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EV range and variety tops car buying wish list
- 04/01/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research has revealed that reduced waiting times and better range on electric vehicles top the wish list of car buyers in 2023. According to a What Car? survey of 1,698 in-market buyers, 46% wanted to see reduced vehicle prices this year, 44.3% want electric vehicles with more range, while 18.7% want more [...] -
Engineius and Digital INNK unveil new solution
- 19/12/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Vehicle logistics company Engineius has teamed up with Digital INNK to provide a safer logistics service for dealers. It will deploy Digital INNK’s compliance tools ranging from driver licence to fit-to-drive checks. It will also roll out integrated repair event processing to create a more efficient customer [...] -
Digitalisation can enhance dealer revenues
- 19/12/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research that dealers are missing out on aftersales revenues by not offering customers access to an online booking service. According to CitNOW, just 27 of the 100 leading dealers gave customers the option to book a vehicle service online and choose their preferred date and time. This percentage is even lower [...] -
CitNOW integration enhances video insights
- 08/12/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
CitNOW has become one of the first official Independent Software Vendors (ISV) available on Salesforce AppExchange. The integration makes CitNOW Sales video functionality and reporting accessible from within the new Salesforce Automotive Cloud app, with CitNOW Workshop to follow soon. All information about [...] -
Dealer demand enjoys November lift
- 06/12/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Dealers across the UK have seen demand rally in November, with a 4.4% increase in enquiries and a 20% increase in sales against the same month last year. The data from lead management experts at iTrackLEADS showed a sales pipeline that looks positive toward the end of the year, with a 16% increase in test drives. [...] -
Demand stable in September
- 08/11/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Customer demand remained relatively stable into October, according to data from lead management experts at iTrackLEADS. Overall enquires fell three per cent against the previous month while sales fell 0.4% and handovers increased 0.9%. Adrian Favill, director of iTrackLEADS, said: “It’s clear that concerns [...] -
Repairify launches repair skills marketplace
- 04/11/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Repairify has developed and is now operating a two-sided sublet repair marketplace called Repair OnDemand. Repair OnDemand connects sublet repair professionals with companies that have vehicles in need of repair, such as fleet owners, auction operators, dealerships, and independent repair facilities. During [...] -
Ingenia announces University partnership
- 31/10/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Ingenia Recruitment has announced a new partnership with Sunderland University and senior managers at automotive dealers in the area to promote the industry to future graduates. Included in the initiative with the university Ingenia Recruitment is Anthony Rockingham, managing director of Croxdale Group, Richard [...] -
Auto Trader delivers real-time pricing to retailers
- 04/10/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Auto Trader has announced an upgrade to its retailer solution that will integrate the latest pricing data with retailer’s existing processes and systems. Auto Trader Connect, Valuations, will be available to all retailer partners as standard from April next year, although retailers can have early access from [...] -
Mazda unveils new training centre
- 29/09/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Mazda UK has opened a new bespoke training centre that will centralise training for dealer staff from across its network. The 11,000 sqf facility in Bedfordshire will deliver training for dealer roles from apprentice through to master technicians, as well as management training in sales and service roles. With the [...]