Welcome to The AM Franchise Guide 2015, sponsored by Supagard and Autoweb Design.

After several years of record profits, many franchised dealer groups are ideally positioned to invest in expansion and consider broadening their business portfolios.

Equally, as manufacturers’ demands have increased for franchisee investment in showrooms and larger teams, it is vital for dealers to identify those franchises in their existing portfolio that are failing to keep pace with competitors and will face a struggle.

In the pages of The Franchise Guide we outline the manufacturer brands, their network changes and the opportunities they present in the near future. Alongside each brand are charts from our data intelligence website, AMi, which plot their annual registrations and market share trends.

With the support of MG and SsangYong, more detailed reports show the specific opportunities for franchise development that these two brands offer.