Lithia Driveway, the US listed parent of Lithia UK, saw gross profits across its UK, UK and Canadian businesses rise 0.8% to $2.9bn on turnover up 1.6% to $19.06bn in the first half of 2026
The UK arm under operations president Neil Williamson, accounted for 20% of its turnover and 15.7% of gross profits, according to its financials.
The UK business has been growing. In June it announced that it had acquired three Land Rover sites from Group 1 Automotive.
The deal saw the sites in Derby, Chester and Preston transition into the Lithia UK network.
In March Lithia UK acquired four stores from Read Motor Group on Friday 6 March. This include three Hyundai dealerships, in Derby, Doncaster and Grimsby, and MG Grimsby which also came to Lithia UK’s Evans Halshaw arm as part of the deal.
And in October last year it acquired Hatfields Group with the deal going through on 30 September.
The purchase saw Lithia UK acquire its first Omeda Jaecoo store and four Land Rover new car sales sites.
