Hendy Automotive is building a new multi-franchise dealership in Eastleigh Hampshire for Mazda, Kia and Honda. The company’s existing Leigh Road facility will now sell Ford. The new showrooms are expected to employ 90 people and the project is part of a partnership with Eastleigh Borough Council, which retains ownership of the site. Features include solar panels on the roof, ...
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The February edition of Motor Trader is now online with our annual look at the Top 60 Movers & Shakers in motor retailing that have impacted the sector in 2017 There is also a wide-ranging interview with Dave Hodgetts, MD at Honda UK on dealer relations and where the brand is going in 2018. Plus, we check out recruitment, looking ...
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In an exclusive interview with Motor Trader, Dave Hodgetts, managing director of Honda UK, speaks with Julian Buckley about a wide range of topics, including the national dealer network, Brexit, and the possible effects of GDPR on future sales Motor Trader: The last NFDA dealer survey highlighted a good performance for Honda. Were you happy with the results and what ...
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Leeds-based D M Keith has acquired Westgate Motor Group in Grimsby and its Seat, Skoda and Honda franchises for an undisclosed sum. DM Keith now has one Honda, two Seat and seven Skoda businesses. The group is rated 129 in the Motor Trader Top 200 with annual turnover of £84.6m Dougal Keith, managing director of D M Keith, said: “In ...
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Honda UK dealers have achieved high scores on the customer review website, Reevoo with 97% of customers on the site recommending the Honda dealership they visited for their sales experience. Reviews play an increasingly important role for other customers when choosing which dealership to visit, highlighting the positive and negative when it comes to the sales experience. Phil Webb, head ...
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The April edition of Motor Trader is now available to read online with the latest news and analysis for car dealers. It includes an exclusive interview with Bentley’s UK boss Sarah Simpson who talks about reaching new customers, digital retailing and the new boutique at Westfield London. The magazine includes analysis of the new car registrations in March, which set ...
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Honda plans to increase the volume of fleet sales and aftersales driven through its UK dealer network by having company car specialists in showrooms and incentivising retailers to offer test drives to user-choosers. The initiative is part of the carmakers’ Platinum Programme which is being rolled out across all 170 dealer sites in the UK to coincide with the showroom ...
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Honda has appointed Chiswick Honda as its second approved NSX dealer in the UK, joining Crown Honda Hendon from April 2017. UK aside, to cover Europe Honda now has dealerships based in Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Leipzig, Padua, Zurich, Paris and Monaco. The new NSX uses a twin-turbo hybrid drivetrain, while utilising a hand-built, twin-turbocharged, 3.5-litre, V6 petrol engine mid-mounted to the ...
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Honda treated the CR-V to a mid-life makeover two years ago and the result is a car bursting with new technology and benefiting from improved styling. The Swindon-built CR-V is a long established player in the compact SUV sector and rightly acclaimed for its build quality, robustness and practicality all of which are in evidence in this facelifted model. Exterior ...
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Two years ago I sat down with Phil Crossman who was then CEO of Honda UK. At the time the carmaker was going through a tough patch as a result of the yen’s punishing exchange rate and a lack of new product. One of the forthcoming vehicles he mentioned at the time, which he believed would help turn around the ...
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