CHINA NEW ENTRANT XPENG COMING TO UK ‘WITHIN WEEKS’ EVANS HALSHAW FORD NORTHWICH IN SUDDEN CLOSURE CAR CANNIBALS HIT TAYLORS VAUXHALL BOSTON QUIZ PERRYS AND SWANSWAY IN AUTO RETAIL LIVE USED CAR...

LSH Auto, the world’s largest Mercedes-Benz retailer, has extended its unenviable loss-making run, by more than doubling its loss before tax in the year ended December 2023 from £4.9m to £11.0m....

REPORT: VOLKSWAGEN TO CUT UK BUSINESS PARTNERS LSH 2023 LOSS MORE THAN DOUBLES TO £11m LABOUR TO BACKTRACK ON 2030 ICE BAN US STELLANTIS RETAILERS SLAM TAVARES IN OPEN LETTER CHINA CAR SALES FALL FOR...

Chinese new entrant brand BYD has increased the number of franchise points it aims to have from 100 to 120 by the end of 2025. BYD is close to its target of 60 showrooms by the end of 2024 but hopes...

CHERY’S OMODA COULD BUILD CARS IN THE UK BYD INCREASES RETAIL NETWORK TARGET HERITAGE AUTOMOTIVE 2023 PROFIT HALVES AUTO RETAIL LIVE TO HELP RETAILERS HIT TARGETS CUPRA BRAND ‘AT RISK’ DUE TO...

The Chinese advance into the European new car market has surprisingly slowed so far in 2024. Chinese OEMs’ combined penetration in the first third of 2024 is 2.9%, down from the 3.0% achieved in...

CHINESE EV ADVANCE SLOWS … BUT MORE NEW ENTRANTS DUE THIS SUMMER JOHN GROSE AND DICK LOVETT RESULTS RETAILERS ‘REMAIN A CORNERSTONE’ FORD PAUSES EV CERTIFIED RETAILER PROGRAM US RETAILER...

Peter Vosper received the NFDA Chairman’s Award at the 2024 Spring Ball last weekend, in recognition of his exceptional leadership, dedication and unwavering support for NFDA initiatives. The...

SUBARU EMBRACES RETAILERS IN RENEWED PUSH RNLT: RENAULT’S NEW URBAN STORE CALL FOR SCRUTINY OF UK REGULATORS INCLUDING FCA BUSSEYS FORD MARKS 100 YEARS – AND BYD JOINS FORD IN SHEFFIELD EV SALES...

FCA: COMPANIES ‘ALMOST CERTAINLY’ GUILTY OF DCA FAILINGS STRATSTONE BYD BIRMINGHAM ‘PERFECT’ TRIUMPH ALEX CHESTERMAN TO SHARE £30m WINDFALL CATCH UP WITH AUTO RETAIL LIVE VOLVO EYES DTC IN...

The UK new car market grew 8.2% in December but it was all driven by fleet, with private registrations seeing a fall of 15.8% against fleet’s growth 29.9%. That leaves the market share figures...

I wouldn’t want to be a product planner in 2024, said SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes in a new year briefing on what 2024 has in store for the UK automotive industry. The roll-out of the ZEV Mandate...

Retail demand for new vehicles slumped in November, falling 5.9% compared with the same month last year. The 60,506 new registrations, down from 64,921 in November 2022, represent a market share of...

New entrant brands from China and beyond are preparing to gain a firm foothold in the UK, delivering potentially lucrative new opportunities for franchised retailers seeking a fast-growing electric...

After a modest uplift in September, which itself followed a significant downward swing in August, retail registrations were all but flat in October, showing a rise of just 0.3% compared with the same...

The 2023 New Entrants Report is now available to buy following a webinar launch event last week. BYD’s Mark Blundell, Auto Trader’s Ian Plummer and Urban Science’s Chee-Kiang Lim discussed what...

Chinese electric car maker BYD looked at a wide range of distribution arrangements for the UK and European markets before settling on the franchised model, according to Tim Bryant, the firm’s...

Brits apparently have a great affinity with Jeep. “We love strong, distinctive brands,” said Jeep UK MD Jules Tilstone, “and Jeep enjoys excellent awareness and very loyal owners in the UK.”...

LSH’s loss-making run continues. In the year ended December 2022, it lost £4.9m, up from the £2.6m loss in 2021. It has lost money in the UK every year since it bought the Birmingham and...

CUPRA BOSS SLAMS 2030 ‘DOGMA’ SMART UPS NETWORK TARGET CLIVE SUTTON CLAIMS VICTORY IN LEGAL BATTLE EUROPCAR ADDS ORA FUNKY CAT TO DAILY RENTAL BYD ‘DECLARES WAR’ ON WESTERN OEMs FERRARI CHINA...