Manufacturer insight - Page 23

US electric car brand Tesla is planning to fight back against emerging lower cost Chinese EVs with the launch of a new entry-priced model from 2025.

The huge choice of EV cars coming on to the market combined with emissions targets could drive EVs to achieve price parity with their ICE counterparts.

Dacia UK is hoping a new lease product, 'Flex', will tempt its Duster buyers into taking two bites of the cherry in 2024, by allowing them to minimise their commitment to long-term vehicle ownership.

Ambitious Chinese car brand Omoda is set to launch within weeks and its management team is already setting sales expectations that would overtake established brands Citroen, Mazda, Dacia and Seat by just its second year.

UK car manufacturing is positioned for a sustainable future - if buyers are offered sufficient incentives

Pentagon Motor Group is enjoying significant early sales success with Chinese manufacturer BYD.

Dodge and Jeep are to be the launch brands of Stellantis BEV-native STLA Large Platform with Alfa Romeo, Chrysler and Maserati to follow by 2027.

Monochrome topped the new car colour chart for the sixth year in a row, according to the latest Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) figures.

EMG Anglia’s share capital has been acquired by GMG East Ltd, a new company owned by car retail brothers Harry and Neal Grainger’s Grainger Motor Group.

Subaru UK has appointed Lorraine Bishton as its new managing director.

The success of the EV market could pivot on two big political issues: the prospect of subsidies and the outcome of the forthcoming General Election.

Great Wall Motor’s ORA Funky Cat small family car – the soon to be named GWM ORA 03 - has clinched two titles as best full electric car and small family car in the latest Green NCAP category tests which help car buyers make environmentally conscious choices.

Urban Science is partnering with data integration firm ETL Solutions to unlock new aftersales capabilities for car makers with retail operations in Europe.

Richard Balshaw has returned to Toyota GB to take on the new role of director of strategy, business transformation and people.

Volvo and Tesla have temporarily halted production at their European plants due to recent attacks on vessels in the Red Sea.

GWM ORA has embarked on a new naming convention on the back of a wider brand strategy shake up.

GWM ORA UK has handed over its 1,000th ORA Funky Cat to a customer in Exeter who chose a ‘First Edition+’ variant from City West Country.

Global pricing approaches that are significantly less complex can determine market success.

At the CES Show Kia has revealed a concept range of electric vans that will be the foundation of its commercial vehicle sales from 2025.

Manufacturers should hedge their bets on the future trajectory of EVs - even entertain ‘heretical’ theories - before betting on the speed of transition

Tesla is likely to wrest back its battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales crown until 2030 despite BYD’s bid for the title.

The automotive industry faces many challenges and Honda is no exception, tasked as it is with marshalling new launches and an 'agency-lite' approach.

Results for 2023's new vehicle market show that although Ford has firmly lost its crown overall it can still proudly claim to produce the UK's biggest-selling car and van.

US-based electric car firm Fisker is changing tack and now plans to sell through a mix of direct sales and a dealer presence throughout Europe

Full year 2023 new car sales data shows Volkswagen dominated the UK’s new car market in 2023, ending the year with 162,087 registrations and market share of 8.52%, almost a whole percentage point ahead of nearest rival Ford’s 7.57%.