subscription services
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Market Insight 20 Nov
Intelligent Car Leasing launches car subscription service
Intelligent Car Leasing claims to have launched the market’s first broker-provided car subscription service in partnership with the Wagonex car subscription marketplace platform.
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Opinion 23 AugGuest opinion: mobility as a service, the new paradigm
Recent years have seen a marked shift away from private vehicle ownership, particularly in urban areas.
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Manufacturer 8 AugLynk & Co boss: car dealership visits are what customers ‘hate most’
Lynk & Co chief executive has said that he will not employ franchised car retailers to sell his subscription-based SUV mobility service, branding showroom visits as what car buyers “hate most”.
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Market Insight 1 AugOver a third of car buyers interested in subscription services
Over a third of car buyers have expressed an interest in emerging car subscription services, according to survey results published by Motors.co.uk.
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Market Insight 12 Jun
Car dealers need to focus on single payment ownership solutions
Car dealers need to work harder to offer customers a single payment car ownership solution in a bid to embrace the opportunities of an emerging shift towards subscription services.
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Manufacturer 7 JunLexus launches £619 per month Drover car subscription service
Lexus claims that it has unlocked the doors to motorists’ dream garage with the launch of a new vehicle subscription mobility service delivering access to a CT200 hybrid hatchback from £619 per month.
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Opinion 3 MayUnlock the key to the future of car ownership, a guest opinion
Buying and running a car is not the set of discrete transactions it once was: drivers no longer buy a car from one place, have their vehicle serviced by another and then sell it on elsewhere.
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Opinion 30 AprIf Henry Ford were alive today, would he build cars? A guest opinion
As innovations go, it’s hard to match the impact of Henry Ford’s development of the assembly line in 1913.
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Finance 29 Apr
Rental giant Enterprise launches car subscription service
A car subscription service which will allow consumers to pay monthly to drive vehicles from six different classes is being launched by the parent company of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Car Rental.
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Car Manufacturer News 1 AprVolkswagen launches £514 a month vehicle subscription service
Volkswagen Financial Services and Drover has started a pilot to offer vehicle subscription services to UK customers starting from £514 a month.
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Manufacturer 14 MarVolvo introduces direct consumer business arm amid executive restructure
Volvo Cars has introduced a direct consumer business arm as part of an executive restructure designed reshape “what a car is, how people expect to be transported and how they interact with a car”.
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Manufacturer 24 Jan
Lynk & Co becomes ‘world’s fastest-growing car brand’ ahead of 2020 UK launch
Geely’s Lynk & Co brand has claimed the title of the ‘world’s fastest growing car manufacturer’ after 120,414 sales in its parents company’s home market in its first year on sale.
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Car Dealer News 11 JanDriver 1 car subscription service unlocks pre-reg stock opportunity
Driver 1 has announced the launch of its car subscription service, offering car retailers the opportunity to monetise pre-registration stock.
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Manufacturer 17 DecCitroen, DS and Peugeot offered via Drover car subscription service
Citroen, DS and Peugeot vehicles will be available on a month-to-month car subscription basis after PSA Finance struck up a partnership with mobility provider Drover.
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Car Manufacturer News 29 NovPSA Group begins subscription pilot with Wagonex
PSA Finance will offer Peugeot, Citroen and DS vehicles on flexible subscriptions as part of a new mobility partnership with Wagonex.
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Opinion 15 OctCar finance providers are preparing for ‘creative destruction’, guest opinion
As wider consumer trends and preferences change, successful companies such as Netflix and Spotify provide evidence of a growing move towards ‘subscription’ services.
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Manufacturer 13 SepAudi enters EV mobility market with e-tron Charging Service launch
Audi has announced its intention to “transform” itself into an EV mobility market provider with the launch of its Audi e-tron charging service.
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Market Insight 27 Jun
Aftersales will become part of a subscription service, say analysts
Vehicle manufacturers are beginning to move away from pure vehicle sales towards offering more subscription based services to meet the growing needs of today’s customer.
