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In recent years, we have seen operators such as Tesla, Hyundai, Jaguar Land Rover and SEAT all take up leases in retail centres like Bluewater and Westfield. Even more recently, Mitsubishi’s new retail store in Lakeside shopping centre, Thurrock, and the announcement of a further 11 sites in prime retail areas to follow, further confirms the trend. Historically, these prime ...

Mercedes-Benz Cars UK today announced that Rachael Thompson (pictured) joins the business as sales director in the second half of 2018. Thompson joins the fourth largest selling brand in the UK with new car registrations in 2017 up 6.6% to 180,970 units in an overall market down 5.7%. Thompson has been extracted from from Jaguar Land Rover where she has ...

Lookers has invested £12m in new Volvo and Jaguar dealerships in Glasgow. Its subsidiary Taggarts is relocating the Jaguar and Volvo businesses from Maryhill Road, Glasgow and Windmillhill Street, Motherwell to new dealerships at Hillington Park. The new Taggarts Jaguar Glasgow dealership includes a 29,000 ft showroom split over two floors, with capacity for over 70 external display spaces. Other ...

Group 1 Automotive has taken on a new Land Rover Franchise in Watford. This franchise has been added to the Company’s existing Beadles Jaguar Watford dealership, with both now located in a new facility. The new Beadles Jaguar Land Rover Watford dealership is expected to generate an additional estimated $35m (£25.8m) in annualised revenues. This opening increases the Company’s UK ...

Marshall Motor Group is to open a new Jaguar Land Rover showroom on Greenham Business Park in Newbury. It has invested £10m in the development of the showrooms, which showcase both brands operating side-by-side from the same location serving customers across Berkshire and beyond. This new facility will include a drive-in service reception, 16 car showroom, 20 bay workshop, customer ...

The Jaguar Land Rover Channel Swim Challenge has raised £185,000 for motor industry charity Ben. The amount raised is likely to grow as donations and ongoing fundraising events continue to flood in. To donate click here Jeremy Hicks, managing director of Jaguar Land Rover UK, swam the English Channel, along with 13 of his colleagues in 16.5 hours in a ...

The purpose-built Swansway Jaguar Crewe showroom opened its doors on 1 April following a £5.5m investment. The opening marked the premium brand’s return to Crewe after a long absence; a major coup for family-owned Swansway which happens to be based in the town. The 10-car showroom boasts Jaguar’s latest corporate identity, has space to display 40 used cars and its ...

Jaguar has unveiled the E-Pace, the brand’s second new SUV in two years with prices starting from £28,500. First deliveries are expected in 2017 and observers are confident that the car will become the brand’s best-selling model, taking on the Audi Q3 and BMW X1. Jaguar is positioning the E-Pace as a much more sports-orientated model than its larger sister ...

Farnell Jaguar has been named as the Best Retailer Group 2016 by Jaguar UK. Rik Shield, head of business at Farnell Jaguar Land Rover Leeds, James Boyd, head of business at Farnell Jaguar Bolton and Robert Forrester, CEO of parent company Vertu Motors plc, collected the award from Zara Tindall MBE at a ceremony held at The Royal Dublin Society, ...

Jaguar drivers can now use their car’s touchscreen to pay for fuel with a new cashless payment app from Shell. The app will be rolled out on Jaguar’s F-Pace, XE and XF models. Owners who install the app can drive up to any pump at a Shell service station and use the vehicle’s touchscreen to select how much fuel they ...