Surveys

Porsche Retail Group delivered the highest profit per employee in the just published Motor Trader Top 200 Dealer Groups, sponsored by AXA Motor Trade. The factory owned dealer group saw each employee deliver an average £76,755 per annum, according to the survey. In second place was CEM Day, which saw employees generate £57,626 per annum followed by Cambria Automobiles which ...

The just published Motor Trader Top 200 Dealer Groups reveals the businesses delivering the highest return on sales across the sector. CEM Day tops the rankings once again with a return on sales of 12.7%. The company explained this performance in last year’s MT Top 200 as a result of diversity encompassing vans, car and van hire, HP and leasing ...

The Motor Trader Top 200 Franchised Dealer Groups in 2024 shows a sector in flux with huge interest in dealer groups from foreign investors, ongoing consolidation and a market building momentum after contraction in the pandemic. Sytner tops the report once again with annual turnover of £6.8bn and pre-tax profits of £178.9m. It was followed by Arnold Clark in second ...

HR Owen has topped the salary charts of dealers in the Top 200 Dealer Groups paying an average employee salary of £50,287. The top-end dealer group narrowly edged out TC Harrison Group into second place followed by Jemca, Park Lane BMW and Sandal Group. Report author Chris Oakham commented on the overall salaries for the Top 200 said: “There are ...

Dealers delivered a strong performance in the just published Motor Trader Top 200 Dealer Groups. The average Return on Sales (RoS), that is pre-tax profit as a percentage of sales for the whole MT Top 200, including estimates, increased to 2.87%, which is a record and a considerable increase on 0.78% three years ago and 1.51% last year. The leading ...

UK motor retailers have recovered over the past 12 months from the pandemic, according to the Motor Trader Top 200 Dealer Groups. Combined MT Top 200 turnover is up 18% to £75.1bn, which is almost back to the 2019 pre-lockdown turnover of £76.6bn The entry level turnover for this edition of the MT Top 200 is up slightly on the ...

The automotive retail market remains “resilient” during unprecedented headwinds, with “positive signs that an upturn is on the horizon.” That’s the view from Cox Automotive Europe as it releases the sixth instalment of its quarterly insight roundup, AutoFocus. AutoFocus brings together the latest views on the market from Cox Automotive as well as Owen Edwards at Grant Thornton, Steve Young ...

A new form of vertical supply chain integration is coming to vehicle manufacturing and sales. This follows the trend in other industries which sees manufacturers engaging in direct sales to consumers. In effect, the traditional wholesale supply model is becoming defunct. Within the automotive sector, such vertical integration has been standard for new entrants to the electric vehicle market with ...

The pandemic has had a major impact on business, but dealers have caught up fast and are now hoping for better times ahead The past year has been tough for dealers as they came to terms with three lockdowns with showrooms temporarily closed for business. Now, as we tentatively begin to emerge from the pandemic, we can see the impact ...

Motor Trader can reveal the top 25 dealer group for return on sales in the latest Motor Trader Top 200 Dealer Groups. Mitchell Group in Cheshire, run by Mark Mitchell (pictured) emerged at the top group with a return on sales of 4.6%. The group was created over 30 years ago with Lexus, Mazda, and Skoda franchises on its single ...