“At the start of COVID last year we had four candidates with contracts signed, and a number of others with offers on the table who were...

There’s a shift coming to the way we sell cars. It started with Honda twenty one years ago in New Zealand, and three years ago Toyota...

If someone asked you today what are your top 10 metrics for looking at your dealership's performance, what would they be? At the front...

I love a good process. One of the great things about creating MG as a start up in NZ was there were no processes, because everything,...

Spring. Warmer weather, longer days and summer being just around the corner. And if you are a business leader, it is a reminder that it...

In a quick ring round this week and speaking to dealers, they were frustrated - understandably - by the impact of Level 4 and Level 3 on...

In a recent trip to New York I was bowled over by the amount of courier van traffic and by the amount of cargo cycle e-bike deliveries...

If you believe the doomsayers the Clean Car Rebate has caused EV prices to go through the roof, thus negating the benefit of the rebate....

There is no doubt that a platform like AutoPlay is the benchmark lead management system in New Zealand. It is easy to use, integrates...

Sales Managers and Dealer Principals typically measure a sales executive’s performance by sales results. But is this really what we need...

New Zealand loves utes. We buy more utes per capita than even Australia, and so its no surprise that rural sectors are up in arms about...

The weekend's news was a seismic shift for new car buyers. Gone are the excuses about not buying electric or Plug In Hybrids because of...

Boost Auto Explainer Have you ever rented a trailer only to discover that your new vehicle can't actually tow the rented trailer? If the...

Most of us don’t fully remember high school physics, just some of the basics. But it’s the basics that help us understand how long it...

Boost Auto was talking to a large corporate a couple of weeks ago about their fleet, and their desire to be lower emissions and greener....

Establishing some core marketing metrics is good practice to keep an eye on your marketing effectiveness. The table below shows you how...

boost blog #10 In 2007 Apple launched the iPhone. At the time the smartphone category didn’t really exist. BlackBerry insisted that...

boost blog #9 A friend of mine tried to buy a new car last week. Actually, he’s been trying to buy one for nearly a month. You would...

The total new light passenger market was up 88% in March - BUT the elephant in the room was last March the country went into lockdown....

Boost Auto Breaking News My sources say a well-known Kiwi EV motorcycle start-up is about to take on the legacy automotive and motorcycle...