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Volkswagen’s New Brand Design will be revealed to dealers from 50 countries at the “Brand Experience New Volkswagen” dealer congress. The brand has set up a showroom with the New Brand Design at the central event warehouse in Isenbüttel. The new showroom has been designed to be as modular, scalable and cost-effective as possible. Many existing elements can also be ...

Pendragon has submitted a hybrid planning permission application to Rushcliffe Borough Council for a new Porsche Centre dealership, complete with pub/restaurant and senior living accommodation. The application reads: “The public house would host a restaurant and function areas comprised over 2-storeys with outdoor amenity wrapping around the building. “The senior living accommodation is envisaged as a 3-storey building, which addresses ...

Group 1 Automotive has pumped nearly 600 part-exchange cars through BCA Auctions in the first week of sales in January. The auction house is supporting Group 1 Automotive’s used car programme with sales at Blackbushe, London and Bedford every Friday, Thursday and Monday respectively. All vehicles are pre-sale prepared and all eligible cars are offered under the BCA Assured scheme. ...

Vantage Motor Group saw pre-tax profits fall 14.3% to £1.3m on turnover up 1.6% to £284.7m in the year to 31 December 2018. Operating profit before surplus on the sale of tangible fixed assets was £2.4m compared to £2.1m in 2017. During 2018 it acquired a Toyota and Lexus dealership in Wolverhampton for £4.8m, which generated a contribution in the ...

Hyundai Motor UK has appointed Andrew Waite as network development director. Waite joins from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles where he had been fleet and remarketing director , responsible for developing the fleet and business sales strategy across the group’s brands At FCA he helped create and implemented Fiat Group’s used car strategy, delivering sales, stock and mix targets and driving remarketing ...

Cambria and Vertu have bought the remaining parts of the Leven Group from the administrators. Stuart Robb and Michelle Elliot of Leonard Curtis Business Rescue & Recovery Glasgow confirmed the sale of the remaining parts of Leven Cars Group safeguarding 101 of the 139 jobs. Cambria Automobiles acquired the Rolls Royce and Aston Martin businesses, which operate from Corstorphine Road ...

Citygate has bought Volkswagen dealerships in Brentford and Twickenham from Inchcape. the Brentford business becomes its largest dealership with a 1.6-acre site, four floors and 28 service bays. Twickenham will undergo a refit to become a brand-new SEAT dealership offering SEAT and Volkswagen servicing. Citygate CEO, Jonathan Smith, said: “We are delighted to have completed this deal, adding two more ...

Mark Robinson, the founder and managing director of Vantage Motor Group, is selling his stake in the group to the management team. Robinson will leave the business at the end of the year as part of a planned handover to Vantage chairman Phil White, finance director Tim Swindin and operations director Andrew Mallory who will manage and operate the business. ...

Lookers has appointed Heather Jackson as a non-executive director of the company. Jackson was formerly global chief information officer at HBOS and previously held senior positions at Capital One, Boots, Asda and Accenture Consulting working on change management, digital, IT and operations. Phil White, chairman of Lookers, said “We are delighted that Heather has joined the board of Lookers. “Her ...

Caffyns PLC has posted half year pre-tax profit of £56,000, down 92% on last year (£704,000). The downturn in profits is largely due to the supply issues the company experienced. New car deliveries in the period fell by 14.5%, which was a greater fall than the 6.1% reduction recorded in the retail and small business market segment. Volkswagen and Audi ...