John Clark Motor Group is opening a new MG dealership in Perth, Dunkeld Road. This will mark the addition of a second MG retailer to their expanding portfolio. The Perth location will offer a full range of services, including new and used car sales, aftersales, and parts. The new John Clark MG Perth showroom will […]
Read More →“Overall, the EV journey has been humbling,” Ford CEO Jim Farley has said. Last week, it scrapped plans for a three-row electric SUV, taking a $1.9bn hit, and also said it would cut the share of capital spending dedicated to EVs from 40% to 30%. Last month, the OEM reported a $1.1bn quarterly loss from […]
Read More →Greenhous Group has appointed Craig Norton as its new Dealer Principal at their Telford dealership. This is following the retirement of Steve Thomas. Norton was General Manager and Sales Manager at W R Davies Group for the last 16 years and more recently he represented DS Automobiles network as Chair for the franchise board. He […]
Read More →Eden Motor Group sold 1,000 used cars in July marking a strong performance. The group represents Hyundai, Mazda, MG, Peugeot and Vauxhall, and is currently ranked 58 in the Motor Trader Top 200 Dealer Groups with an annual turnover of £279.9m. Operations Director at Eden Motor Group James Kurd said: “Very proud of the hard […]
Read More →100 firefighters worked through the night last weekend to tackle a fire at Ron Skinner car supermarket in Tredegar. A “big employer” in the local area, Ron Skinner & Sons has four sites and claims to be Wales’ largest car supermarket. It was founded in Tredegar in 1968. Investigations are now underway to determine the […]
Read More →More than half of auto retailers say they disagree with the proposed reinstatement of the 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, reveals Auto Trader research. The new Labour government vowed to reinstate the ban on non-hybrid ICE cars, after the Conservative government pushed it back in October 2023. The research comes as […]
Read More →Yorkshire AM100 dealer group DM Keith is preparing for the official opening of its latest BYD showroom in York on 15 August. This will be the car dealer’s third BYD site. The new showroom will be located on Wigginton Road to the north of York’s city centre. It will showcase the marque’s range which is already available […]
Read More →Liam Butterworth, boss of driveline giant Dowalis (formerly known as GKN) has dismissed EV sales targets and predicted that even by the mid-2040s, “we’ll still be probably around 50% of new passenger cars with an internal combustion engine of some form or other”. The Sunday Times said his predictions go far further than any other […]
Read More →Cinch has opened its first physical store on Bedford Road in Northampton, and another on Tyburn Road Birmingham. Stores will be opened in Manchester this summer with more locations to be announced later in the year. Cinch Chief Customer Officer, Robert Bridge said: “We’re now in our fourth successful year of growth in our online […]
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