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Land Rover has revealed that order books for its new Defender OCTA will open soon and prices could start from £145,300 OTR. Pricing for the New Defender OCTA Edition One may start from £160,800 OTR. The vehicle will debut at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed from 11–14 July. Mark Cameron, MD, Defender, said: “With New Defender OCTA we have ...

  May was a bruising month for a raft of car brands in the UK with double digit sales declines. Polestar saw registrations fall -69.6% to 314 units for the month while Fiat saw sales decline -44.9% to 523 units. Bentley was down -37.6% to 68 units and Vauxhall -32.1% to 6,026 units. Toyota fell -17.9% to 6,834 units, Ford ...

JLR is pushing ahead with its programme to train its dealer network to handle its electric vehicles. The company has trained 95%, or 10,000, of its retail partner technicians, to service the next generation luxury electric vehicles. Overall, 20,000 JLR employees and partners have been trained in electrification and digital skills as part of JLR’s Future Skills Programme. Future Skills ...

The Jaguar Group of the Year was won by Lloyd Motor Group, which has dealerships across Cumbria, Lancashire, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Yorkshire and Scotland. Lloyd Carlisle won the Jaguar Retailer of the Year. The winners were announced at an event for Jaguar and Land Rover dealers where management outlined the Reimagine Together strategy for the brands, including the decision ...

Land Rover Range Rover Evoque topped the charts of Dealer Auction’s February Retail Margin Monitor, with an average retail margin of £3,925. The Jaguar XF ranked second (£2,800) while the fastest-selling profit turner (37 days on average) Mazda CX-5 (£2,775) ranked third. Kieran TeeBoon, Dealer Auction’s marketplace director, said: “February’s results were a resounding triumph for premium models, but dealers ...

Land Rover used cars offered dealers the highest margins over the past year according to the Dealer Auction latest Retail Margin Monitor. The Retail Margin Monitor identifies the highest retail margins seen on used vehicles bought via the Dealer Auction wholesale platform each month. The Range Rover Evoque took the top spot in December and for the full year, with ...

Hendy Land Rover Christchurch has joined special forces with Who Dares Gyms in Bournemouth for the 2023 season of the beachfront gym. Who Dares Gyms was founded by Leo Walker whose military career took in a 15-year with the Special Forces. Others involved in the brand include Jason Carl Fox, known as Foxy and star of the Channel 4 Show ...

Jaguar Land Rover is running the rule over its dealer network in what is expected to be a radical reshaping of its UK business. Motor Trader was told by a dealer source that dealer numbers could cut from 88 to 18.. The new Jaguar EV range of the future will have a price  range starting at £100,000 and running to ...

Cambria boss Mark Lavery said he was delighted with the planning approval gained to  expand its Grange business in Brentwood, Essex. Cambria Automobiles’ subsidiary Grange Cars has been given permission to develop a new dealership in Brentwood. Grange Motors is relocating its existing Aston Martin and Jaguar dealerships in London Road to a new site close by, which will also ...

The Land Rover Discovery Sport and Land Rover Range Rover Evoque were the two most profitable used cars for dealers in January delivering margins of £3,380 and £3,080 respectively. Launched in January 2022, Dealer Auction’s Retail Margin Monitor tracks the potential retail margin that can be achieved on vehicles sold on Dealer Auction’s open network. It tracks models meeting two ...