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Ray Chapman Motors is celebrating the 25th anniversary of one of its longest standing employees. Steve Bingham, service advisor at Ray Chapman Motors Malton, joined Ray Chapman in February 2000, aged 18, as an apprentice technician, embarking on a journey of growth and learning within the automotive industry. Over the past 25 years, he progressed to become a level three ...

Cap hpi consulting’s quarterly review of the EV market, PowerUP, found that consumers saw a 626% increase in variants over the last three months of 2020 and 2024 – up 66% in the past 12 months. The volume of BEV brands in the UK increased by 95% over the past four years compared with the 14% growth in volume over ...

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has expanded its all-electric ID. Buzz Cargo range, introducing the ID. Buzz Cargo Commerce 59kWh priced from £35,960. The vehicle is available to order from today with customer deliveries expected to start in the spring. The vehicle features a WLTP range of 200 miles. The battery can be charged from 5 to 80% in 30 minutes. The ...

The February new car market turned in a “subdued” performance but looking at the performance of individual brands, there were clear winners and losers for the month. In an overall market that fell -1%, Chinese brand BYD continued to surge ahead with registrations up 334.3% to 1,177 units followed by Polestar, which saw a 98.8% increase to 515 units for ...

Revive! Auto Innovations announced its ‘Turbocharge’ growth plan, targeting £40m in network sales by 2028, at its annual conference on 1 March at St. George’s Park. This figure is up from £24m in 2024 and in order to achieve this the company will develop its franchisee businesses in relation to car dealers, seek opportunities for expansion, and reinforce franchisee partnerships ...

The UK new car market fell -1.0% to 84,054 units in February, the fifth consecutive month of decline. There was a 4% reduction in fleet registrations, which have driven previous market growth. Private registrations rose by 4.6% to slightly increase overall market share to 35.6%, while the smaller business sector rose by 3.3%, according to figures from the Society of ...

EMaC has partnered with Keyloop and shared details about the first phase. Retailers selling EMaC service plans and using Keyloop’s DMS can now automatically link customer records with existing service plans. Sebastien Fabri, partner director at Keyloop, said: “Dealers using Keyloop’s DMS will now be able to provide a more seamless journey benefiting both EMaC service plan customers and dealers. ...

Brayleys Cars has appointed David Gostling as its Honda franchise director. Gostling has 27 years of experience in the auto industry. For the last 12 years, he has held roles within Honda UK covering sales, marketing and aftersales. A LinkedIn post from Brayleys Cars read: “We are pleased to announce that David Gostling has joined the team as our new ...

Inchcape has flagged up to investors the possibility of having to make payments for historical motor finance commission arrangements for its UK business before it was sold to US dealer group Group 1. In results filed today it referenced the FCA review into historical motor finance commission arrangements announced in January 2024. This investigation is ongoing. In the meantime, there ...

Carwow is launching a marketing campaign to boost dealers’ enquiries and sales during the March plate-change month. Carwow will provide additional promotion of deals for 1,000s of new cars available from participating retailers, including both factory orders and in-stock new cars. The campaign uses Carwow’s email database of 2.5 million customers and millions of visits to Carwow Group’s portfolio of ...