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Read More »Penton to open Citroen dealership in Poole
Penton, the south of England dealer group, is building a £3.5m Citroen and DS dealership in Holes Bay Poole. It currently operates Citroen and Vauxhall...
Read More »Used car dealers come under pressure
Used car dealers specialising in the sub-three year old category are coming under pressure from highly competitive new car offers. That’s the view of RAC Head of Dealer Propositions Mario Dolcezza...
Read More »Dealers hampered by shortage of aftersales staff
Dealers are having to deal with a shortage of suitable staff in key roles. Online recruitment specialists Jobco-op Automotive said it is seeing a lack of high quality candidates for sales managers...
Read More »Europe car sales rise for ninth month
New car registrations rose 4.5% to 1,093,448 units in May, the ninth consecutive month of growth. In the first five months of the year registrations are ahead 6.9% to 5,431,921 units, according to Acea...
Read More »Alex Smith appointed to head up Volkswagen cars
Alex Smith is to take over as director of the Volkswagen passenger car brand from 1 July, replacing Robert Hazelwood who is leaving the company...
Read More »Two year old van values surge 10% in May
Values of vans less than two years old surged 10.5% in May compared to April to £12,395, according to figures from the National Association of Motor Auctions (Nama)...
Read More »Volkswagen dealers on target to hit 200k sales
Volkswagen dealers are on target to achieve record volumes this year as the brand predicts 200,000 sales before the end of December. Volkswagen director Robert Hazelwood, talking to...
Read More »ASE warns of non-OE parts threat to dealers
Competition for franchised dealers’ parts business is set to intensify as independent suppliers muscle in on the market. That’s the view of Trevor Jones, founder...
Read More »Used car values rise 5% in May – Nama
The average value of used cars sold at auction in May rose 5.2% to £5,420, according to the latest figures from the National Association of Motor Auctions (Nama)...
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