online car buying
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Technology 18 Jan
Complex experience hampers online car buying, Pendragon's digital guru warns
Pendragon's head of digital transformation, Owen Gill, has warned that the complexity of automotive products makes it hard for modern car buyers to transact online.
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Supplier Section 12 Jan
What Car? launches marketing campaign for new car buying platform
What Car? has launched a new national marketing campaign to promote its online new car buying platform on Absolute Radio.
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Finance 11 Jan
Simple transactions are key to lockdown sales success, says Startline
Dealers can improve their used car sales performance during lockdown by offering buyers a simple online transaction process.
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Digital Marketing 5 Nov
New Buy Online hub to support lockdown car sales on Auto Trader
Auto Trader is launching a new Buy Online hub to highlight vehicles that can be bought online via Click & Collect or Home Delivery during the lockdown period.
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Car Manufacturer News 21 Oct
Auto Zebra ranks car manufacturers on online sales capabilities
Polestar has been highlighted as best-positioned car brand for online sales as part of a new industry scorecard which rates 30 vehicle manufacturers on their e-commerce capabilities.
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Digital Marketing 17 Jul
Heycar partners SilverBullet to meet online car-buying demand
heycar has partnered up with SilverBullet to boost its online car sales capabilities amid a rising customer appetite for digital purchasing.
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Market Insight 12 Jun
How the car purchase journey is evolving rapidly
The appetite for digital solutions has never been greater while identifying and understanding established and emerging trends will help dealers prepare
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Market Insight 27 Apr
Online traffic surge as car buyers head online during lockdown
Used car marketplace heycar has experienced a spike in web traffic as more people head online to plan their next car purchase.
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Car Dealer News 25 Mar
Dealers rapidly sign up to What Car?’s New Car Buying online platform
More than 200 car dealers signed up to What Car’s New Car Buying online platform and lead management service last Friday.
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Market Insight 12 Nov
Consumers becoming more aware of click to buy car schemes
Car buyers' awareness of online 'click to buy' car sales programmes has grown by 21% in just a year.
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Latest News 2 Oct
Cazoo hires Piers Stobbs as chief data officer
Cazoo hires a new chief data officer as it prepares to launch its online car sales business to consumers
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Market Insight 10 Jun
GForces finds 52% of car purchases happen out-of-hours
GForces claims that it has identified a number of emerging trends in online automotive retailing, including a preference to buy online and out of business hours.
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Market Insight 21 Dec
Strong web presence 'vital', finds new Motors.co.uk research
New research from Motors.co.uk has highlighted the importance of dealers using multiple car search websites.
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Digital Marketing 27 Sep
Over a third of buyers intend to buy their next car online, Motors.co.uk survey finds
Over a third of car buyers are ready to consider turning to the internet to buy their next vehicle wholly online, according to research commissioned by Motors.co.uk.
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Used Cars 21 Aug
Volkswagen Financial Services UK launches ‘Last Chance to Buy’ online auctions
Volkswagen Financial Services UK will offer car dealers the chance to buy discounted cars and vans via a new ‘Last Chance to Buy’ online auction set up in partnership with epyx.
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Supplier News 16 Aug
Cox Automotive and Auto Trader join forces in Dealer Auction joint venture
Cox Automotive and Auto Trader have launched a joint venture to drive growth of the Dealer Auction automotive wholesale marketplace – promising car retailers a greater choice of vehicle stock.
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Car Manufacturer News 18 Jul
Mercedes launches online van buying platform - but dealers still 'vital'
Mercedes-Benz Vans UK has launched an online vehicle sales platform for the new X-Class van.
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Used Cars 11 Jul
eCars247 offers online car buying service with instant finance
eCars247 has partnered with Hitachi Capital Consumer Finance to offer an online used car buying service claiming to offer "instant finance".
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Technology 27 Apr
187 Click Dealer retailers sign up for its live chat service Visitor Chat
Click Dealer’s partnership with Visitor Chat has seen 187 retailers subscribe to its new live chat service, since January.
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Car Model News 3 Jan
Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross ready for first dealer deliveries
The first Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross SUVs have landed in the UK and will soon be making their way to dealerships ahead of the first customer deliveries.