Indiqator gears up for 2026 growth

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Essendon adds four brands

Expanded auto estate adds BYD, Cupra, Audi and a new Toyota showroom

Essendon Fields hub sells $1b+ in 2025

Four-times consecutive sales leader in Southern Hemisphere records 21,000-plus car sales

Auction times down, prices up

Manheim Australia posts auction sales growth, higher selling prices and reduced selling times

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Prediction: Massive drop in new cars sales on way

NVES analysis predicts unintended consequences may cost 1.7 million lost sales over five years

New-car overload

Australian buyers brace for choices from 75 brand names within five years

Stand by for ‘mega billion car price hit’

Pitcher Partners NVES study tells of massive hit to motorists’ hip pockets and leg-up for China

Auction times down, prices up

Manheim Australia posts auction sales growth, higher selling prices and reduced selling times

Used market cools in December

Used-car data shows slowing sales through the year ended with a soft December

2024 cars pile up in the US

Of all cars on sale in some dealerships, more than 80 per cent are 2024 models

New-car overload

Australian buyers brace for choices from 75 brand names within five years

Hobart mulls ban on dealerships

‘Half baked’: Council defers proposal to remove car retailing from Hobart city

E-bike decision slammed

VACC says Vic govt ignores safety warnings about e-bikes as 14-year-old dies

Govt extends ‘right to repair’

Reforms cover ag machinery but MTAA wants expansion to motorcycles, trucks and buses

Laws must tighten to protect dealers

AADA: Obligations needed for OEMs to protect dealer partners and customers

Indiqator gears up for 2026 growth

The task for 2026 is to establish its new brand and put its products in front of customers

Peter Warren buys Wakeling

Consolidation continues as Peter Warren spends $28m on the 30-dealership Wakeling group

Drive thrives

Big growth in dealer used car listings as site aims for clear number two in dealer cars for sale

Kia’s 25th tennis Open

Kia marks 25 years of sponsorship for the popular Australian Open

New Honda logo launched

New ‘H’ to identify Honda’s future EV and hybrid models from 2027

Medics for homeless to expand

LSH Auto support of Street Side Medics sees vans for Canberra and Newcastle

Indiqator gears up for 2026 growth

The task for 2026 is to establish its new brand and put its products in front of customers

Taxis now using Uber

NSW taxi company Legion becomes the first Australian taxi fleet to connect with Uber

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Essendon adds four brands

Expanded auto estate adds BYD, Cupra, Audi and a new Toyota showroom

Essendon Fields hub sells $1b+ in 2025

Four-times consecutive sales leader in Southern Hemisphere records 21,000-plus car sales

Lucrum expands to SA

Dealer group now covers three states and five brands after buying Big River dealerships

Engineer’s call on regulators

Federal and state rules are pushing local engineering operations ‘in the wrong direction’

China telco alert

AADA chairman warns Chinese car makers have access to billions of potential car buyers

Heavy sales lighten loads

Headwinds failed to stop Australia reporting its third-best year of truck sales in 2025

Truck sales “resilient”

Truck sales in 2025 are still in line for third best market demand on record

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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