Friday 30th July, 2010
Automotive Consultancy, UK
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Automotive News
RANDOM things happen when you drive a car around that looks like the BFG has inserted his football into it.
Everyone stops and stares. Most point. Some laugh. And I can tell you Gosport’s dentists have been busy because I’ve been shown more fillings in the last 24 hours than a pie man…
I really love our [...]
PORSCHE will retail the hyper/eco 918 Spyder for around £420k, we reveal this week - if the firm decides to, err, actually sell it
Our man Alex discusses the intrigue surrounding the new EV motor in this week’s podcast.
He also talks about a possible Toyota EV supercar rival for 2015, and a forthcoming BMW that will [...]
BRAYLEY Honda has launched a unique hunt to find a savvy young entrepreneur for its used car site.
Junction 25 Car Sales is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brayley Honda – but is currently without an operations manager.
Owner Paul Brayley is thus on the lookout for an enterprising North London youngster to work with manager Perry [...]
HALF of Britain’s car drivers admit they don’t wash their car for 6 months or more in a surprise new survey.
This is leaving the trade-in value of their cars at risk as car dealers mark down prices because of damage.
Autoquake carried out the survey – which also showed that while 56 percent of women leave [...]
FINANCE best practice dealers have another member as Greenhous Group achieves SAF Approved status.
It now means more than HALF of the UK’s top 10 dealer groups are SAF Approved.
The SAF kitemark has been designed, said FLA head of motor finance Paul Harrison, ‘to give consumers confidence about the motor finance information they receive.
‘If customers [...]
CAR buyers are more prepared than ever to travel longer distances to source the best deal on a new car.
Almost 1 in 3 customers now travel MORE than 50 miles to puck up their new motor.
Car dealer JCT600 carried out the research, and says the longer travel distances are almost entirely down to the internet.
More [...]
VERTU Motors chairman Paul Williams has said at the firm’s AGM that it is meeting its 2010 expectations.
The UK’s 8th-largest car dealer now boasts 66 outlets, he said, after a year of targeted growth.
‘Whilst the board recognises the weakness of the current economic environment,’ said Williams, ‘it anticipates the Group’s results for the financial year [...]
AUDI Poole has a new sales chief which sees the Dorset Audi Centre’s board of directors grow further.
Mark Laming has been in the industry since 1986 and brings 24 years of car dealer experience.
Starting as sales executive, he has worked through to sales manager, general sales manager and, now, sales director.
Dorset born and bred Laming, [...]
DEALERS Backing BEN continues to grow with Ford Retail the latest car dealer group to sign up.
Ford Retail follows Lookers and Sytner in pledging support for the industry charity.
Chris Hayden, chairman and CEO of Ford Retail Group, said: ‘Although we are already keen supporters of BEN this is a very well structured fundraising [...]
CHEVROLET MD Mark Terry has told Car Dealer the brand’s latest incentive deal is one Noah would be proud of!
The Chevrolet 5-year Promise is a package that will help car buyers survive the storm of a post-recession climate that may feel worse than the recession itself.
Describing the cover-all scheme as a customer’s version of [...]
