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Cazoo positioned as ‘credible challenger’ to Autotrader as Motors ditches brand
Motors will rebrand its advertising business as Cazoo next month as the latter is the only ‘credible challenger’ to Autotrader, the company has said.
Apr 28: Claire's shuts all stores; Starmer faces Mandelson vote; Geely EX5 big battery model
Claire’s shuts all UK and Ireland stores with 1,300 redundancies
Car dealer group Hendy falls to huge loss as late accounts finally posted – plus 2025 will be bad too
Car dealer group Hendy has finally published its long-overdue accounts for 2024 that show an ‘extremely disappointing’ £18.1m loss before tax.
Car Dealer Power 'gives a level of credibility that really matters' – vote for your winners now!
Winning a Car Dealer Power Award gives businesses ‘a level of credibility that really matters’.
BMW selects UK car dealers to take part in brand's 'Classic Partner' pilot scheme
BMW has teamed up with its UK dealer network to provide a new pilot scheme aimed at making life easier for owners of its classic models.
Apr 27: Interest rates to be held; Prices to remain high post-war; Cayenne Coupe Electric
Bank of England set to hold interest rates despite Iran war pushing up inflation
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Santander accepts FCA motor finance redress scheme and will compensate customers
Santander has confirmed it will not challenge the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) motor finance redress scheme, and will pay compensation for its portion of unfairly sold agreements.
FLA has 'concerns' over FCA’s £9.1bn motor finance redress scheme but won't challenge
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) £9.1bn motor finance compensation scheme has been given a clearer path to be rolled out after the main industry body joined major lenders in backing out of any legal challenge.
Autotraders AI tools write 2.5 million car adverts in first 12 months
Autotrader has revealed that 85% of its car dealers are now using its AI-powered Co-Driver tools with more than 2.5m vehicle descriptions and smart image re-ordering in the last 12 months.
Marching against Japanese motors: When the British Legion took a stand at Datsun
Resistance to Chinese car brands is nothing compared to what dealers of Japanese cars faced back in the 1970s.
The World's Largest Car Dealership Has Closed. The Model That Built It No Longer Works.
Cargiant opened in 1976, became a Guinness World Record holder, sold more than a million cars, and made its founder a billionaire. On April 24, 2026, it entered a managed closure. The 46 acres of prime West London land it sat on turned out to be worth mor...
Staff at car dealer Lookers claim they ‘face fresh threats of redundancy’
Staff at Lookers claim they face the threat of redundancies across multiple divisions of the sprawling car dealer group.
Apr 23: Vision Meta Turismo concept; Beauty spot motorhome ban; Government borrowing drops
Kia reveals more details on Vision Meta Turismo concept Kia has released more details on the Vision Meta Turismo concept, which was revealed to celebrate
‘Squeezed middle’ driving fast-moving used car market as MG4 tops April charts
The UK used car market is being driven by a ‘squeezed middle’, with three-to-five-year-old cars selling the fastest in April while overall market
Smart reveals successor to the Fortwo city car as covers come off Concept #2
Smart has taken the wraps off its latest model, this time called the Concept #2, and a clear successor to its iconic two-seater city car the Fortwo that it launched with in 1998.
