West Way Nissan Stockport and Bristol Street Motors Halifax have completed the UK’s first customer handovers of the Japanese carmaker’s new Ariya electric vehicle (EV).
Steven Eagell Group has confirmed its acquisition of Inchcape’s Toyota dealership in Oxford, over three weeks after AM initially reported the move.
Bourne Road Mazda, in Kent, is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a Mazda franchise.
Inchcape has grown its bravoauto used car supermarket division with the opening of a new store in Sytner’s former Volkswagen and CarShop Express dealership in Halifax.
Wessex Garages has announced redevelopment plans for its Nissan and Kia dealerships in Gloucester.
Sytner and CarShop owner Penske Automotive has reported a record quarter performance after delivering and 8% increase in pre-tax profits to $500 million (£412m).
Inchcape is “confident” of achieving its mid-term growth plans after delivering 53% growth in its adjusted pre-tax profits in the first half of 2022.
Group 1 Automotive has highlighted the strength of its new car order books in the UK after reporting a record Q2 performance.
Motorpoint has added plans for a Coventry used car supermarket sites to its expansion plans for Edinburgh and Milton Keynes after growing its Q1 revenues by over 30%.
Honda UK’s franchised car dealers topped the Auto Express Driver Power Survey’s rankings for customer satisfaction survey.
A Trade Centre Group radio advert which claimed that the retailer was offering “hundreds of cars” for sale with finance repayments of £20-per-week has been banned by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA).
Chapelhouse Motor Group staff have proved that they are signing to the song sheet of Suzuki’s new #GoodDifferent marketing campaign with a showroom-stopping barber shop quartet performance.
A 20% rise in revenues at multi-site used car dealer V12 Sports And Classics in 2021 was outpaced by a rocketing 63% increase in operating profits, accounts filed at Companies House this month show.
Motorvogue has opened the doors to a second multi-brand car dealership in less than a month as it continues to accelerate its investment in the brands of franchise partner Stellantis.
Snows Motor Group has announced the launch of its online leasing platform Snows Direct, adding to its existing online purchasing and maintenance platforms.
Car retail business have been advised to "flex" staff bonuses and salary sacrifice schemes to mitigate against the impact of the cost-of-living crisis as UK inflation continues to soar.
Eden Motor Group is celebrating fund-raising success after raising more than £30,000 for charities and community groups in the past 12 months.
Group 1 Automotive has promoted its director of operations Mark Bridgland to the post of managing director – ending 22 months without an MD.
Dealers face a “double whammy” of rapidly rising costs and rapidly slowing buyer demand, driven largely by the accelerating cost of living.
The first franchised car retail site to open under Volvo Car UK’s Sponsored Retailer Programme has completed a move into a brand new premium car showroom.
