Author: Tim Rose
The outcomes of the newest research by Automotive Management and BDO into the UK’s biggest franchised dealer groups is here within the 2024 AM100 report. And the report also looks into the performance of the ten largest used automobile dealers, the ID10, plus the outlook for automobile brands within the UK marketplace. What an exciting period that is for motor retailers. Never in living memory have we had so many latest automobile brands attempting to turn out to be established within the UK market, at the exact same time because the incumbents are battling to adapt and maintain market share.…
Automotive Management Live 2024 is about to happen on November 13 on the NEC in Birmingham, offering a comprehensive platform for automotive professionals to explore the newest trends, innovations, and challenges within the industry. As considered one of the UK’s leading automotive events, it is predicted to draw attendees from dealerships, OEMs, suppliers, and other key stakeholders. This yr’s event, held again in partnership with the National Franchised Dealers Association, will give attention to critical topics like the long run of electrical vehicles (EVs), digital retail transformation, and sustainability within the automotive sector. Keynote speakers from top automotive corporations will share…
A brand new offer to tempt the EV-curious into the motive force’s seat of a brand new Cupra Born electric automobile gives them an option handy back the automobile after three months. Cupra UK’s ‘Love Me or Leave Me’ offer is accessible now for financed or outright purchase buyers and if after three months the owner decides handy back the vehicle, Cupra will return the deposit, subject to wreck/excess mileage. The scheme is obtainable on qualifying vehicles ordered from Cupra’s current stock. Consumers who buy one, but then determine it isn’t right for them, must give Cupra notice at 80-100 days into ownership…
Automobile buyers’ alternative is expanding further within the UK as a brand new electric vehicle brand, Skywell, begins sales here.Skywell is one in all the brands of China’s Seres Group, which also produces DFSK light industrial vehicles, and its UK licenced distributor Innovation Automotive in Cirencester is constructing a footprint for each.DFSK had been offered through direct sales since Innovation Automotive’s creation in 2021 by Samir Hmicho, a businessman from the Middle East with trading relationships with some Chinese OEMs. Login to proceed reading Or register with AM-online to maintain up up to now with the most recent UK automotive…
Today is World Mental Health Day and this yr’s theme is ‘workplace mental health’, which is why the automotive charity Ben is raising awareness about mental health inside this industry in order that automotive people get the support they need. Earlier this yr Ben published research showing one in 4 automotive employees (27%) reported issues managing their mental health. It was concerned that overwhelming 99.6% of automotive people have been affected by a health and wellbeing issue over the previous 12 months. Stress stays essentially the most common health & wellbeing issue that automotive employees face, at 56%, followed by poor sleep (51%). Other…
The arrival of the second generation Toyota C-HR in 2023 was clearly welcomed by the industry, as this compact crossover SUV scooped each the dealer-voted Hybrid Automotive of the Yr trophy and the Recent Automotive of the Yr trophy on the AM Awards in May this 12 months. Now AM will probably be spending a number of months with probably the most popular and well-equipped versions of the C-HR, a plug-in hybrid in Excel trim. Already known for its striking design and nimble city driving for the reason that first automobile arrived in 2016, the Toyota C-HR is now even higher and the expansion of…
Carsa, the used automotive dealership group founded by former Imperial Automobile Supermarkets executives, has signed up with automotive service and MOT franchise HiQ.Carsa sought to create a brand new business model that integrates automotive sales, vehicle maintenance, tyre fitting, and MOT testing under one roof, and it has already opened HiQ branded workshops at Halesowen and Cannock within the West Midlands, with plans for a broader national expansion.It said this partnership represents a key growth milestone for each corporations, allowing them to leverage one another’s strengths – HiQ advantages from access to prime retail locations, boosting its market reach, while Carsa gains…
An award-winning journalist and editor, with 20 years of experience covering the motor retail industry, and accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) plus the National Council for the Training of Journalist (NCTJ)As editor of AM since 2016, Tim is answerable for its media content, planning and production across AM’s multiple channels, including the web site, digital reports, webinars, social media and the editorial content of AM’s events, Automotive Management Live and the AM Awards. His focus is on interviewing senior leaders of franchised dealer groups and motor manufacturer national sales corporations to look at latest developments in UK motor retail. This Article…
Group 1 Automotive has accomplished its £346 million takeover of Inchcape Retail, adding 54 automotive and van dealerships in a “monumental transaction” that can put it into the highest five of the AM100 rankings of UK’s largest motor retailers. Doing so expands Group 1 Automotive UK’s trading area into the Midlands and the North West of England, and into Wales, plus adds more sites in its existing geographic footprint within the East and South East of England. It also broadens its brand portfolio with Audi, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Porsche, Smart, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volkswagen Business Vehicles. Group 1…
Peugeot dealer group Simon Bailes has hired a brand new head of operations for the three-site company. Sheldon Cockburn has rejoined the dealer group he left in 2021 after two and a half years with Lookers, as a divisional performance manager, and JCT600, as head of its Newcastle Ferrari and Bentley dealerships. Simon Bailes Peugeot said Cockburn brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of delivering exceptional results. His latest role returns him to overseeing the three Peugeot retail locations and a big body shop operation. He’ll proceed to oversee the 4 businesses with an increased deal with constructing…
