The KGM Torres EVX, KGM Musso EV, and Hyundai Ioniq 3 are now eligible for the UK government’s Electric Car Grant (ECG). The Torres EVX has become eligible for the £1,500 ECG, reducing its starting price from £35,495, while the…
Autotrader forecasting a combined 10.17 million new and used vehicle transactions this year, up 3.4% year on year and the highest level since 2019. At the centre of the outlook is a significant uplift in the new car market. Autotrader…
Vertu Omoda Macclesfield and Vertu Jaecoo Macclesfield will operate from the dealer group’s existing site on Lyme Green Business Park, former home of Vertu Vauxhall Macclesfield, where sales of new Vauxhall models have now ended. Alongside new car sales for…
Lookers Motor Group has launched a new Lookers Paint & Body Centre on Tyne Tunnel Estate in North Shields. The new site represents a combined investment of £5m by Lookers and estate owners UK Land Estates, which will trade as…
Sales of pick-ups continued their freefall in September, plummeting -53.8% to 2,658 units. The collapse followed last year’s tax reclassification of double-cab pickups as cars for benefit-in-kind and capital allowance purposes. Overall, the van market rose for the sixth consecutive…
In the latest issue of Motor Trader we caught up with Russell Day, CEO and managing director of Day’s Motor Group, as the business celebrates its centenary in 2026. Day’s consistently performs strongly in the Motor Trader Top 200 Dealer…
For years, the conversation about women in automotive has understandably focused on fairness, representation and opportunity. All three matter enormously, but there is another important part of the argument that deserves greater attention. Building a more inclusive automotive industry…
