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LSH Auto BYD is sponsoring the 2025 Manchester Film Festival (MANIFF) which is taking place from 14 to 23 March in its 11th year. LSH Auto BYD is one of four of the festival’s main sponsors. Its vehicles will be on display for the launch night at Aviva Studios. VIPs attending the festival will be chauffeured to Q&A sessions and ...

NK Motors has reported a significant increase in sales since the £1m refurbishment of its Kia dealership on Orient Way. Sales of Kia cars from the Derby branch exceeded the 2,500 mark last year Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the dealer has seen its 35,000th sale since moving to Pride Park in April 2005. Sanj Kumar, Group MD at NK Motors, ...

LSH Auto has announced the completion of the refurbishment of its Mercedes-Benz of Tamworth dealership. The showroom is now open and fully operational. The dealer will soon be announcing a date for a showroom launch event. A LinkedIn post read: “A huge thank you to our incredible customers for your patience, as well as to our colleagues and everyone involved ...

The Scottish Motor Trade Association (SMTA) has said sales are down 9.9% in Scotland in comparison to UK totals revealed by the SMMT. Scotland’s new car market fell -2.0% while figures for the rest of the UK were down -1.0%. Alan Gall, SMTA chief executive, said: “On the surface, Scotland’s vehicle sales for February have Scotland as an outlier compared ...

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is celebrating 75 years of the VW Bus, the commercial vehicle with the longest production run in Europe. Events will be held around the world for the 75th anniversary. The extensive anniversary campaign kicked off in Germany on Saturday. On 8 March 1950, The first Transporter, T1, left the production line in Wolfsburg on 8 March 1950. ...

The most significant boosts in customer satisfaction are achieved by dealers who routinely offer test drives (up 45% to 81%)  and make follow-up contact with car buyers (rising 41% to 87%), according to research of over 436,100 customer questionnaires by JudgeService. Showroom sales staff who introduce customers to a manager prompt a satisfaction boost of 24% to 90%. Dealers who ...

McLaren Glasgow has been named 2024 UK Retailer of the Year at the ninth McLaren Retailer of the Year awards. The award recognises exceptional performance in all areas of retailer activity. The win also allows entry for one year to the prestigious McLaren Premier Club. Lee Martis, retailer principal at McLaren Glasgow, said: “We are incredibly proud to receive this ...

The NFDA is celebrating International Women’s Day (8th march), with CEO Sue Robinson highlighting the importance of continuing to address outdated stereotypes and barriers within the industry. Robinson is a member of the Automotive 30% Club, working alongside more than 70 CEOs and MDs to drive meaningful change. She said: “The automotive industry is evolving, and one of the most ...

Marshall Motor is pushing ahead with the closure of two Volkswagen and four Peugeot dealerships. The dealer group which is owned by Constellation Automotive Group is not commenting on the closures. The Volkswagen dealerships set for closure are in Horsham and Aylesbury. In holding statement Volkswagen said:  “We, along with the whole motor industry, are moving through a period of ...

Dealer Auction has launched an all-new retail ready stock source for dealers. This stock is sourced via Dealer Auction’s new overage solution, Make Me an Offer, which allows franchise retailers to automatically list ageing vehicles on the platform while they remain live on Auto Trader. Following the initial pilot phase, there have been over 2,000 retail-ready vehicles listed across Dealer ...