Emergency services had to be called when a potential buyer's test-drive of a dealership's Fiat Punto was wrecked by a falling tree during Storm Bert.
Solutions provider The Compliance Guys has launched a test drive app to streamline customer data collection and maximise customer purchasing.
Electric car brand Tesla is expanding a pilot scheme which allows consumers to enter and test-drive its demonstrators at locations without any staff being present.
Nearly a third of motorists (29%) are buying or leasing their next car without taking a test drive, according to new data from flexible leasing provider SOGO.
The easy-to-live-with electro-mobile Cupra Born was the 11th most popular battery electric vehicle (BEV) among private buyers in 2022, ahead of the Kia EV6.
Electric car brand Polestar is set to establish a UK sales headquarters with a customer test drive hub at the Bicester Heritage complex in Oxfordshire.
Gridserve Car Leasing is launching a multi-marque electric car test drive programme at its Electric Forecourts in Braintree and Norwich to encourage motorists to make the switch to an EV.
Mazda UK sales director Peter Allibon has discussed the Japanese brand’s challenging launch of online retail, its direct vehicle imports to the UK and agency model retail in a wide-ranging interview with the AM News Show.
Genesis UK has expanded its home test drive programme to offer nationwide coverage for customers looking to experience a Genesis car ahead of purchase.
A 127% surge in vehicle test drives during January suggests that demand remains buoyant and car buyers are “willing to wait for what they want”, according to iTrackLEADS.
Volvo Car UK has launched an electric vehicle (EV) test drive hub at the Eden Project.
PIB Group is urging retailers to enhance the customer experience with unaccompanied test drives, whilst mitigating financial risk.
A car thief has been jailed after colliding a BMW into a motorcyclist then threatening to “shank” a car salesman as he stole a Range Rover during two test drive incidents in the space of an hour.
Tracker has partnered with the Independent Motor Dealers Association (IMDA) to help provide dealers with ‘peace-of-mind’ to offer unaccompanied test drives.
Almost two thirds (63%) of drivers want unaccompanied test drives to become standard practice, according to new research by AX.
When Polestar UK chief executive Jonathan Goodman told AM he was “thoroughly enjoying” his role overseeing the roll-out of the performance electric vehicle (EV) brand, it’s clear that he means it.
Polestar UK plans to get up to 30,000 car buyers behind the wheel of its Polestar 2 performance electric vehicle (EV) with the help of a new ‘test drive hub’ in Milton Keynes.
Car retailers across the UK should be working to ensure that organising a test drive is as easy as ordering an Uber, according to automotive eCommerce specialist drivvn.
Almost two-thirds of car buyers would be open to buying a car without a test drive if the dealer offered a 14-day money back guarantee, according to new research from Auto Trader.
The intentions of the Government in relation to the environment and the UK's switch to elelctric vehicles (EV) have certainly become a lot clearer.
