Why should car dealership automotive retail be open under level 4 lockdown? Currently, level 4 lockdown does not allow automotive retail sales (motor vehicle sales through car dealerships). Car dealerships sales are currently classified under level 3. Automotive manufacture is not sustainable without car dealership retail If OEM's open up plants and begin assembling cars [...]
AutoTrader has just released the next iteration of their Car Industry Bi-Annual Report, exposing search demand and supply data on cars for sale. The report covers the period 1 July to 31 December 2019, and one of the reasons we did that was because we realised that there is a big piece of market data [...]
Now that the country has officially been put on lockdown following the COVID-19 outbreak. Everyone, including car dealerships have had to close doors. What has the impact of this been on the automotive industry, specifically car dealerships? Are businesses quickly adapting their online business models and marketing tactics? Are car dealerships building new and creative [...]
