Sytner is relocating its McLaren Manchester business to a newly refurbished showroom which it plans to open in December. The two-storey 18,000 square foot facility in Wilmslow, Cheshire, will feature the super car brand’s latest corporate identity. The current site is in Canute Place, Knutsford. “We are excited to move to this exclusive location and welcome new and existing customers ...

Dacia has closed its pop up store in Westfield Stratford shopping centre today in protest over Black Friday. The store opened on Thursday but as part of an orchestrated marketing campaign the budget brand said the store will be closed today to make a “statement against Black Friday and one-off savings.” The closed store is displaying signs saying: “Closed for ...

The additional VED charge on new diesel vehicles announced in the Autumn Budget marked a failure to address the issue of older and higher polluting diesel vehicles, according to Philip Nothard, head of external relations at Cox Automotive. The Budget saw the raising of first-year VED rates for all new diesel cars sold from April 2018 that do not meet ...

What a gloomy Budget it turned out to be with the chancellor talking down economic growth and announcing some ill-defined measures on the current and future treatment of diesel-engined vehicles. While the measures to encourage the uptake of electric vehicles, with an extra £400m towards the charging infrastructure and £100m towards for plug-in grants, are welcome, the amounts fall short ...

Today’s Autumn Budget saw the raising of first-year VED rates for all new diesel cars sold from April 2018 that do not meet the latest Real Driving Emissions Step 2 standards on emissions. The rise will not be applied to vans or HGVs. In addition, company car drivers now face a further 1% rise in the diesel supplement on diesel ...

GardX has announced a partnership with Cox Automotive to rollout out its Spincar 360° video platform to Modix. The new service, Modix 360°, will enable dealers to capture interior and exterior 360° spins of vehicles to display on their website. A set of still images and a 360° video with automated voiceover is then created, which can be uploaded directly ...

The newly formed Independent Motor Dealers Association (IMDA) have introduced free 12 months’ membership to dealers who join before 19 January 2019. The move was announced to dealers attending the Motor Trader Summit at Edgbaston on Tuesday. Dealers who have already joined will have their £250 membership fees reimbursed. The trade body said the move had been made possible by ...

The November edition of Motor Trader is now available to read online complete with the latest news and analysis for car dealers. The issue contains the Motor Trader Top 50 Independent Dealers, our annual survey of the performance of the non-franchised car retailing sector. We also take a look at how dealer point of sale finance is performing with an ...

  Eastern Western Motor Group has acquired Phoenix Honda in Stirling from the Phoenix Car Company for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition expands the group’s representation of the Honda brand to three dealerships with sites also in Edinburgh and Fife. The business will be rebranded as Western Honda Stirling and will relocate to a purpose-built showroom in summer 2018. Eastern ...

Dealers are aiming to sell more warranties, service plans and GAP insurance to make up the shortfall of reduced used car margins. According to Damian Tyler, head of business development at The Warranty Group, dealers are looking at increasing their up-sell items as acquiring used becomes more expensive through greater competition for stock. “Pretty much across the board, increased price ...