Car buyers have told dealers to give them the freedom to browse stock and provide better information on the real costs of cars in order to improve service.
Vertu Motors, Renault Retail Group and Pentagon Motor Holdings represented the franchised retail sector among the winners at the eighth annual Auto Trader Click Awards.
Auto Trader has announced a partnership with Trusted Dealers, the marketing channel operating under the umbrella of the National Franchised Dealers Association.
Car dealer group Arnold Clark was one of the most searched for brands in the UK automotive sector and had the largest social influence of any franchised dealer in 2014.
Almost 40% of initial bids on vehicles come ‘out-of-hours' - after 5pm and before 8am the next morning - says Cars Direct of its online auction operation.
Auto Trader recorded £133.1 million operating profit from £255.9m turnover in the 12 months to March 29.
Car dealer Swansway has partnered with VEE24 to bring real-time live chat to its website customers.
Monitoring your businesses’ influence on social media is not straightforward.
A total of 71% of used car buyers visit a dealer’s website before making their purchase with stock a primary concern.
A new company has been launched in London offering to deliver used cars to customers.
Car buyers are prepared to pay 32% more for a car than they were two years ago, a sign of rising consumer confidence.
Online tyre retailer Blackcircles.com has been sold to Michelin for £50 million, making its founder Mike Welch a multi-millionaire.
Volkswagen is backing an "As Good As New" used car campaign with finance discounts and free servicing in order to tempt consumers to its dealerships.
Former Next Group finance director David Keens has been appointed to the board of automotive digital marketing firm Auto Trader Group.
Product quality is out of the retailer’s control and down to the manufacturer and so what is now becoming more key is the customer experience.
Car dealers are being promised the highest level of transparency and quality of business in a new trading portal launched by former Autotrademail staff.
Starting from today, Google has announced a small, but important change to the way it displays website URLs in mobile searches.
Praise by Top Gear for Mazda’s forthcoming new MX-5 roadster almost led to a website meltdown for Mazda Motors UK.
The team behind an ambitious bid to "revolutionise" online car sales with a free-to-list website aims to create a profitable business by plugging into the ‘internet economy’.
Advice on search trends, targeted advertising and online compliance from speakers and workshops at the AM & Auto Trader Digital Marketing Conference.