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- Jaguar Land Rover launches new trade parts website
- Bentley’s first EV will start production in 2025
- Faltering car availability blamed for record automotive customer complaints
- Peugeot celebrates doubling of online car sales after volumes grew in 2021
- Britishvolt EV battery plant wins Government funding
- RRG joins MG car dealership network with Stockport dealership opening
- European Commission proposing 'six-year extension' to Block Exemption Regulations, says IAAF
- Picture gallery: Gravells Bridgend named Kia’s Dealer of the Year
- Desira Group moves Suzuki into restructured Norwich multi-brand showroom
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Honda UK MD on 'phase one' of retail network cuts and agency model possibilities
Honda UK managing director Jean-Marc Streng says the brand is exploring the possibilities of the agency franchised retail model as it draws to the end of “phase one” of its retail network restructure.
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VIDEO: Innovate like Google or Amazon to success in the EV transition, AML told
The electric vehicles (EV) revolution and new agency retail models are said to be placing up to 70% of existing dealership profit at risk in the next decade.
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Supply shortages reduce car brands' desire to offer new car discounts
Discounts on new car retail offers have dropped slightly by 1.9% quarter-on-quarter to £1,672 on average in Q4, according to the latest AM data.
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8 Questions to... Snows Kia Guildford master technician David Weston
Fresh from his crowning as world champion in the Kia EV Skill World Cup 2021, Snows Motor Group's Kia Guildford master technician David Weston is the latest person to take part in AM's '8 Questions to...' series.
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How can car retailers turn red and amber aftersales work into profit?
Even the traditionally slender margins that car dealerships make on new and used car sales once all the overheads have been factored in, aftersales is key to profitability.
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Nissan MD Andrew Humberstone wants dealer network to leverage early EV advantage
Nissan dealers will be in a good place to capitalise on the UK car market’s electrification, but they will need to raise their game, according to Nissan GB managing director Andrew Humberstone.
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Genesis brand has a 'crawl, walk, run' approach to sales volumes, says UK MD
With seven new car launches in 12 months, at first glance Genesis Motor Europe’s entry to the UK market appears to be an all-out assault on the premium sector.
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Polestar CEO finds EV brand's online car retail model 'rejuvinating'
When Polestar UK chief executive Jonathan Goodman told AM he was “thoroughly enjoying” his role overseeing the roll-out of the performance electric vehicle (EV) brand, it’s clear that he means it.
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No stopping the march of car maker's 'surveillance capitalism'
Motorists have shown uncertainty about the transformation of car makers into tech companies and dealers could be left to explain their franchised partners’ ‘surveillance capitalism’, it has been claimed.
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Car manufacturer outlook is fines as EU emissions regulations start to bite
Car manufacturers are looking at model rationalisations, reduced trims and increased co-operations in a bid to comply with clear air targets. Tom Seymour reports...
