Auto Trader has said that the Renault Zoe’s dominance of its fastest selling used car rankings for November demonstrates car buyers’ growing appetite for electric vehicles (EV).
October has been a volatile month politically and economically with warnings around future investment in the UK and the viability of running certain business types amid major UK business failures in the retail sector.
The latest car dealer profitability analysis from ASE has revealed that the average retailer experienced a £3,000 year-on-year increase in profits during September.
While car retailers and automotive suppliers are heading to today’s Automotive Management Live expo with the hope of networking face-to-face AM is keen to hear of your experiences of the event on social media.
Carwow has appointed Sep Arani as its new head of OEM ten months after Audi’s former future mobility operations manager joined peer-to-peer car sharing provider hiyacar.
Traditional online vehicle searches which demand that car buyers select a car manufacturer brand first are “too limiting”, according to iVendi.
The volume of customer enquiries made to UK dealerships rose by 20% year-on-year during Q3 of 2019, according to new data published by Marketing Delivery.
EMaC has brought its service plan offering together with and extended warranty and roadside assistance provided by the AA to create its new Lifetime Warranty “vehicle ownership solution”.
Oodle Car Finance has appointed former Zopa and CapitalOne man Andrew Lawson as its new chief product officer on the back of the firm recently closing its £350m asset-backed securitisation (ABS).
Car supermarkets grew their stock of used vehicles by an average of 11% during September in an effort to capture car buyers looking to buy in the key number plate change month, Motors.co.uk has reported.
Half of Auto Trader’s monthly top ten fastest selling cars rankings was made up of diesel powered vehicles as buyers demonstrated a continued appetite for the fuel type.
Click Dealer has appointed Ollie Moxham as its new chief executive as part of a senior team reshuffle which also sees managing director, Gerry Moxham, assume the role of chief visionary officer.
Unseasonably low September used car stock levels drove “a super-heated wholesale market”, according to the latest Cox Automotive Market Tracker report.
Santander Consumer Finance (SCF) has delivered an end-to-end online loan application solution for car dealers following a nine-month development programme.
The Mercedes-Benz E-Class was the fastest-selling used car in September with the highest average price recorded so far in 2019, according to Indicata.
Research from Zopa has shown that UK car buyers are confused when picking which car finance option is the best to fund their next purchase.
ADESA UK has opened a second de-fleet centre on a 21-acre site in Doncaster to meet growing demand for its online remarketing services.
Evolution Funding will look to improve its consumer-facing motor finance proposition following the appointment of Kirsty Watson as head of direct to consumer engagement.
The average UK car dealer lost £14,000 during August in what has been described as a “significant deterioration” on the break-even result achieved in the same month a year earlier.
Manheim has appointed Inchcape Retail’s Dean Ashworth and Kwik Fit’s John Fletcher as general managers of its auction centres in Colchester and Wimbledon.
