NEWS

WINNER – Mobil 1 HIGHLY COMMENDED – Castrol HIGHLY COMMENDED – Total SELLING top-up packs of oil is a great way for dealers to add a healthy chunk of cash to their bottom line. Offering a litre bottle of oil to keep in the boot of customers’ cars can make a real difference to aftersales [...]

WINNER – Mirec HIGHLY COMMENDED – JGA HIGHLY COMMENDED – Connect HR MANY dealers turn to the expertise of recruitment companies to help them find the right members of staff. Their ability to track down, sort and analyse applicants’ credentials saves a huge amount of time and effort. Finding a good company can be tough [...]

WINNER – Experian HIGHLY COMMENDED – HPI HIGHLY COMMENDED – AA Car Data Check OUR Car Dealer Club lawyers receive more questions about hidden history and outstanding finance than any other. Knowing a car hasn’t got any nasty skeletons in its closet is vital when you’re buying and selling so many, so often – which [...]

WINNER – CAP HIGHLY COMMENDED – Glass’s Guide HIGHLY COMMENDED – Experian BUYING cars at the wrong price or valuing a part-exchange incorrectly is a surefire way to lose money. With the advent of online advertising portals, seeing what other dealers have priced the same car at is easy, but still the importance of the expert [...]

WINNER – BCA HIGHLY COMMENDED – Aston Barclay HIGHLY COMMENDED – Manheim THERE are few things that shout motor trade louder than a buzzing car auction hall. But the advent of the internet is changing the way many of you buy from auction with more and more choosing to do it from the comfort of [...]

WINNER – Autotrade-mail HIGHLY COMMENDED – Auto Trader HIGHLY COMMENDED – Manheim WHEN deals are declining you need to keep sales flowing – and that’s where lead generation comes into play. Sweeping databases for old leads, working out when buyers are likely to want to change and prospecting properly are vital skills to have when [...]

WINNER – MANHEIM HIGHLY COMMENDED – Pinewood HIGHLY COMMENDED – ADP EVERY month we report on another new innovation in the technology world for car dealers. The pace of advances that aim to help make dealers’ lives easier is great, but what do dealers want? Well, our respondents said any new technology, above all else, [...]

WINNER – Supagard HIGHLY COMMENDED – Diamonbrite HIGHY COMMENDED – Autoglym Lifeshine IF THERE’S one product that you love to shift more than cars, it’s these and that’s in no small part down to the commissions on offer. Customers like the fact their cars are protected from the elements and the dealer principals are smiling [...]

WINNER – WMS Safe & Sound HIGHLY COMMENDED – Tesco Cars HIGHLY COMMENDED – Codeweavers WE asked dealers to name the one company, product or service they thought had truly blown the competition away – and the entries were plentiful. Our winner is a company that’s rapidly becoming a dominant force in the motor trade [...]

WINNER – Douglas Stafford HIGHLY COMMENDED  - Netcars HIGHLY COMMENDED – Autosonshow FOR THE Special Achievement award we asked you to name the company that has achieved something outstanding this year. It could have been a service, a product, an initiative – we really left it open-ended and in the hands of you. Much like [...]

3. KIA Taking third place on the podium is Kia, falling one place from last year. Despite the drop the manufacturer still has a lot to be proud of – it’s quite obvious from the plentiful responses we received that its dealer network is happy. Understandably, the firm’s seven-year warranty gets the maker a ‘faultless’ score [...]

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CONGRATULATIONS! If you’re reading this message it’s because you’re in with the chance of winning one of our coveted Car Dealer Power awards. Over the past five months more than 1,000 dealers have filled in our online survey voting for the best car manufacturer to represent and the motor trade suppliers to do business with. [...]

LAST year your opinions on the manufacturers you represent and the suppliers you do business with really shook up the motor industry. We asked you to rate the firms you have contact with on a daily basis with one sole aim – to highlight the very best in the motor trade. And you responded in [...]

LAST year we launched our hunt for the best car manufacturer to represent in the UK. Called Car Dealer Power, the survey put you, the dealers, in charge and asked you to rate the maker you represent on a host of different criteria. Selling cars is a partnership between you and the car manufacturers, but [...]

THE results of our Car Dealer Power survey are out – and there are some shock winners and losers! Nissan swooped to victory and was named the Car Dealer Power winner after top scoring with an incredible 91 per cent. The marque scored six Faultless averages and two Excellents in our survey that aimed to [...]

THERE are just hours left until our survey to find the best car manufacturers and suppliers closes. Car Dealer Power – which quizzes franchised and independent dealers about their business relationships – closes tomorrow. Early results have revealed some very interesting stats – with some surprise manufacturers languishing at the bottom of the pile. If you [...]

BIAS. It’s a thing that everyone has, whether we think we do or not. We might have been given poor service by a particular branch of a particular shop, and we’ll think that all the stores in that chain are as bad, often unfairly. Similarly, if we think one product in a manufacturer’s line-up is [...]

TODAY we’re launching our most ambitious project yet. It’s called Car Dealer Power and we need YOUR help! Car Dealer Power is a special survey that will help us find the best car manufacturer in the UK to represent as well as the best suppliers to do business with. And as a thank you for [...]