24th September 2016 Saturday Morning Show
Sep 24, 2016
On this Saturday's episode of MotorTradeRadio.com, Philip
Nothard is joined by Umesh Samani of SpecialistCars-Stoke.co.uk to
discuss the unfortunate administration of City Motor Holdings, one
of this week’s most viewed headlines on Motortrader.com, and Umesh
shares his views on how September is performing.
In the week's headlines supplied by MotorTrader.com, Listers
describe how a number of premium brands helped drive profitability;
Rockar introduces Telematic's software to track test drives and
deliver mechanical and behavioural feedback. Whilst
Dick Lovett is to represent Aston Martin for the first time, with a
25-car showroom and 10-bay workshop; Williams Motor Holdings report
a strong trading performance in 2015 with pre-tax profits up 53.7%
to £6.3m on turnover up 17.7% to £426.6.
They discuss the latest from TrustFord, as they launch an app to
help customers manage their needs, and whether this is an area for
none-franchise dealers to consider; whilst The European Car
Distribution Handbook published by ICDP highlights the variance in
new-car sales per main dealer between the European network and the
UK.
Plus, Philip adds some context and insight into the recent survey
results carried out regarding pre-registration activity in
September, where a fifth of those responding indicated it could
exceed 21% of total new sales, and they finish by debating how Q4
could look.