AutoNation CEO Mike Manley is reportedly considering making a fresh bid for Pendragon, the UK’s second-largest auto retailer. An earlier AutoNation bid for 32p a share was rejected. US rival Lithia...

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US retail group Lithia Motors is in negotiations to buy Jardine Motors, according to Auto Retail Agenda sources. The deal is understood to be worth £300 million to the UK firm’s parent Jardine...

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Lithia Motors CEO Bryan DeBoer “appears to have sped up his interest” in entering the UK market. Last year, the second-largest US retailer targeted the UK and Australia “two to five years out…...

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JLR-OWNED DEALERSHIPS PART OF JAGUAR RE-LAUNCH LITHIA COMING SOON TO UK? LAWRENCE HAMILTON TAKES GENESIS TOP JOB CAR BUYERS ‘FEELING THE PINCH’ LOOKERS MERCEDES-BENZ RETAILER TO CLOSE BANK TO STOP...

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LITHIA BEHIND PENDRAGON TAKEOVER BID CAZOO, CARGIANT ‘PUTTING WRECKS BACK ON THE ROAD’ GREENHOUS IN £4.8m PROFIT NFDA’S FUTURE OF AUTO RETAIL AT BRITISH MOTOR SHOW EMIL FREY TO DISTRIBUTE...

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  VERTU BUYS HEPWORTH HONDA ARNOLD CLARK FORD GLASGOW TO CLOSE iVENDI FACILITATES £1.3bn SALES DVLA VOTE TO STRIKE NEW IDEAS ON SHOWROOM REOPENING LITHIA MOTORS TO LEAD US RETAILER CONSOLIDATION...

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