• Polestar to establish UK headquarters
    • 18/08/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Polestar will establish its UK commercial headquarters and a new customer Test Drive Hub at Bicester Heritage. Opening in December 2022, Polestar Bicester will be a new multi-purpose location following the development of one of the existing two-storey buildings in the Heritage Quarters. The headquarters will [...]
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  • Supply shortages disrupting buying process
    • 08/09/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    More than a fifth of car buyers are finding it difficult to organise test drives. What Car? polled 1,353 buyers, with 21% of those who had got in touch with a dealer saying they had found it hard to arrange a test drive due to a lack of vehicle availability or very long waiting lists. Despite the supply issues, [...]
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  • Polestar launches new test drive hub
    • 14/05/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Polestar UK has opened a new test drive hub in Milton Keynes, offering over 7,000 consumers the opportunity to drive a Polestar 2 before the end of the year. The site supplements Polestar London and Polestar Manchester. Eight vehicles – each purely for demonstration purposes, will be available to customers to [...]
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  • Test drives as easy as Uber, says drivvn
    • 05/05/2021
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Test drives are still an essential part of the car sales process and booking one should be as easy as ordering an Uber, according to automotive eCommerce specialist drivvn. drivvn tested several sites that offer a “book a test drive” feature and found that 80% take customers to a standard enquiry form, with [...]
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