Dealers are being offered differing opinions and advice on whether to develop their separate mobile websites for tablets and smartphones or to use responsive web design (RWD) which adapts to each mobile device.
Manheim has approved a ‘multi-million pound’ consumer marketing plan to make its Motors (.co.uk) website a household name.
New research by the Motoring (.co.uk) website shows a 5% increase over the last six months in the number of motorists planning to use a franchised dealer for their next service.
Video puts the personal back into car sales establishing a relationship between the sales executive and the prospect which had been otherwise lost with the domination of the internet, according to video technology experts CitNOW’s sales director Alistair Horsburgh.
Suzuki is expecting to improve its fleet growth with the introduction of its new S-Cross model in September.
Sales activity in the used car market is maintaining momentum and preventing severe erosion of trade values, despite the on-going push for new car registrations.
Franchised dealers are invited to take part in a major new research programme into the car finance industry.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has secured nearly £100,000 of further funding from the UK Commission for Employment & Skills (UKCES) for its’ programme of work aimed at improving management and leadership in the retail motor sector.
Ford has closed its Transit factory in Southampton and moved production to Turkey.
Subaru will consider the next-generation WRX saloon to go on sale in the UK if it can be imported at the right price for dealers.
Vertu Motors has seen a 16.6% increase in like-for-like new retail volumes in the first four months of 2013 and is expecting a positive result for the remainder of this year.
Alfa Romeo has told AM-sister title CAR it is set to drop the Mito and Giulietta hatchbacks in 2015, as it switches to solely rear-wheel drive models.
Mini has revealed some digital design concept images of what will be its next Hatch model next year.
Bentley has confirmed production for its new SUV which will unlock potential growth for the brand in markets like China and Russia.
Seat believes the three-door version of its Leon, the Leon SC, could take up to 25% of total sales of the model range with conquest sales from rival manufacturers.
The technology for self-driving cars is available now but there are still significant challengers standing in the way of automotive autonomy, according to Martin Leach, chairman of automotive services provider Magma Group.
BMW and Mini Wood Group will be rebranded under the Ridgeway name following a ‘low key’ acquisition which was made in February 2012.
Swansway Garages, winner of the Best Retail Group Award at the AM Awards 2013, is rolling-out an advanced customer relationship management (CRM) programme.
As digital partner to Lexus, Manheim has built an Approved Pre-Owned Locator to provide information and images across a range of media devices.
Barking & Dagenham College, supported by the Skills Funding Agency, is offering 30 free places on its new AutoRaise collision repair apprenticeship programme.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car says its Automated Rental Management System (ARMS) has enabled Halfords Autocentres to halve its car hire costs.
While many traders have been satisfied just to survive the economic downturn, Mazda dealer Lodge Garage in Buckinghamshire has doubled sales and turnover.
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Suzuki is launching its new SX4 but the name might not stick in the UK and the rest of Europe.
Land Rover already has 15,000 orders for the new Range Rover Sport, even though it is not yet available anywhere in the world.
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Luxury carmaker Bentley Motors has today confirmed it will go ahead with production of an elite SUV model at its assembly plant in Crewe.
Customer relationship management is increasingly encroaching on the digital world turning CRM into eCRM, according to Jeremy Evans, managing director of Marketing Delivery, seminar sponsor at AM’s Digital Dealer Conference.
