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Deloitte: Benchmark truck dealers show how strong productivity generate profits

AutoFlip expands to NZ

IDOM Innovations takes its online car-buying program linking private sellers to dealers to NZ

Return to invoice

Insurer will return customers to original invoice price in the event of total loss

Used EV market improving

Cox: Average price movements soften as more EVs hit the Australian used vehicle market

Mahindra dealer expansion plans

Giant Indian brand continues on expanding metropolitan dealerships

Gasmak opens Ford mega-showroom

Big is best as Melbourne’s Western Ford creates $15 million, 4000 sq m centrepiece

Optimus buys NZ’s Auto Trader

Foray into automotive sales website a first for Optimus and follows buying Autopact

BYD shoots for market leadership

BYD opens in Mascot as it plans to add 30 more retail and service outlets in next 18 months

BYD opens in Auckland

Dealership chain Andrew Simms opens a purpose-built BYD showroom in North Shore

Auto industry gets thumbs down

Poor training blamed as sour customer experience report hits Australian automotive sector

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Vital truck performance indicators

Deloitte: Benchmark truck dealers show how strong productivity generate profits

Return to invoice

Insurer will return customers to original invoice price in the event of total loss

Stranded data needs unlocking

Pentana event told that linking data sets requires new era of trust between dealers and OEMs

Used EV market improving

Cox: Average price movements soften as more EVs hit the Australian used vehicle market

Auto industry gets thumbs down

Poor training blamed as sour customer experience report hits Australian automotive sector

Used-car prices still on the slide

Cox report: Passenger cars holding value better than SUVs, utes

AADA partners in monthly used car reports

AutoGrab powers detailed view of used car sales as dealers pivot to pre-owned vehicles

GM in Holden court action twist

It looks like a Holden offer to pay the costs of one dealer will see it pay the costs of 11 dealers

Canberra issues ferry EV fire warnings

Updated instructions from Marine Safety Authority highlight the special danger of EV fires

Invoice warning for dealers and OEMs

Doctored account details hijacked $139,000 in payments to be sent to Mercedes-Benz

VACC: On-selling risk for dealers

When buyers on-sell cars in short supply, dealers need to know their rights and responsibilities

AutoFlip expands to NZ

IDOM Innovations takes its online car-buying program linking private sellers to dealers to NZ

Mahindra dealer expansion plans

Giant Indian brand continues on expanding metropolitan dealerships

BYD shoots for market leadership

BYD opens in Mascot as it plans to add 30 more retail and service outlets in next 18 months

Hyundai brand value soars

EVs help lift Hyundai brand value to $31b, up $5.3b in 18 years

Toyota most trusted automotive brand

Roy Morgan puts market leader in Australia’s Top-10 most trusted brands

Lotus opens Paris boutique

Car brand moves into Paris fashion district as it expands its showroom experience

Optimus buys NZ’s Auto Trader

Foray into automotive sales website a first for Optimus and follows buying Autopact

EV batteries “lasting longer”

Research: Fears about used-EV battery life unfounded with 800,000km possible

Dealer Auction

Gasmak opens Ford mega-showroom

Big is best as Melbourne’s Western Ford creates $15 million, 4000 sq m centrepiece

BYD opens in Auckland

Dealership chain Andrew Simms opens a purpose-built BYD showroom in North Shore

Woelders family sells Motorama Group

Third generation Brisbane dealer group sells 14 dealerships plus Big Box Cars to Servco Australia

EV key to dealer FBT savings

Regulation changes can save dealer groups hundred of thousands in FBT

UK agency warning on skills

Agency retailers may struggle to retain “rare and special breed” needed to sell cars

Vital truck performance indicators

Deloitte: Benchmark truck dealers show how strong productivity generate profits

HD truck sales close in on record

Best-ever October sales for HD truck sales, reversing a previous sales slide

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Gumtree podcast: Sourcing used cars

The swing to used cars has caught the industry by surprise. Here is where to find them

Gumtree podcast: It’s a virtual world

With so many working from home, the relationship with car buyers is moving online

Gumtree podcast: Loan demand strong

Buyers seek car loans at record levels as dealers see subscriptions as new source of funding