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SVA appoints battery health check partner
Shoreham Vehicle Auctions (SVA) has appointed Generational as its EV battery health check partner as it campaigns for a new remarketing industry standard in this area. Generational’s reports provide an OEM state of health for the battery in addition to…
Group 1 adds Geely in Peterborough, Bishop’s Stortford and Watford
Group 1 Automotive UK has signed up with Geely Auto to take on the franchise in Peterborough. The Peterborough store is the first of three Geely dealerships set to form part of the initial rollout, with additional sites in Bishop’s…
Arnold Clark teams up with Lepas to add locations
Arnold Clark is teaming up with Lepas with a numb er of as yet unspecified UK locations. Owned by global automotive group Chery, Lepas is preparing to enter the UK market for the first time with the launch of its…
SAIC Motor to build £170m MG production plant in Spain
MG is to set up a car manufacturing plant in Galicia, Spain with €200m investment. The facility will create more than 2,000 jobs across Europe with production scheduled to begin in 2028, with an annual capacity of up to 120,000…
Honda launches eight-year warranty for used cars
Honda Motor Europe a new service-activated warranty (SAWA) programme for the United Kingdom. The scheme will cover all Honda automobiles for a maximum period of eight years (or 100,000 miles) from the date of initial registration. To take advantage of…
CEM Day delivers highest return on sales in MT Top 200 Dealer Report
CEM Day turned in the highest return on sales of any dealer group in the Motor Trader Top 200 Dealer Groups. The group delivered a return on sales of 5.3%. – pre-tax profit as a percentage of sales – to…
Soccer Aid stars arrive in Chery TIGGO 9s
Chery UK helped Soccer Aid for UNICEF stars kick off Training Week in style, with talent and footballing icons arriving in Chery TIGGO 9s, continued its support into Match Day yesterday. Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2026, marking 20 years of…