WhoCanFixMyCar.com has conducted a study off the back of research showing garages were quoting on average £45 more to women for the same job.
Buyers are making one or two visits at most, because they gain so much information from an online knowledge-base that dealership visits become a final-stage formality. What’s worse? Retailers are failing to capitalise on even that interaction.
Price is at the top of new car buyers’ considerations when buying, according to Carwow.
The director of the NFDA Sue Robinson has commented on the recent speech by London’s deputy mayor for transport Isabel Dedring.
Motors.co.uk has revealed its dealers’ ‘average days to sell a car’ was 48, in June.
Manufacturer warranties are 10 times more likely to encourage new car buyers back to the franchised workshop than service plans, according to Castrol Professional and Trend Tracker.
Sociosciences has developed a free to download app, fronted by Ivan the mole, which scouts Twitter for key phrases to help generate business leads.
Following three years of business growth which has seen the business double in size since 2011, Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions is looking to attract new talent in the coming months.
HPI is warning dealers that the proposed Government’s plans to consult on extending the MoT period from three years to four years could see the risk of fraud from clockers escalate.
Used fleet vehicle values rose by 4.2% (£303) and were just above the same month in 2014, according to Manheim.
Stoneacre Motor Group has begun the roll-out of automotive sales software enquiryMAX.
IT software provider Cooper Solutions has made four new appointments to support ongoing growth.
Following Ebbon-Dacs’ plan to withdraw from the dealer management systems market, DMS Navigator is offering Ebbon-Dacs users its system at the lowest possible implementation fee.
The average prices of used cars sold online via Autorola UK’s remarketing portal increased by £201 from £8,641 in Q1 to £8,842 in quarter two Q2.
AutoProtect has entered the service plan market with the introduction of its Foresight Service Plan, with early trials of the facility seeing dealers’ double conversion rates.
Available, vacant dealerships on the market are decreasing and, as the economy improves, there are fewer businesses on the market.
British women are charged an average of £45 more than men for car repairs, according to ClickMechanic.
Almost a quarter (23%) of people felt ripped off by the price they were quoted when they last visited a car mechanic, according to ClickMechanic.
32.17% of finance checks conducted by My Car Check in the first half of 2015 showed money was still owed on the car.
52% of people would use a credit card or savings to pay for car repairs, according to Allianz Global Assistance UK.
