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SEAT has never operated more car dealers than it is right now as it warns potential recruits to move fast.
Open points for the Spanish brand are now almost all filled, following a series of recent openings.
Vertu Motors, for instance, has just paid £500k for GK Motors Derby. Lookers and Arnold Clark have also strengthened SEAT [...]

VERTU Motors has exchanged contracts to take on SEAT’s Derby car dealer through a trade and assets purchase.
The leasehold car dealer is being bought from GK Group Ltd, for a sum not exceeding £750k.
This consideration mainly represents vehicle stock, and the deal is expected to be complete by 2 August.
It will complement Vertu’s existing [...]

ASE Dealermatch has just secured Tunbridge Wells Kia and SEAT for Waters Retail Group in a strategic deal.
The deal, which was for an undisclosed sum, sees Waters Retail take over the retailers from Humphries & Parks Limited.
Humphries & Parks does, however, retain its existing Mitsubishi West Malling business.
Waters CEO, Darren Payne, said: ‘We are extremely [...]

SEAT is the UK’s best Manufacturer Partner according to judges of key new car sales scheme Motability.
The award praises everyone who ‘delivers outstanding choice, excellence and customer satisfaction’ to Motability customers.
There are more than half a million of them every year – making Motability a prime new car sales avenue.
SEAT is thus proud to be [...]

SEAT will open in Dundee next month thanks to big new Scottish retail partner Alistair Fleming.

The firm will open a large 12-car showroom in Macadam Place on 26 July.
Alistair Fleming DP, Tony Samuel, said: ‘We are absolutely thrilled to be bringing the SEAT brand to Dundee and Perth.
‘SEAT is without doubt one of the most [...]

SEAT says it has helped its dealers buck the recession by consistently growing retail market share. Fleet is next.
The firm commands 1.64 percent of the UK market so far in 2010.
This is up from 1.5 percent in 2009 and 1.38 percent in 2008 – and, thus far, it has largely been driven by more [...]

MERCEDES is the latest firm to have a UK boardroom reshuffle with the appointment of Gary Savage as MD.
He will take over from the retiring Dermot Kelly at the end of the month.
Coming from the MD role at Citroen UK, Savage is a familiar face in the industry. He has also been a senior exec [...]

SEAT car dealers are holding a special Bank Holiday used car event with sharp deals on key nearly-new cars.

The SEAT Exeo family saloon is being offered from prices starting at £15,250.
This will get used car buyers a 2.0 TDI 143 SE model – with 2 years’ free servicing thrown in for free. 4.9 percent APR [...]

GOLDEN Garages inaugural winner Kinghams of Croydon says business is booming after winning the award.
The SEAT car dealer reports the visit by Vicki Butler-Henderson has seen it quickly become ‘inundated’ with enquiries!
Owner Keith Kingham said: ‘We were obviously thrilled to have won the award. It’s a great honour and a source of real pride [...]

AN eight second 0-60mph hot hatch isn’t much to write home about these days. But 0-60 in eight seconds and just 119g/km CO2? If someone had suggested that was possible two years ago you’d have said they were having a giraffe.
Engine and efficiency technology have come a long way, baby. In combining a 143bhp version of [...]