CHINESE EV ADVANCE SLOWS … BUT MORE NEW ENTRANTS DUE THIS SUMMER JOHN GROSE AND DICK LOVETT RESULTS RETAILERS ‘REMAIN A CORNERSTONE’ FORD PAUSES EV CERTIFIED RETAILER PROGRAM US RETAILER...

The smaller retail groups are the corner shops of the automotive market, but they are living in a supermarket world. As successful as they might be now, in the long term, can they continue to exist as...

July saw strong demand return to both the new and used car markets, with Auto Trader reporting records across all metrics. And it’s not just pent up demand, with retailers reporting strong sales in...

Retail registrations rose over 20% in July compared with the same month last year, bringing welcome relief to retailers after June’s tentative restart. Fleet registrations were also up, by a more...

Mitsubishi looks set to exit the UK, which would leave its retailers with some decisions to make – what should you do when your brand disappears? Mitsubishi has announced it will stop bringing new...

Hepworth Motor Group has closed its Mitsubishi dealership in Halifax with the loss of an expected 10 staff. Hepworth, which also operates the Honda in Huddersfield and Ssangyong in Horsforth, will...

Niche brands could lose a lot of what makes them special in the eyes of customers by moving away from owner-driver businesses in the push to secure larger sales volumes through partnering with larger...

Bristol Mitsubishi was named the brand’s dealer of the year thanks to a careful and strategic focus on aftersales. The winners list at some brands’ ‘Retailer of the Year’ gongs are seemingly...

Toyota and Mitsubishi are reducing the lengths of their approved-used warranties, the former for hybrids and the latter for all models. Toyota has traditionally offered a 24-month warranty with hybrid...

Mitsubishi has put together a five-year growth plan including a hike in retailer numbers and a 2% return-on-sale target. Speaking to Auto Retail Bulletin, UK managing director Rob Lindley – who has...

Mitsubishi has introduced a five-year growth plan including a hike in retailer numbers to 140 and a 2% return-on-sale target. Managing director Rob Lindley said he aimed to take Mitsubishi from 30,000...

MITSUBISHI AIMS FOR 50,000 A YEAR HYBRIDS SEE APPROVED-USED WARRANTIES CUT SUBARU BRAND OVERHAUL BCA UPGRADES DEALER PRO PENTAGON EXTENDS VAUXHALL WARRANTY FOR MARCH HYBRIDS BETTER FOR CO2 TARGETS...

November saw a further 3.0% decline in new car registrations, with 158,639 vehicles registered compared with 164,541 in the same month in 2017. That brings the year to date total to 2,223,058, 6.9%...

Although still down, October saw the new car market recovering somewhat from the annual trend, with the 153,599 registrations representing a drop of 2.9% compared with the same month last year, and...

RYBROOK: PROFITS DOWN BUT SHARES UP WLTP POWERING AUGUST REGISTRATION BUBBLE  BOOK NOW FOR AUTO RETAIL NETWORK’S ECONOMIC FORUM  USED UK IMPORTS ACCUSED OF WORSENING IRISH AIR QUALITY EAST...

Mitsubishi is consulting retailers about a new CI refurbishment plan although how much it could cost or when the work needs doing by have yet to be decided. The look is based on Mitsubishi’s latest...

  MITSUBISHI RETAILERS FACE CI UPGRADE COSTS FORD TO PUT FOCUS ON MONEY MAKING SUVs AND VANS CAR TRADE TO BUCK GENERAL RETAIL TREND, SAYS CBI MPs VISITS HIGHLIGHT AUCTION CONCERNS SECURITY THREAT...

Mitsubishi has opened its first direct sales store in the Lakeside shopping centre in Essex. The store is the first of 12 mall-based outlets planned for cities across the UK. The Lakeside business has...

Omni-channel auto retail specialist Rockar has posted a loss of £2.8 million for 2017 in its latest results, a worsening of almost £1m, against 2016 figures.  However, speaking exclusively to Auto...

ROCKAR PROMISES PROFITABILITY IN 2018 PEUGEOT TASK FORCE TO SOLVE WLTP SUPPLY ISSUES MITSUBISHI OPENS FIRST DIRECT SALES STORE STARTIN GROUP BUYS ITS FIRST SUZUKI FRANCHISE RECORD PERFORMACE SHOULD...