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Out now: Issue 206 full Car Dealer Live coverage, Dacia Bigster driven and more! – Car Dealer Magazine

5 days ago | cardealermagazine.co.uk | James Batchelor

The latest issue of Car Dealer has been published – and it’s completely free to read!Issue 206 gives you a taster of what you might have missed at Car Dealer Live 2025, along with full details and links to the exclusive research papers Auto Trader, Cox Automotive, Experian, JATO, Motorway and Google. Click here to download Issue 206. Also inside is the latest industry news and features, as well as columns from our expert contributors.
Suzuki looks to add greater peace of mind with new 10-year warranties – Car Dealer Magazine

5 days ago | cardealermagazine.co.uk | James Batchelor

Suzuki is to introduce two new free-of-charge 10-year warranties for customers in the UK and Ireland. The Japanese car brand, which car dealers across the UK voted the best carmaker to represent in Car Dealer Power 2024, introduced a seven-year warranty in 2023, but has now upgraded its offering.
Top 10 cars sold in 2024 saw repair costs increase 20% on average – Car Dealer Magazine

1 week ago | cardealermagazine.co.uk | Rebecca Chaplin

New research estimates that the average repair costs of the UK’s top ten most popular cars in 2024 are up 20% compared to the previous year. Warrantywise compared data from the SMMT showing the top 10 registered vehicles in 2024 with its own data for repair costs under warranty. It found that for the data available to compare, on average repair costs were up 20%. The model most impacted was the Vauxhall Astra with a 28% increase in repair costs.
Lotus to reorganise business under one company as Geely requires it to buy stake – Car Dealer Magazine

1 week ago | cardealermagazine.co.uk | Rebecca Chaplin

Lotus will become one company again as current owner Geely International has exercised its put option as agreed in 2023. The ‘strategic transaction’ will see Lotus Technology Inc, which controls the manufacturing operations for the brand’s cars, acquire the Lotus UK. The Put Option Agreement from January 2023 requires Lotus Tech to buy the 51% equity from Geely at an agreed price. This will bring all Lotus companies and financial results under one business.
US buyers won’t swallow 25% Trump tariff price hikes on imported cars – NADA boss warns – Car Dealer Magazine

1 week ago | cardealermagazine.co.uk | James Baggott

US consumers are unlikely to accept 25% price rises on imported cars from the UK and sales will fall as a result of Trump’s tariffs. That’s the stark warning from National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) president and CEO Mike Stanton. Speaking exclusively to Car Dealer on the fringes of the New York International Auto Show, Stanton said despite Trump’s tariffs car dealers in the US were ‘optimistic’ – but there was still concern about how price rises would impact sales.
Being seen as a posh Hyundai is not a problem – Genesis design boss – Car Dealer Magazine

1 week ago | cardealermagazine.co.uk | James Baggott

Genesis design boss Luc Donckerwolke says the brand does not fear new Chinese car makers – despite the new entrants dramatically outselling the premium Korean car firm in the UK. Speaking at the New York International Auto Show, Hyundai Motor Group’s chief creative officer said he believed Genesis’ attention to detail when it comes to looking after customers will help the brand succeed.
Apr 17: Gov hopes steel furnaces can be kept lit; WH Smith profits surge; 1980s edition G-Class – Car Dealer Magazine

1 week ago | cardealermagazine.co.uk | James Batchelor

Government ‘confident’ it has supplies to keep British Steel blast furnaces litThe government is ‘confident’ it will secure the supply of materials needed to keep the blast furnaces burning at British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant, Downing Street has said. No 10 insisted the plant would remain in use, as staff at the company and civil servants work to prevent the permanent shutdown of Britain’s last steel-making plant.
H.R. Owen to sell Zenvo hypercars as dealer group becomes brand's sole UK retail partner – Car Dealer Magazine

1 week ago | cardealermagazine.co.uk | Jack Williams

High end dealer group H.R. Owen has added the luxury Zenvo brand to its impressive stable of manufacturer partners. The London-based retailer will be the the Danish brand’s sole dealer partner in the UK ahead of its highly anticipated Aurora hypercar, which is expected later this year. The agreement will not see any specific Zenvo franchise sites open, with the brand instead being housed at H.R. Owen’s flagship multi-marque facility in Hatfield.
The importance of dealers being on multiple car search sites is revealed in new Motors' survey – Car Dealer Magazine

1 week ago | cardealermagazine.co.uk | Jack Williams

New and used car dealers should be on a variety of digital marketplaces in order to ‘build trust’ with customers and maximise leads. That is according to fresh data from Motors, which has found that the average buyer visits four car search websites before sealing a deal. The result is the same as the last time the firm ran the survey, back in 2023, and up on 2021, when the average stood at 3.5 marketplaces.
Ineos ditches agency sales and slashes dealer network in bid to 'right size' operations – Car Dealer Magazine

1 week ago | cardealermagazine.co.uk | James Batchelor

Ineos has abandoned agency sales and will slash its dealer network in half as part of bold plans to ‘right-size’ its operations, improve customer service and boost used car sales. Speaking to Car Dealer, Ineos regional director for the UK and Ireland Tom Johnson laid bare the firm’s plans to exit the agency sales model and restructure its network, admitting the brand had grown ‘too quickly’.