to target and then focus their search engine optimisation on these personas.
Email is a car customer’s favoured method of communication from a dealer, but the personal touch is vital, according to Jeremy Evans, managing director of Marketing Delivery.
Car dealers will soon be able to measure their return on investment from online marketing activity far more accurately with the introduction of a much more advanced analytics programme by Google.
Dealers and carmakers need to consider mobile devices as part of their digital marketing and SEO plans, IAB head of mobile Alex Kozloff told delegates at the AM Digital Dealer Conference.
Williams Automobiles uses its website and social media as a 'shop window' to promote its cars and engage with its customers of its Lotus and Morgan franchises in a converted barn in the Cotswolds.
Consumers ‘have all the gear and no idea’, according to Hugh Dickerson, Google’s head of automotive, who said 79% of car-buyers need guidance, which gives dealers a huge opportunity to influence their eventual car-buying decisions.
