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Daniel Burgess has been promoted to the new position of sales, marketing and operations director of Solera, the owner of the HPI and Audatex brands.

Border Cars Mazda has opened a new showroom in Workington. The opening coincides with the company celebrating two anniversaries, having held the Mazda franchise for 20 years at Carlisle and 25 years in Dumfries.

The traditional rise in convertible values at auction was apparent at Manheim last weekend with cars selling for as much as 133 per cent of Cap clean. The Lex Autolease sale at Manheim Auctions, Bruntingthorpe saw 250 convertibles on sales out of a total field of 350 vehicles offered on the day.

Demand for wholesale used cars has fallen in the last two weeks with one auction house blaming an over-supply of pre-reg...

More car buyers are looking to purchase a new SUV or 4x4 than six months ago despite rising fuel costs, according to Motoring.co.uk. The website looked at what consumers searched for in March compared to six months before and found searches for new MPVs have risen nearly 5 per cent, those for new 4x4s by by 12 per cent and for new green cars by 30 per cent.

HPI has warned dealers that one in 17 cars have been clocked in the UK. The figure is much higher than official data from the Vehicle & Operator Services Agency (VOSA) which calculated that 1 in 39 cars that undergo an MOT are clocked.

Tesco has teamed up with Carsite to enter the used car market.

Online used car buyer Webuyanycar.com is making changes to its business following an Office of Fair Trading probe. The OFT found nearly 96 per cent of customers who sold their car to webuyanycar.com received less for their vehicle than the original website valuation.

Trade values for used cars are cooling off, according to Cap Black Book. It said a “major influx of ex-rental stock” from carmakers which have incentivised rental operators to place fresh new car orders is putting pressure on used values.

Dealers are missing out on business for failing to deal with out-of-hours enquiries. New research from GForces found 51 per cent of dealer website hits occur when showroom doors are closed, peaking between 7pm and 10pm.