Toyota and Lexus Remarketing has appointed Aston Barclay as its remarketing partner. The vehicles will feature prominently at Aston Barclay’s Donington Park centre, following the launch event on 6 March. Nick Thompson, Chief Customer officer at Aston Barclay, said: “We are delighted to be working with Toyota and Lexus Remarketing to offer its products through our physical auctions. “We know ...
Read More »Steven Eagell Group collects seven awards
Steven Eagell Group secured seven accolades acroas the Toyota Best Retailer in Town Awards and the Lexus Centre of Excellence Awards. The Group’s branches were crowned ‘Best Centre’ by both Toyota and Lexus for the first time. Sheraz Rashid, group operations director, said: “It is an incredible honour to be recognised by both Toyota and Lexus with these highly ...
Read More »Lexus announces winners of Centre of Excellence awards
Lexus has announced the winners of its 2023 Centre of Excellence awards. Lexus Stoke won Centre of the Year and Lexus Vantage Group being named Group of the Year. The annual awards, presented at a recent ceremony in London, honour the top-performing Lexus Centres across the United Kingdom in a variety of categories including, new and used car sales, marketing, fleet ...
Read More »Lexus takes top slot in used car reliability survey, Cupra least reliable
Cupra was the most unreliable used car brand according to new research from What Car? The brand received the lowest brand reliability score of 82.4% with many owners complaining their cars had been plagued by a range of electrical gremlins that had left them in the workshop for more than a week. Lexus achieved the highest brand rating, at 98.3%, ...
Read More »Eastern Western group expands with Toyota and Lexus
Eastern Western Motor Group is to start work on a major Toyota and Lexus expansion project. The group has been appointed as Toyota dealers for both Dundee & Perth and as Lexus dealers for Dundee. Eastern Western group managing director Keith Duncan posted on LinkedIn: “Lexus has never been represented in Dundee and speaking as a Dundonian, I am delighted ...
Read More »Lexus takes top spot in NFDA survey as used car margins score high
Lexus has topped the NFDA Dealer Attitude Survey, with 9.2 points out of 10, followed by Mercedes (8.4) and Kia (8.4). The bottom of the table saw Fiat (3.7), Abarth (4.4), and Alfa Romeo (4.7). “Despite the unprecedented challenges facing the automotive retail industry, it is optimistic to see our survey has revealed only marginal differences in manufacturer ratings. Franchised ...
Read More »Steven Eagell buys Oxford Toyota dealership from Inchcape
Steven Eagell Group has bought the Toyota Centre in Oxford from Inchcape Retail for an undisclosed sum. This brings the total number of sites now operated by the privately-owned Steven Eagell Group to 32, including 23 Toyota and 9 Lexus. CEO, Steven Eagell, said: “I am very pleased to confirm we have completed the purchase of the Toyota Centre in ...
Read More »Cambria CEO Mark Lavery wins NFDA industry personality of the year award
Cambria Automobiles CEO Mark Lavery won the Industry Personality of the Year Award at the NFDA Spring Ball, which was held at The Grove in Hertfordshire. Lavery scooped the accolade because of his work to drive innovation within the industry and also to promote the NFDA to dealers Dealers, manufacturers and senior automotive stakeholders attended the Spring Ball. The manufacturer ...
Read More »Dealers vote Lexus as top franchise in NFDA Dealer Attitude Survey
Lexus was voted the top franchise in the UK in the latest National Franchised Dealer Association Dealer Attitude Survey Winter 2021. Dealers, asked ‘how would you rate your manufacturer overall on a scale of 1 to 10?’, returned an average of 6.6, 0.1 higher than six months ago. Lexus (9.8), Kia (9.2) and Toyota (8.9) were the top performers, while ...
Read More »Toyota and Lexus launch online parts and accessories stores with Amazon
Toyota and Lexus have partnered with Amazon to open online stores for parts and accessories. Open for business 24/7, the manufacturers said that they provide quick and easy access to a wealth of genuine Toyota and Lexus parts and accessories for both current and recent models. Building on their initial inventory, the stores are steadily increasing their ranges and will ...
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