Auto Trader-rival Motors.co.uk starts ad agency talks

Motors.co.uk, the car classified website, is looking for a creative agency to partner with as rival Auto Trader ramps up its marketing activity.

Motors.co.uk: seeks creative agency
Motors.co.uk: seeks creative agency

Motors.co.uk has yet to sign off on a marketing budget, but it has held chemistry meetings with UK creative agencies and expects to make an appointment by the end of August.

, but the project was pulled when Motors.co.uk failed to secure a budget.

News of the company’s search for an agency comes as rival Auto Trader has inked a deal with TV channel Dave to appear on more than 260 10-second idents a week across a range of programmes. Isobar is Auto Trader’s creative agency.

Automotive products and services group Manheim bought Motors.co.uk in March 2012 from the Daily Mail & General Trust. Manheim’s US arm also owns Autotrader.com, which is not linked to the UK website of the same name.

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