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The new Subaru Forester e-BOXER is now available to order through the manufacturer’s UK dealer network. The Limited model is priced from £38,995 while the Field variant is available to order from £40,440 and the Touring variant is available to order from £42,995. Lorraine Bishton, MD of Subaru UK, said: “The arrival of the all-new Forester marks an exciting chapter in ...

Ray Chapman Motors Volvo has won the Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award. Trusted Service Awards were devised in 2014 to recognise brands that use the platform to collect verified reviews and receive exceptional feedback from their customers. Feefo has presents Platinum Trusted Service Awards to businesses that have achieved Gold standard for three consecutive years. To achieve Gold status, businesses ...

Chinese car brand Xpeng plans to have 20 dealerships in the UK by year-end. The company has teamed up with distributor International Motors to drive UK sales. The first car to come to the UK is the all-electric mid-size SUV Xpeng G6, with prices starting at £39,990 and deliveries beginning March 2025. Xpeng kicked off its European expansion entering Norway in ...

Close Brothers has been running the rule over the amount it plans to set aside for a motor finance commission payout. It said the group has set aside £165m in the H1 2025 financial statements in relation to motor commissions. “This includes estimates for certain potential operational and legal costs, as well as estimates for potential remediation for affected customers. ...

Heritage Automotive Group has shut its Blade motorcycle dealership in Swindon. Heritage Automotive Group, which is ranked 50 in the Motor Trader Top 200 Dealer Groups with annual turnover of £320.2m, represents Audi, Honda, Volkswagen, Skoda and Volkswagen Vans. According to a report in The Sun the Swindon motorcycle business had become “unfeasible to continue” following “ongoing financial challenges”. Established ...

The current probe into motor finance and commission payments could have “minimal impact” on finance firms given the kick-back against over-regulation the UK has seen in the past few months. That’s the view of motor and property finance firm S&U which, in a trading statement,  said the UK was now seeing “a more balanced and pragmatic approach to government regulation ...

Positive salespeople are tops when it comes to customer satisfaction and shifting cars. That’s the finding from JudgeService in a survey of 350,000 customers who bought a used car last year. It said showroom processes have the biggest impacts on the customer promoter scores achieved by dealers. While the attitude of salespeople retained its lead position year-on-year, the research found ...

Peugeot has introduced its eight-year Allure Care package across the electric car line-up. Peugeot polled 2,000 drivers in September and found that UK drivers spend on average £450 per year on vehicle repairs, or £3,600 over an eight-year period. It said this was reduced to £425 per year for battery electric vehicles specifically, with a total estimated cost of £3,400. ...

The Fish Brothers Group will open its Omoda & Jaecoo dealership in Swindon in March. Customers will be able to test drive and purchase the Omoda 5, the Omoda E5 and the Jaecoo 7 SHS. A LinkedIn post from the Fish Brothers read: “We’re excited to announce that OMODA & JAECOO are joining the Fish Brothers Group! These incredible brands ...

Euro NCAP is sponsoring The Commercial Vehicle Safety Award at the Motor Trader Commercial Industry Awards held at the NEC in 29 April. Since 1997, Euro NCAP has carried out safety assessments and testing on new vehicles, offering consumers, policymakers and industry realistic and independent insights into the safety performance of vehicles sold in Europe. Backed by several European Governments, ...