Motor Trader

JANUARY 22, 2025

Over two-thirds (68%) of car owners want retailers to be active in communicating upcoming service and MOT due dates, according to Marketing Deliverys survey of 1,000 UK car owners. This story continues at More than two-thirds of motorists demand proactive contact from retailers Or just read more coverage at Motor Trader

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Dealer World

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

By delving into emerging trends, challenges, and regulatory considerations, the report highlights AI's significant impact on the financial sector and their auto retail partners, and outlines a path toward a more responsible and innovative future. Without effective governance, these risks could undermine consumer trust and market stability.

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Motor Trader

MARCH 4, 2025

Steve Hicks is appointed as Kia UKs marketing director, with Sanka De Silva taking on the role of sales director. Hicks, previously sales director for Kia UK, joined the business in 2017, leading all sales channels across retail and fleet, for new and used cars, in collaboration with the 190-strong dealer network.

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Motor Trader

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Subaru UK & Ireland celebrated the achievements of its Retailer network at its Annual Conference & Awards in Reading. Aird Motors, based in Beauly, Scottish Highlands, was named the overall Retailer of the Year for 2024. Proven Motor Company secured the Fleet Dealer of the Year Award, D.

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Carscoops

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Premium European automakers are shelling out millions of Euros to keep their dealers alive in a tough Chinese car market. A new price war in the country has led to unsustainable heavy discounting that’s putting retailers into the red. Other high-end Western brands like Porsche have also watched China sales tank.

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AutoSuccessOnline

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The annual NADA Women Driving Auto Retail (WDAR) event at the NADA Show celebrates gender diversity in the auto retail industry. Attendees will hear firsthand from inspiring women leaders who have broken barriers and built thriving careers in automotive retail. This highly anticipated gathering will be held Thursday, Jan.

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Motor Trader

MARCH 3, 2025

Hyundai Motor UK hosted its 2024 Annual Retailer Awards, crowning Dalys Garage Overall Retailer of the year. Marshall Motor Group celebrated three accolades Overall Retailer Group, Progress Retailer Group and Aftersales Retailer Group of the Year.

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Auto Remarketing

JANUARY 14, 2025

As we step into 2025, the automotive retail industry is ready to take its next step in modernizing its operations, where artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are poised to reimagine dealership operations. These platforms also tackle operational efficiencies, such as duplicate leads.

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AutoDealer Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Overcoming data challenges in automotive retail to unlock the full potential of your dealership. Dive into actionable strategies that promise to elevate your dealership’s success in today's competitive market. Discover how real-time data, enhanced quality, and intelligent automation can streamline your operations.

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Motor Trader

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Autofinity has launched ViSOURCE, a tool to aggregate wholesale vendor stock and information to provide buyers with an extensive view of the used car market. ViHUB enables automotive retailers to pool vehicle data, automatically populate online marketplaces and manage stock with up-to-date inventory details.

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AutoSuccessOnline

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Cox Automotive showcased new retail and wholesale solutions designed to fuel the future of car buying and selling during NADA Show 2025, the National Automotive Dealers Association’s annual convention, in New Orleans. “These new retail enhancements emphasize our commitment to keeping dealers happy and competitive.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

As for retail sales, they are down -7.6% Suzuki (-8.3%) and Mitsubishi (-7.6%) also drop faster than the market to round out the Top 4. Mitsubishi Fuso (+11.9%) and Wuling (+1.4%) defy the negative market with Chery (+95.3%), BMW (+8.8%) and MG (+305.4%) shining below. of the market combined vs. 64.2% share respectively.

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Motor Trader

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Retail prices outperformed seasonal norms in August, boosted by strong underlying consumer demand in the used car market, according to Auto Trader. As ever the market is incredibly nuanced, and so whilst at a high level it’s performing well, a deep dive into the data really does reveal some very strong pockets of profit potential.

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Auto Remarketing

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In its latest EV Market Monitor, Cox Automotive reported there were. TO READ THE FULL STORY BECOME A MEMBER Login The post Growth not quite as dramatic, but used EV sales continue to accelerate in both wholesale & retail markets appeared first on Auto Remarketing.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

year-on-year in January to 61,843 while retail sales are off -18.4% Toyota (+5.2%) goes against the negative market with a small year-on-year uptick leading it to a 35.7% In contrast Daihatsu (-30.5%), Honda (-13.5%), Mitsubishi (-27.8%), Suzuki (-18.8%) and Hyundai (-23.1%) all fall faster than the market. share vs. 33.4%

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Best Selling Cars Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Indonesian wholesales car market edges down -4% year-on-year in 2023 to 1,005,802 units, while retail sales are down -1.5% In the brands wholesales ranking, Toyota (+1.6%) goes against the negative market to improve to 33.5% of the market while the next two carmakers lose share: Suzuki is down -10.3% of the market.

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AutoSuccessOnline

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Understanding the Challenges The reliance on markdowns as a primary inventory management tool reflects a broader challenge in the automotive retail industry: a tendency to cling to familiar practices even when they are not yielding desired results. Data-driven approaches can improve the overall customer experience through several steps.

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CarExpert

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Speaking with media at the local launch of the new Polestar 4 mid-sized SUV, managing director Scott Maynard said the EV specialist will open seven new sites around the country in collaboration with five different retail partners. ” 100s of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. .” Browse now.

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Carscoops

JANUARY 23, 2025

Read: Maserati’s Sales Plunge 60% As Stellantis Blames Dealer Discounts And Marketing (Again) As reported by ItalPassion , no less than 13 Maserati models are being sold by CLG Motors this Friday. It’s been driven just 84 km (52 miles) and has a €255,998 (~$266,300) retail price in France.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Meanwhile retail sales drop -14.8% In the wholesales brands ranking, Toyota (-28.3%) loses even more ground than the market to 28.3% Retail-wise, Toyota (-12.9%) and Daihatsu (-6.2%) both beat the market as do Mitsubishi (-13.3%) and Suzuki (-14.2%). of the market. New vehicle wholesales in Indonesia sink -26.1%

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Best Selling Cars Blog

APRIL 26, 2024

Toyota For reference Toyota retail sales are down -17.1% Honda Equally impressive is Honda, which launched its new Ye family of EVs developed specifically for the Chinese market. Only just over a year after its launch in the country, Smart is struggling already with retail sales down -72.1% Honda sales are down -34.4%

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AutoSuccessOnline

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The persistent affordability issue dominated discussions and forced dealers to adapt their approaches to meet evolving consumer needs in an increasingly complex market. As we move into 2025, the dealerships that are likely to thrive are those that remain agile and responsive to market changes.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

The new vehicle wholesales market in Indonesia dives -18.7% Retail sales are down -16.3% Wholesales-wise, brand leader Toyota (-13.9%) falls slower than the market to an improved 33.3% In the retail brands charts, Toyota (-12.3%) and Daihatsu (-12.9%) resist somewhat to 31.5% to 140,274. 1 44,513 31.7% – 20.9%

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Dealer World

MARCH 4, 2025

AIS + NRC is a leading forum for automotive executives, technology innovators, and retail strategists , focused on the digital transformation of vehicle sales, remarketing, and finance. Personalizing marketing campaigns based on shopper demand and behavior.

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CarExpert

JANUARY 30, 2025

The BYD brand has made a rapid ascent in Australia since its mainstream market launch here in 2022, and its local distributor EVDirect has made bold sales forecasts ever since then. Now it says it can overtake long-time Australian market leader Toyota as soon as 2027. Overall, it was the market’s 17th best-selling brand in 2024.

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CarExpert

JANUARY 20, 2025

Polestar has arrived in Adelaide, opening the doors to its first South Australian dealership as part of a wider retail expansion. Polestar says the new Adelaide location is part of the company’s “transition [to] a more active retail model”, which will see the Geely-owned brand partner with dealer partners around the country.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The Indonesia new wholesales market drops anther -9% year-on-year in September to just 72,667. As for retail sales, they are down -10.6% As for retail sales, they are down -10.6% share for its 4th month in market. Full September 2024 Top 35 All brands wholesales and retail and Top 170 All models wholesales below.

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AutoSuccessOnline

DECEMBER 20, 2024

In todays competitive automotive service landscape, offering financing options is no longer just a nice-to-have for auto parts and service retailers its a critical tool in the retailers arsenal. Innovative financing solutions can help dealership service departments as well as auto parts, service and tire retailers thrive.

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Dealer World

DECEMBER 19, 2024

When looking to hire an advisory firm, Kerrigan Advisors was the clear choice given their leading transaction experience, particularly in the Washington DC-Baltimore market. The firm also releases monthly The Kerrigan Index composed of the seven publicly traded auto retail companies with operations focused on the US market.

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Dealer World

DECEMBER 16, 2024

We are honored to continue to support the Bohn family, this time in the sale of their Hyundai Genesis dealership, a transaction that, again, underscores the enduring strength of the auto retail market in the South, said Gabe Robleto, Senior Vice President, Sell-Side Advisory at Kerrigan Advisors.

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Motor Trader

MARCH 17, 2025

ADS contrasts UK motor retail with the approach of the grocery sector in Britain and the data-led marketing of American dealers, estimating that marketing efforts in Britain are between three and five years behind the US.

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Motor Trader

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Motor auctions reported a mixed performance in the LCV market with concerns raised over the upcoming changes to Benefit-in-Kind tax treatment for double cab pick-up trucks in April. The market has grown by 0.3%, with the strongest performance seen in vehicles priced up to 10,000. said sales fell -8.3%

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Shawn Ryder

MARCH 6, 2025

When it comes to selling marketing services , understanding which industries yield the most success can be vital for targeting and strategy development. In todays rapidly evolving marketplace, sectors vary significantly in their responsiveness to marketing efforts.

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Motor Trader

JANUARY 2, 2025

Car retailers and the motor sector have welcomed the governments decision to launch a consultation on the XEV Mandate. These are both critical issues for an industry that is facing significant challenges globally as it tries to decarbonise ahead of natural market demand.

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Autocar

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

market share. Nonetheless, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) notes that the EV market share is still short of the 22% target that had been set for 2024 under the government's zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate - and further still behind the 28% EV mix that manufacturers must achieve in 2025. and 5.5%, respectively.

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Drive.com

JANUARY 20, 2025

Disclaimer: Unless stated otherwise, the prices listed in this article are the recommended retail price and do not include on-road costs. Pricing on the HiLux starts from the entry-level HiLux Workmate Single Cab priced from $27,730 and tops out at the HiLux GR Sport Diesel dual cab, which carries a $74,310 retail price tag.

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Carscoops

DECEMBER 29, 2024

The used-car market is sending mixed signals, with prices ticking down slightly even as inventory continues to tighten. Even compared to October, when 1,393,841 used vehicles were sold, sales climbed by 2%, reflecting an unexpectedly strong finish to the year for the used-car market. MONTHLY USED VEHICLE RETAIL SALES Cox Automotive

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