GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO RELAX ZEV MANDATE BRIAN GILDA ‘HORRIFIED’ BY £450k NIC HIT AUTO TRADER AND SMMT LAUNCH EV ‘MYTH-BUSTER’ WESSEX GARAGES IN 2024 LOSS JOE DUFFY MOTORS OWNER UPS VERTU...

CHERY’S OMODA COULD BUILD CARS IN THE UK BYD INCREASES RETAIL NETWORK TARGET HERITAGE AUTOMOTIVE 2023 PROFIT HALVES AUTO RETAIL LIVE TO HELP RETAILERS HIT TARGETS CUPRA BRAND ‘AT RISK’ DUE TO...

FORD CHOOSES ALLEGO FOR RETAILER EV CHARGERS HOLDEN GROUP OPENS CUSTOMER CARE HUB RON BROOKS EXPANDS WITH SUZUKI CITI PREDICTS EV SALES TOO SLOW TO MEET CO2 TARGETS NETWORKS REPORT NOW ON SALE TOYOTA...

Retail registrations fell 8.1% in August compared with the same month last year (in what was a supply-constrained market), while at the same time fleet registrations surged over 58%. The result was a...

After several months of flat or falling numbers, private new vehicle registrations picked up in June, seeing 14.8% growth compared with the same month last year. Having said that, June 2022, in the...

JAGUAR LAND ROVER CONFIRMS AGENCY MOVE COST OF LIVING CRISIS TO SHIELD USED CAR VALUES VERTU STAKE BOUGHT BY JANUS HENDERSON INCHCAPE COMPLETES BENTLEYS TOYOTA WARRINGTON DEAL PEUGEOT UK’S NEW SALES...

The Toyota Corolla Commercial has been launched in retailers after the firm identified a ‘green space’ opportunity in the marketplace. As reported in Auto Retail Bulletin in September 2021, the...

Business size is one of the deciding factors for making the switch to electric vehicles for commercial fleets, according to Toyota’s CV manager Gareth Matthews. Owner operators are more cautious in...

ALL-STAR AUTO RETAIL EXPERTS TO DISCUSS FUTURE CHALLENGES VERTU HOLIDAY BOOST RON BROOKS WINS TOYOTA ICHIBAN AWARD – AGAIN LLOYD ACQUIRES RAYRIGG DACIA REVEALS NEW RETAILER IDENTITY NAPLETON AUTO...

An uplift in retailer profitability thanks to demand exceeding supply has resulted in a seven-year high for the results of the latest NFDA Dealer Attitude Survey. For the key question ‘How do you...

Toyota has issued termination notices for its six franchises held by Arnold Clark with Vertu’s Macklin Motors expected to pick up the manufacturer in Scotland, according to Auto Retail Agenda...

ARNOLD CLARK TO LOSE TOYOTA FRANCHISES THE SUN: DEALERS OFFERING £10k TO BUY BACK CARS WILLIAMS ROCHDALE IS BMW RETAILER OF THE YEAR CHRONIC WORKER SHORTAGES HITTING UK BUSINESS HEDIN BUYS RENAULT...

Derbyshire’s Ron Brooks Group has reported a pre-tax profit record of £1.24m for the year ended June 2021 (up 69% on 2020), on turnover of £34.2m. This represents a 3.6% return on sales. The...

December was a typically quiet month for new car registrations, although retail registrations were still some 19.9% up on the same month in 2020, with 56,606 new vehicles on the roads. That meant, for...

Toyota plans to sell its new range of pure electric vehicles through dedicated in-dealer ‘hubs’ which will provide specialist EV advice. Called bZ Hubs, Toyota product and marketing boss Andrea...

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES CAR FINANCE COMPLAINTS TOYOTA PLANS SPECIAL EV RETAIL HUBS ALAN DAY ‘WORLD FIRST’ EV MOBILE TECHNICIAN GATES DONATES ANOTHER FORD NADA PREDICTS THE END OF INCENTIVES POLESTAR...

The first half of 2021 has seen a further improvement in the state of relationships between retailers and their manufacturers. The latest NFDA Dealer Attitude Survey has sentiment at a score of 6.5...

Audi’s future electric cars will become ‘experience devices’ as the German brand builds in ever-more digital functionality and “rethinks the automobile”. It was the firm’s central message...

Toyota.co.uk website users now have the option of adjusting text size, contrast and brightness, whether the site is presented in colour or monochrome, zoom in on content and other tools to improve...

  OEMs STRIP CARS TO BEAT CHIP SHORTAGE TOYOTA BOOSTS CUSTOMER WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY SUMMIT GARAGE DOUBLES MERCEDES-BENZ RETAIL GROUP DIRECTORS DEPART SOARING USED PRICES ‘WILL NOT RISK...