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Click Dealer’s Accelerator Pack Delivers Exciting Results
- September 23, 2019
- Posted by: John Swift
- Category: Automotive Industry, News, Products
No CommentsClick Dealer services such as our Accelerator Pack have helped our partners see sales of second-hand vans soar from just over 500 in September 2016 to more than 1,300 this year, and car sales from around 12,350 to 26,250. Monthly sales graphs for Click Dealer customers show healthy and consistent growth in volume over the
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Pendragon decision shows difficulty for franchises versus independents
- September 19, 2019
- Posted by: John Swift
- Category: Automotive Industry
This week’s news that Pendragon is closing 22 of its Car Store supermarkets has put a sharp focus on the challenges facing large franchised dealer groups. One of those challenges is trying to win a larger part of the used car market from independents to compensate for dropping new sales. It is to shut 17
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How to buckle up and thrive in the declining automotive market
- September 19, 2019
- Posted by: Josh Locke
- Category: Automotive Industry
When the motorway is clear everyone gets to where they want to go. But all of a sudden, there’s some roadworks, a broken-down vehicle, an oil spill… and the motorway grinds to a halt. Anyone who knows how to sell cars benefits when things are going well, but knowing how to navigate when traffic slows
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Trade Price Cars Racing Secure Victory At Knockhill In BTCC
- September 17, 2019
- Posted by: Josh Locke
- Category: BTCC
The Trade Price Cars Racing team secured a stunning maiden victory as the 2019 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship season continued at Knockhill. The team, run on behalf of the award-winning Essex-based motor dealership by technical partners AmD Tuning, made the long journey to Scotland hoping to return to form after a tough weekend
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Business Car Sales Drive Used Sector Finance Growth
- September 16, 2019
- Posted by: Josh Locke
- Category: Automotive Industry
Point-of-sale financing for used car sales to businesses fuelled a dramatic increase in the total sector with the second-hand market comfortably accelerating ahead of the new car sector. The latest data from the Finance & Leasing Association show the POS consumer used car finance market reported new business in July up eight per cent by
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Dealers Should Resist Price Cuts To Sell
- September 12, 2019
- Posted by: John Swift
- Category: Automotive Industry
Used car dealers should hold their nerve and resist the temptation to discount to get a sale but instead demonstrate extra value and be able to justify their prices as the market faces outside pressures. The message from Rupert Pontin, Director of Insight at Cazana, is that with downward pressure on forecourt prices from a
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Higher Spec Used Vans Deliver Sales
- September 9, 2019
- Posted by: John Swift
- Category: Automotive Industry
Higher spec vans are finding favour with buyers in the second-hand sector with new data showing that the Ford Transit Custom is the most popular model in most of the UK’s regions. Analysis of 411 of our dealers from January 2018 to Q2 2019 shows that the Ford van is the best seller in five
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Longer Test Drives And Showroom Safe Havens Critical To Sales Chances
- September 2, 2019
- Posted by: John Swift
- Category: Automotive Industry
Dealers who allow more time for solo or accompanied test drives have more chance of getting a deal over the line with male buyers. While positive online reviews and providing a quiet haven in the showroom for them to check other prices work better for women. For both genders though, being confident that they are
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Diesel, Petrol And Electric In Top Three Fastest Sellers
- August 29, 2019
- Posted by: John Swift
- Category: Automotive Industry
Good news if you have a three-year-old SEAT Alhambra MPV diesel/automatic on your forecourt as the chances are it will fly off faster than just about anything else in stock other than it’s VW sister model, the Sharan, or in a surprise twist, the Renault Zoe EV. All three feature at the top of the
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ClickDMS Provides Comprehensive FCA Gabriel and VAT Reports To Save You Time
- August 28, 2019
- Posted by: Josh Locke
- Category: Automotive Industry, News, Products
Here at Click Dealer, we understand that writing reports and bookkeeping can be incredibly time-consuming. If you’re a small business, this probably means you’re missing out on time that you could be using to run your dealership more effectively. As a performance partner to over 1,400 independent dealers, we developed our DMS system to help
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