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Dealers must become reacquainted with the skills needed to operate in a ‘push’ market. That’s the view of Dale Wyatt, Director of Suzuki, UK and Ireland. Wyatt, a contributor to Cox Automotive’s Insight Report, said some needed to be more proactive to succeed in an altered commercial landscape. “Many people haven’t the muscle memory for performing in a push market. ...

JCT600 is to close its Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) businesses in Doncaster at the end of March. The move follows a strategic review of the JLR network in the UK carried out by Jaguar Land Rover Having represented JLR in the city since 2018, the management of JCT600 expressed “profound disappointment” in the marque’s decision to close the Land Rover ...

John Clark Motor Group has acquired the former Peter Vardy CARZ premises in Dundee for an undisclosed sum. John Clark, headed up by group MD Chris Clark (pictured) told The Courier it did not currently have details of the brands going into the site or when it would open. It said the premises, which thousands of motorists on the Kingsway ...

Pentagon Motor Group is to go paperless in a bid to drive efficiencies at the dealer group. It has teamed up with Mad Devs to roll out new technology that will help drive efficiency across the network and provide a better customer experience. The contract will see iStoreDOCS operated across the Group’s 48 sites. Replacing traditional paper-based processes, iStoreDOCS helps ...

JCT600 was hit by a security breach on Wednesday which resulted in it taking some systems offline while it addressed the issue. It said there was no evidence that customer data had been accessed and it would put systems back online once it was sure a threat no longer existed. The dealer group is just one of many who are ...

D.M. Keith Motor Group has bought Suzuki dealer group Colin Appleyard for an undisclosed sum. Colin Appleyard represents Suzuki in Bradford, Keighley, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Huddersfield. It was founded by the late Colin Appleyard in 1971 and run by his son Robin Appleyard since 2010. The acquisition, D.M. Keith’s first venture with Suzuki, sees the group grow to 19 businesses across ...

Auto Trader has revealed the fastest and slowest selling cars on its platform with some cars taking 75 days to shift. The Kia XCeed is currently the UK’s fastest-selling used car, taking on average just 14 days to leave retailers’ forecourts. In joint second position, was the all-electric Tesla Model 3 and the Marcedes-Benz EQC, which both took 14.5 days ...

Dealers and motor finance houses can expect motor finance to shoot up the agenda as Money Saving Expert finance specialist Martin Lewis launches a new campaign highlighting commission payments. In January the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it was going to investigate historical cases of motor finance companies not paying out compensation to customers for discretionary commission arrangements. In 2021, ...

Vertu Motors has acknowledged staff for leadership through its 2023 CEO Management Awards. Nominations were made by the CEO Committee, and support centre senior directors to identify colleagues who have delivered both an outstanding level of personal performance and championed the company’s values. This year’s winner of the Tom Fairgrieve Company Person of the Year Award was Doug Whitefoot, Divisional ...

  January saw a polarised start to the year with fleet sales driving the performance of many brands. Tesla got off to a strong start in January with sales up 173% to 1,581 units followed by Subaru which saw sales surge 74% to193 units. Peugeot performed strongly up 63.4% to 6,033 cars registered while Vauxhall saw growth of 58.6% to ...