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Volkswagen has announced prices and specification for the new Volkswagen Transporter Panel Van. Prices start from £30,9951 for the TDI variant and £41,9651 for the BEV model, or £399 per month on Business Contract Hire. The van comes with an enhanced warranty and service plan, the Volkswagen 5+ Promise: comprising five services, two MOTs, a five-year warranty and five years’ ...

Park’s Motor Group has announced the opening of two new Omoda locations, Park’s OMODA Irvine and Park’s OMODA Motherwell. The Irvine showroom is located on Corsehill Mount Road at the Group’s multi-franchise site, just off the Newmoor roundabout and the A71. Park’s OMODA Motherwell is located on 99 Airbles Road, just off the M74. Both showrooms offer new cars, new car ...

Arnold Clark is to represent Chinese car brand Leapmotor in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth and Aberdeen. Founded 10 years ago, Leapmotor has two electric vehicles available in the UK – the T03, a compact city car which offers a range of 165 miles, and the C10, a mid-sized SUV with a range of 261 miles. Prices start from £15,995. David Boyd, ...

Carmoola’s analysis of 40 million car sales, in collaboration with Brego, has revealed that the Hyundai i10 is the most depreciation-proof  car sold in the UK. It lost on average 16.6% of its original value in the first three years or 36,000 miles. At a current average sale price of £9,134, a Hyundai i10 would only lose £1,516 in that ...

Kia UK’s National Dealer Conference, held in Liverpool yesterday, was attended by over 1,000 Kia dealer staff. The Awards celebrates performance across the network of 190 Kia dealerships in the UK. The conference opened with a new mantra for the coming year: ‘Take the Lead’. Paul Philpott, President and CEO of Kia UK, said: “In 2024, Kia experienced record sales ...

Evolution Warranties is lining up further acquisitions following its purchase of Auto Group last year. The warranty provider reported sales revenue of £2,956,570 for the year to 31 August 2024 its first full year in business. The group turned in losses of £310,300, reflecting the investments made to expand the business with new product offers and the acquisition of The ...

The Motor Trader Golf Cup is now open for dealerships to enter their teams for this year’s competition. The event is taking place Tuesday 1 July 2025 at the Brabazon Course at The Belfry a world-famous stage on which some of golf’s most exhilarating dramas have played out. Walk in the footsteps of golfing legends – Seve’s historic drive onto ...

The Automotive 30% Club has announced the Inspiring Automotive Women 2025 award winners. Nominations were made through the “Inspiring Automotive Women – Who Inspires You?” LinkedIn campaign that ran in July 2024, and was sponsored by the Lithia UK businesses Evans Halshaw, Stratstone and Jardine Motors Group. This resulted in 508 nominations, from companies within and beyond the Club members. ...

KGM dealers are set to offer customers a wider range of finance products with the launch of KGM Financial Services. CA Auto Finance, the UK subsidiary of CA Auto Bank, and KGM have deepened ties to launch ‘KGM Financial Services,’ offering consumers retail and contract hire finance products, value added products, and wholesale financing. Drivalia which is the rental, leasing, ...

Leasing firms have warned at how poor electric vehicle residual values is going to hit their business as EV volumes rise in the used car sector. In its latest market report it said: “Like meteorologists tracking hurricanes, leasing companies are staring at the horizon and not liking what they see. There’s a named storm coming, and its name is electric ...