Saxon Bridge Automotive has partnered with Buzz2Get enabling customers to gain instant access to vehicle details via their smartphone.
PSA Group expects to launch a connected aftersales platform across its Peugeot, Citroen and DS Automobiles brands that could boost car retailers’ retention levels “by next year”.
JC Halliday & Sons has officially opened Northern Ireland’s first DS Automobiles dealership, bringing a “taste of Paris” to Eglinton with the new DS Store facility.
Skoda has delivered over 2,000 hours of product demonstrations through its Skoda Live Tour digital showroom offering in its first year.
Stephen James BMW has opened the UK’s first ‘BMW Store’ at Kent’s Bluewater shopping centre - with product geniuses and a robot replacing sales executives.
Mitsubishi Motors in the UK will open “12 car retail stores” in high-footfall shopping locations as it pushes towards a new omni-channel car sales strategy in partnership with Rockar.
Motors.co.uk has updated its lead management tool, The Eye, to assist “extremely busy” car dealers after it emerged that 22% of calls to dealers go unanswered.
G3 has credited a 46% increase in digital bids compared to the last quarter of 2017 to the launch of its mobile inspection and asset management application, AVID.
AM is hosting a free webinar this morning which will help car dealers deliver a positive answer to the question ‘Are you GDPR ready?’ in association with eDynamix.
The Shpock online marketplace has launched its new platform for car dealers with TV advertising campaign and the promise of access to over 700,000 monthly UK users.
Cox Automotive has announced the promotion of Kieran TeeBoon to the post of managing director at Dealer Auction.
Camden Ventures’ chief executive David Hammond has joined Cazana.com as a non-executive chairman.
Auto Trader has opened nominations for its annual Retailer Awards, marking 11 years of celebrating the “very best” in automotive retail.
Franchised car dealers could see their new car sales “largely replaced” by manufacturers’ online retail platforms and mobility schemes, according to KPMG research to be discussed at the AM Digitech conference.
Rockar MD Martin Sewell will discuss the omni-channel car retail business's “way forward” after landmark partnerships with Next and Ford at AM DigiTech on April 17.
A new data engineer and data scientist have been appointed at online finance specialist iVendi as the business aims to gain greater insight from its online motor retail data.
Amid news of a 10% UK showroom sales decrease since 2010, a Servicing Stop survey has revealed 64% of motorists are likely to buy their new or used car online.
Mercedes-Benz Cars UK has taken to YouTube and television to promote its Approved Used Cars offering in a ‘Perfect Match’ multi-media advertising campaign.
Web micro-sites could be an answer to the consumer’s desire for a slick, tailored experience from dealers. Autoweb Design will reveal more at AM Digitech 2018.
Consumers typically pay 68% more on the advertised price of a car when using finance compared to those paying outright, according to Auto Trader.