£260m lawsuit comes at a turbulent time for Britain’s automotive industry
Car dealer Pendragon is battling to have a £260m software fraud claim against it thrown out of the High Court as it attempts to secure the sale of its car dealerships.
A Pendragon subsidiary has been accused of fraud and breach of contract by a marketing company for allegedly reselling its new software directly to dealerships throughout Asia and the Pacific, according to court documents.
The company is being sued for failing to supply state-of-the-art customer software to Pinewood AP Ltd, a specialist marketing company, despite an agreement for them to market the new product in Asia, the Telegraph can reveal.
Pendragon responded by trying to have Pinewood AP’s claim struck out.