Author: Aimee Turner
The Toyota Aygo has clinched the title as overall winner of the Used Automobile of the 12 months title after Cap HPI’s team of experts and analysts saluted how low-cost it was to run.The automobile was also named the City Automobile of the 12 months in its Used Automobile of the 12 months Awards for 2024. Winners across the range of categories include:Winners across the range of categories include:Winners across the range of categories include: Login to proceed reading Or register with AM-online to maintain up thus far with the most recent UK automotive retail industry news and insight. This Article…
TechFest Garage Technology Festival, led by GSF Automotive Parts, is rapidly approaching and ticket registration numbers are getting near maximum capability. In collaboration with over 50 top suppliers like Schaeffler, Yuasa, Comma, and Delphi, the event will happen next week on June 13, at Wembley. The free event will aim to attach suppliers and produce together members of the industry from across the country. GSF can even be giving freely £50 price of Trade Club (TC) points to every garage that registers and attends the event as a thanks to their customers. As a component of GSF’s loyalty rewards platform,…
After previously winning the AM Award for Leader in Diversity and Inclusion TrustFord once more took to the stage in 2024 to gather the trophy for the third successive 12 months.Its submission to the awards judging panel showed TrustFord goes from strength to strength, evidence of a laudable commitment to pursue its mission to be an excellent employer.The judges were particularly impressed with its 2024 objectives to go that extra mile in enhancing diversity and inclusivity and its well-being initiatives, spearheaded by its board of directors including HR director Sharon Ashcroft (pictured) and chief executive Stuart Mustoe.Its efforts span an entire…
The motor industry must stay vigilant whether it is to navigate the emerging legal and ethical considerations surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI), data security and environmental responsibility. Speaking throughout the Motor Ombudsman and Radius Law Automotive Business & Law Conference held in London on May 15, Iain Larkins, director at Radius Law, said problems with liability in an increasingly automated environment were gaining prominence. He said the Automated Vehicles draft laws which was published in November 2023 – and which is a response to recommendations issued by the Law Commission after a comprehensive four-year review – will primarily deal with the handling…
The autumn moratorium imposed by the UK financial watchdog will likely be moved back to sit down behind a Judicial Review of a case that was judged in favour of a customer who claimed to have been unfairly charged for motor finance. In January, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it was giving motor finance firms until September to reply to complaints lodged after mid-November 2023 by customers who feared that they had been unfairly overcharged for getting their cars on finance. Before January 2021, some lenders had allowed dealerships acting as their brokers to regulate the rates of interest…
The outstanding women within the running for Cox Automotive’s Barbara Cox “Woman of the Yr” Award 2024 have been revealed. The award recognises inspirational females in automotive and is run in partnership with AM-online and Fleet News. Six inspiring women were chosen by a panel of judges, including previous winners Sara Sloman and Lorna McAtear. An enormous variety of nominations were received for girls making their mark in all areas of the automotive industry, including fleet management, manufacturing, retail, publishing, consultancy and technology. The shortlisted six are: Marta Blázquez – president, Faconauto Jacqui Barker – strategy director, Keyloop Jade Budden…
Used automobile sales continued to soar in the primary three months of 2024 with more stock than ever hitting the market due principally to recent automobile sales picking up. First-quarter used automobile sales rose by 6.5% at 1,967,923 units – the strongest begin to a yr since pre-pandemic 2019, in accordance with the latest figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The rise marks 16 months of successive growth, reflecting recovering supply in the brand new automobile market which is in turn improving availability and selection of second-hand cars. In reality, used automobile transactions have risen in…
AM deputy editor Aimée Turner has been a specialist B2B editor and journalist covering the international transportation sector for greater than 20 years. She has specialised in the numerous safety, regulatory, and environmental issues that impact advanced technology businesses within the pursuit of more efficient, safer and sustainable transportation modes. This Article First Appeared At www.am-online.com
Renault is expanding its compact SUV lineup with the introduction in September of the “entry-level” Symbioz which contains a full-hybrid drivetrain. Built on an prolonged version of the Renault-Nissan CMF-B architecture, the drivetrain is predicated on a 1.6-litre inline 4-cylinder engine, topping the 1.2-litre capability of the hybrid unit present in its sister SUV, the Austral. Launched to capture buyers within the compact SUV segment, with families in search of spaciousness and utility particularly targeted families, the Symbioz is the French carmaker’s fourth model on this lucrative segment, joining the Arkana, the recently launched Scenic EV, and the Austral which…
An all-electric Nissan LEAF supplied by South West Nissan is being put to good use at a distant Met Office base greater than 4,000 miles away on Ascension. The volcanic island, situated within the South Atlantic Ocean, forms a part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha where a small team of individuals work for the Government agency. After deciding that the time was right to deploy an electrical vehicle on the island, the Met Office’s headquarters in Exeter got in contact with South West Nissan to see if it could supply a LEAF.…
