Cazoo has secured a sponsorship deal with Spanish LaLiga football club Real Sociedad as its strategy to drive car sales growth through profile continues in mainland Europe.
Used car retailers rallied against three months of COVID-enforced dealership closures and vehicle supply shortages to deliver annual sales up 11.5% year-on-year in 2021.
Used car buyers have been told they must “get used to a significantly older profile of vehicle” as supply shortages look set to continue into 2023.
Volvo Car UK has launched a new used car sales platform that will sell its “newest” vehicle stock direct to online car buyers.
More than one-in-five nearly new used cars advertised via Auto Trader are now priced above their brand-new equivalents after a further 31.3% year-on-year rise in values during January.
Used car buyers are less interested in fuel economy, despite rising pump prices, according to BuyaCar.
Used car stock levels and prices have remained stable in January, following a year of unprecedented growth.
The Tesla Model 3 has been declared the most desirable used car and electric vehicle (EV) of 2021 for dealers by Aston Barclay.
Nissan has announced the launch of Good-to-Go, a new aftercare package for cars aged three to 10 years.
Online car marketplace Heycar is reintroducing its free car delivery scheme.
Auto Trader has made its Auto Trader Connect real-time car retail market data portal free to all advertisers in a bid to help car dealers adapt with a market “moving at record pace”.
Ford of Winsford remains “open for business” after firefighters rushed to extinguish a blaze in the workshop of its used car supermarket site.
The Peter Vardy Group is forging ahead with a ‘Mobility for Everyone’ promise with its planned launch of a new FlexAuto vehicle rental solution.
A share price slump has seen the value of online car retailer Cazoo halve since its August listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
Car dealers temporary rise in stock levels at 2021’s year-end is set to be a temporary trend, according to data published by Indicata.
The UK’s established used car retail operators will continue to dominate the sector after ramping up their breadth of services to see off new market disruptors such as Cazoo and cinch, iVendi has said.
Motorway has appointed former eBay and Trainline communications specialist Victoria Biggs to the newly-created role of chief communications officer.
Auto Trader claims that two thirds of all used car dealers' sales in the UK result from leads generated via its online marketplace.
Hendy Group chief executive Paul Hendy has said that the AM100 car retailer’s shortlisting for several AM Awards provided him and his team with a ‘tangible chest puffed-out moment’ in 2021.
Sytner Group’s CarShop used car division is celebrating the “astounding success” of its first Express Store concept retail site in Leicester.
