Waters Mazda, the new north London dealership in Barnet, has introduced touchscreens that allow customers to get product information and find out what cars are in stock.
The Fiat 500 is to get a new 900cc two-cylinder petrol engine by the end of the year, which will bring the car’s emissions under 100g/km.
Nationwide Crash Repair Centres has appointed Gary Nicholls in a newly created role as operations director for its mobile division.
Following on from last year’s sell-out Used Car Conference, AM has once again pulled together leading figures from the industry to give dealers valuable insight and award-winning tips on selling and stocking the right used cars.
Jim Rickard, managing director of Michelin Tyre, has been presented with a lifetime achievement award by the Tyre Recovery Association.
Waters Retail Group, whose dealerships are branded Autoplanet, has taken over Tunbridge Wells Kia and Seat.
London-focused supercar dealer HR Owen reports that sales and aftersales have been ahead of internal budget, and it expects its half-year results to be ahead of market expectations.
Vertu Motors held its AGM today at which the group reported profitability was in line with expectations.
Adrian Martin has joined publicly listed dealer group HR Owen's board as a non-executive director.
Car dealers have been warned to consider a recent court case if they are planning to hire vehicles to replace those taken off the road by a no-fault crash.
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Senior executives from across the automotive sector attended a reception at the House of Commons yesterday to explain the significance and diversity of the UK motor industry to new parliamentarians.
A 1989 Citroën 2CV with a CAP Clean value of £10 was sold recently at Manheim Auctions, A1 Knottingley for £1,000.
Family-owned dealer group Harratts is holding Volvo S60 drive events to coincide with its 25 year anniversary with the brand.
Mazda is encouraging its network of dealers to help shape its training programmes to ensure they’re useful back in the dealership.
Greenhous Group is the latest dealer group to achieve SAF Approved status under the Finance & Leasing Association’s Specialist Automotive Finance (SAF) initiative.
Honda has improved the specification and settings of its Insight hybrid in response to negative early customer feedback.
Renault has launched a cut price Mégane ‘Generation’ starting at £10,995.
Mazda has appointed Equity Direct Broking Ltd (EDBL) to provide its car insurance business for the next tree years.
Charles Peugeot will step into the sales director role at Citroen UK on August 1, filling a vacancy left by Simon Monahan’s departure in February.
Infiniti’s new flagship M37 saloon is now on sales in the UK priced from £35,150.
Dealer finance saw a 15% increase in May with 36,000 deciding to fund their car purchase this way.
Ian Plummer, managing director of Renault Retail Group (RRG), has been appointed as the new director of commercial operations for Renault UK.
Chapelhouse has opened its new Kia dealership on Canal Street in St Helens.
The global recession sparked a major restructuring for General Motors UK. Saab was sold off, Cadillac was almost sidelined, Chevrolet has been split into a separate business unit and Vauxhall saw its share of the total UK new car market take a dive as the company car and rental markets froze and scrappage drew retail customers to aggressive value brands.
Nissan has added a diesel engine variant to its crossover Murano range for the first time.
There are 540,744 Volvos currently registered in the UK, making the Swedish premium brand the 16th most favoured marque among UK consumers.
Fewer than one in 10 dealer websites feature live chat which is one way of dealer staff reacting quickly to customer enquiries.
Last year MoT failure rates rose to a record 37% for cars and light vans.
Honda (UK) has introduced a package to cover the cost of running a new car for the first three years.
