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Auto Trader delivers deeper dealer insights
- 30/01/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Auto Trader has introduced a new data solution for retailers, Trended Valuations, while also upgrading its Retail Check functionality. The solutions are intended to help retailers make quicker and more profitable sourcing, advertising, and pricing decisions. Trended Valuations show what a vehicle has been worth [...] -
Used car price gap impacting stock levels
- 02/01/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New data has found that dealers are struggling to replenish used car stocks as sellers are valuing their vehicles too highly. Used car prices fell about 20% last year, but many private sellers are not aware of the market slow down. According to used car trading platform HonkHonk, which connects sellers with [...] -
Used car values shift again in volatile market
- 07/11/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Cap hpi is urging the industry to track used cars values closely as a volatile market continues to shift quickly. It has reported prices have already slipped 1.5% on average since the publication of its most recent monthly editorial on 27 October. The news follows the 4.2% drop reported at the end of October, [...] -
GWM ORA announces new retail partners
- 07/08/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
GWM ORA UK have announced that Holdcroft and Citygate are the latest retail groups to go live, with Holdcroft Group opening its first sales site in Crewe as well as an aftersales site in Stoke-on-Trent. Citygate Group has already gone live with its first site in High Wycombe, currently GWM ORA’s closest to [...] -
GWM ORA partners Sinclair Group
- 06/07/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
GWM ORA UK has announced a new partnership with Wales’ largest automotive retailer, Sinclair Group. The brand has launch initially with one site in Swansea. The news follows the announcements of six new retail group partnerships for GWM this year already, with the company now on track to achieve a total of 20 [...] -
H.R. Owen Group celebrates Rolls-Royce treble
- 28/06/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars London, part of the H.R. Owen Group, has been named Rolls-Royce Global Dealer of the Year for the second time in five years. It shared the award with Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Philadelphia. The London showroom also became the first to win three awards in total during a single year, winning [...] -
Dealer demand continues to rise
- 06/06/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Dealers continued to see rising demand in May as enquiries increased by three per cent and sales of new and used vehicles leapt 37%, against the same month last year. According to data from iTrackLEADS, May marked the fourth consecutive month of rising enquiries this year. However, the number of enquiries [...] -
Swansway opens new Oldham site
- 13/10/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A new Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Van Centre has opened in Oldham, providing a complete range of new and used vehicles alongside extensive servicing and repair facilities. The new site, operated by Swansway Motor Group, will stock the full range of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles alongside approved used vans as [...] -
SsangYong expands network in the North East
- 17/06/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
SsangYong Motors UK has announced the addition of Morpeth-based Blackshaws to its dealer network. Kevin Griffin, managing director at SsangYong Motor UK, said: “We are delighted to welcome an established dealer group, like Blackshaws, to the SsangYong franchise and to extend our representation in the northeast. [...] -
Demand dips for used vehicles
- 08/06/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Demand for new and used vehicles fell in May as overall consumer enquiries declined by 23%. This is according to lead management experts at iTrackLEADS, which also found that dealers became more efficient compared to the same month last year as the number of lost sales fell by 40%. In addition, test drives fell [...]
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