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Car Dealer News 22 OctLookers hosts VIP opening event at new Farnborough Audi showroom
Lookers has celebrated the history of the Audi brand with a display of Le Mans winning racing cars and classic vehicles at the official VIP opening of its new flagship dealership at Farnborough.
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Car Dealer News 21 OctFarnell Land Rover begin £2.4m Bradford showroom redevelopment
Vertu Motors’ Farnell Land Rover dealership in Bradford has begun a £2.4 million transformation as part of the Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) Arch Concept corporate identity programme.
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Opinion 21 OctAston Martin? The plan just might work… A guest opinion
Having recently secured a major £120m bonds deal, Aston Martin appears to be banking on innovating its way through the current tough trading conditions and CEO, Andy Palmer, has promised that its ambitious investment plan can succeed.
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Manufacturer 18 OctSsangYong Motors UK creates ‘new type of retail offering’ inside M25
SsangYong Motors UK has said that it is “creating a new type of retail offering” to take its products to potential customers inside the M25, where it is currently under-represented by franchisees.
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Car Dealer News 18 OctMarshall opens new Volkswagen Van Centre in Lincoln
Marshall Motor Holdings has opened a new Volkswagen Van Centre commercial vehicles dealership in Lincoln to complete a market territory which includes facilities in Grimsby and Scunthorpe.
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People News 15 OctFord appoints Neil Wilson as Britain and Ireland fleet director
Ford has appointed former dealer zone and marketing manager Neil Wilson as its new director of Ford Fleet for Britain and Ireland.
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Car Dealer News 15 OctStoneacre to bring Renault/Dacia to ‘iconic’ Mushroom Garage
Stoneacre Motor Group is carrying out a £1 million redevelopment of its iconic Mushroom Garage car retail operation in Rotherham as part of a process which will usher out its Honda and Mitsubishi franchises.
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Manufacturer 15 OctOne in three automotive employers cutting jobs pre-Brexit, says SMMT
A third of UK automotive business are already cutting jobs ahead of Brexit and 79.6% have expressed concerns about the split’s effect on their future profitability, according to the findings of an SMMT survey.
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Acquisitions and deals 14 OctSturgess Motor Group sells Volvo Leicester dealership amid 2018 losses
Sturgess Motor Group has completed the sale of its Volvo Car UK franchise in Leicester to TMS Motor Group after revealing a pre-tax loss of £1.26 million in its 2018 annual financial results.
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Manufacturer 14 OctSwedish EV start-up Uniti to go without car dealer network
Swedish electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Uniti is set to side-step traditional car retailers when it delivers its £15,100 Unity One zero emissions urban hatchback to the first customers in mid-2020.
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Manufacturer 11 OctDyson axes £2bn electric vehicle (EV) plan
Vacuum giant Dyson has called time on its £2 billion project to market an electric vehicle (EV) after concluding that sales of its “fantastic electric car” would not be economically viable.
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Car Model News 10 OctNissan introduces new Juke offers at dealer preview events
Nissan’s 170 UK franchised dealers have begun hosting a month-long series of preview evenings to showcase the new Juke crossover.
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Car Dealer News 10 OctMarshall and Snows add LEVC taxi retail franchises
Marshall Motor Holdings and Snows Motor Group have added London EV Company (LEVC) retail franchises as the Geely-owned taxi manufacturer increases its UK presence.
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Car Model News 9 OctNew Ford Puma crossover to be priced from £20,845
Ford has announced the pricing of its Puma crossover as the first examples of the new model began to roll-off its production line in Romania this week.
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People News 9 OctMG Motor UK welcomes new national fleet sales manager
MG Motor UK has welcomed a new national fleet sales manager in the shape of former Hyundai Motors UK fleet operations manager Geraint Isaac.
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Car Model News 9 OctJeep Cherokee and Peugeot 208 fall short of Euro NCAP’s five stars
Jeep's Cherokee SUV and the new Peugeot 208 hatchback fell short of Euro NCAP’s five star vehicle safety rating as BMW’s new 3 Series and 1 Series models scored top ratings during October crash tests.
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Manufacturer 8 OctPolestar 2 EV pricing and performance pack details revealed
The price of the new Polestar 2 electric vehicle (EV) has been officially published alongside details of an optional performance pack to enhance its braking and handling prowess.
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Car Dealer News 8 OctSytner begins development of £12m JLR Northampton dealership
Sytner Group will bring 140 jobs to a fast-growing industrial estate in Northampton with the creation of a “flagship” £12m Jaguar Land Rover dealership.
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Car Dealer News 7 OctGroup 1 Chelmsford Audi dealership adopts brand’s new corporate ID
Group 1 Automotive has become the first car retailer to adopt Audi’s latest corporate identity with the opening of its new 17-car showroom in Chelmsford.
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Car Dealer News 7 OctPeoples Ford boss repeats no deal Brexit ‘Armageddon’ warning
Peoples Ford chairman Brian Gilda has repeated his warning that a no deal Brexit will trigger “Armageddon” for UK industry as the group announced its latest set of annual financial results.
