Kia is planning a new global branding for its product range and franchised retailers. Although not a total relaunch, the new look has a clean simple design in...
Toyota GB has introduced a five year warranty on all cars purchased in the UK from June 1. The move follows the recent recall campaign on selected models and...
Price pressure is starting to show in the used car market but average used car values rose again in April, according to the latest figures from BCA. Indicators...
A survey of 250 fleet managers by Volvo Car UK has given the latest insight into company’s attitudes to minimising the environmental impact of their...
One the face of it the results for the first quarter of the year were very positive. National average profitability was strong at 2.0% of turnover, with the...
Last month Trend Tracker published the latest edition of our service and repair research, which is reviewed in detail on page 10. The review includes trends...
For a short while it seemed as though the auto retail industry was on the road to recovery – at least as far as professional analysts and investors were...
Cambria Automobiles has announced its first set of interim results for the six months ended 28 February 2010, since its introduction to AIM on April 1. Cambria...
Shares in Vertu Motors have steadily dropped in value since the company announced its full year trading results to end of February 2010 in early May. This...
Business restructuring and a focus on used car sales has enabled Caffyns to record a full year (to March 31) pre-tax profit of £970,000, against a loss...
The Trend Tracker Car Service and Repair Update report, published last month, describes a declining trend in retail service and repair demand over the past...
The European Commission adopted new competition rules for agreements between vehicle manufacturers and their authorised retailers, repairers and spare parts...
The dealership point-of-sale finance opportunity is probably as significant now as it has been for many years. But auto retailers must accept that this is...
News that the May new car registration figures were up by 13.5% was seized upon by headline writers as evidence that the industry is on the road to recovery....
Anyone who was caught by the utility price rises in 2008 will tell you how expensive utility costs can get. At the height of the market, pricing was over 50%...
There was a time when the target of a dealer’s wrath was always the manufacturer. Wandering in and out of dealerships these days, I have noticed a change. It is the banks who have all but replaced the manufacturers to become the subject of dealers’ gripes.
