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  Australian automotive intelligence platform AutoGrab has announced its expansion into the UK. Rupert Pontin has been appointed Head of the UK business. Pontin will be joined by April Allanson and Paul Kelly who will be responsible for business development strategy and be active in the UK retail network. Pontin said: “I am thrilled to join AutoGrab and lead its ...

A nationwide survey has found that 51% of consumers would be ‘likely’ or ‘very likely’ to pay more for a used car if they knew the previous owner had invested in dealer-applied paint and interior protection. Of the 1,000 car buyers surveyed by Autoglym over a third would be willing to pay between 4% and 6% more. It said based ...

The new RAC Cars online used car portal, operated by heycar, is now offering full online buying with click and collect or home delivery options, the RAC Dealer Network now has 1,400 dealers on its books, offering warranty and insurance products through its aftersales partner Assurant. Heycar chief of staff, Alex Grime, said: “We are delighted to have partnered with ...

Warranty Solutions Group (WSG) has revealed that dealers using self-funded warranty admin schemes (Dealer Fund schemes) could be at risk of annual claims exceeding their fund allowance. WSG analysed more than 50 of the admin schemes it administers on behalf of dealers. 22% of dealers had insufficient funds to pay for claims over a 12 month period (based on their ...

Oodle Car Finance has appointed Estelle McConnell as head of sales and major accounts. McConnell brings two decades of experience in automotive finance to the role, having previously worked with Capital Bank, Secure Trust Bank and Close Brothers. “This feels like a really exciting time to join Oodle. I’m looking forward to playing my part in developing new partner relationships ...

Evolution Funding is now using Automotive Compliance’s enhanced regulatory platform. It said the key focus of the platform is to offer more efficient processes, reduce time-wasting activities, and optimise finance penetration by streamlining the buying journey. The system displays tailored quotes based on the customer’s credit profile before routing them to the most appropriate lender for their credit circumstances. This ...

MotoNovo Finance is continuing to call on the government to introduce support for used BEV buyers that is not limited to employer benefit schemes. It said its consumer research on the emerging used electric vehicle market, involving 2,000 UK adults, supports this levelling-up call. While the price gap between ICE cars and BEVs has closed in the newer used car ...

Phyron is offering car dealers the ability to generate videos for cars targeted at Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms. It said until now, advertising on an inventory level on Meta was limited to still images but with PLV, the next generation of Meta’s Automotive Inventory Ads, this has been expanded to include video. It claimed that ad campaigns combining images ...

Motorway has introduced real time payments to its Motorway Pay platform to enable dealers to transfer funds for vehicles at the point of purchase. It said one year on from launch, the platform has handled £1.2bn in completed payments, with hundreds of dealers now managing vehicle purchases through the platform. The platform is now also offering online withdrawals, with dealers ...

BCA has introduced a new Image Downloads service so buyers can access high-quality images immediately upon completion of purchase. This new feature enables BCA dealers to showcase their inventory to their customers as soon as possible, using a selection of non-branded, multi-viewpoint images of the actual vehicle including cabin interiors and other details. With BCA’s new image download feature, buyers ...