COULD GOVERNMENT INTERVENE IN COMMISSION CRISIS? LITHIA AND BCA AGREE 5-YEAR REMARKETING CONTRACT JAGUAR BOSS BULLISH DESPITE BACKLASH (AND FARAGE) SYTNER MIDHURST PORSCHE PLANS APPROVED BLOG: WHY...

DACIA OUTLINES 2025 NETWORK STRUCTURE CHANGE NFDA: FCA ‘ON DCA FACT-FINDING MISSION’ 13-YEAR-OLD CAUSES £20k OF DAMAGE AT MACKLIN MOTORS MAN ARRESTED OVER ALLEGED RAPE AT RETAILER US RETAILER...

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 IMPORT TARIFF LOOPHOLE 2030 ICE PHASE-OUT ‘A MAJOR RISK’ BERRY BMW PROFIT ALMOST HALVES VOLVO BOSS ‘HAPPY TO BE BOMBARDED’ BY WYLANDS AUTO RETAIL LIVE TO HELP RETAILERS HIT TARGETS...

RETAILERS DISAGREE WITH 2030 ICE BAN REVIVAL FIRE AT WALES’ ‘LARGEST CAR SUPERMARKET’ COX WARNS H1 USED CAR GROWTH ‘UNLIKELY TO CONTINUE’ ASBURY IN ‘FASTEST GROWTH’ – AND FTC PROBE...

MORE DOUBT OVER 2030 EV PLEDGE NFDA TO REVEAL HUGE SATISFACTION IN FRANCHISED RETAILERS FORD UK WORKERS VOTE TO STRIKE COX TO LOWER 2024 SALES FORECAST CHINA TAKES EU EV TARIFFS TO WTO CHINA JULY...

MON MOTORS ACQUIRES RETAILERS FROM HERITAGE FURROWS IN £4.3M PROFIT CROWDSTRIKE MICROSOFT OUTAGE TO IMPACT RETAILER PAYROLL? ‘MOTORWAY SUCCEEDING WHERE CAZOO FAILED’ CHINA’S SECOND-LARGEST...

CAR INDUSTRY ‘WRONG ABOUT FALLING RETAIL EV DEMAND’ MOTOR TRADE ‘A JOB BRITS DON’T WANT TO DO’ AFI REBRANDS AS AUTOMOTIVE LEADERSHIP NETWORK FLEETS CALL FOR OEMS TO SOLVE 12V BATTERY ISSUES...

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...

The Biden administration plans to raise tariffs on Chinese EV imports from 25% to 100%. The move is expected to be announced on Tuesday. The tariffs would build on the 25% tariff initiated by former...

COX ‘CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC’ ABOUT USED CARS IN 2024 UK URGED TO AVOID US 100% TARIFFS ON CHINESE CARS FOS HAS 20k MOTOR FINANCE COMPLAINTS AUTO RETAIL LIVE BUSINESS BAROMETER CHINA RETAILERS DITCH...

BMW REAFFIRMS MOVE TO AGENCY AUTO RETAIL LIVE WITH PETER SMYTH, TOM SLACK JOHN CLARK JLR PENTLAND WOWS WITH EIGHT AWARDS TRADE CENTRE UK WALSALL PLANS FINALLY SUBMITTED NEW CEO FOR MERCEDES-BENZ UK...

JLR TO REVIEW AGENCY MOVE IN 2027 ARNOLD CLARK ACQUIRES PETER VARDY KIRKCALDY MG NEW FD FOR RENAULT RETAIL; NEW CORPORATE BANKER FOR VERTU THE7STARS WINS MOTORPOINT MEDIA ACCOUNT AUTO RETAIL LIVE WITH...

LENDERS COULD FACE £10bn BILL OVER CAR FINANCING FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITIES AT NEW ENTRANT IMPORTER IA JCT600 BUYS LAND; LISTERS BUYS GUY SALMON JAGUAR STELLANTIS LAUNCHES EUROREPAR FOR INDEPENDENTS...

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...

China’s EV industry is pushing into Europe, and according to a new report from global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, in 2030, 1.2 million Chinese-made BEVs will be imported by the EU,...

NFDA SURVEY: AGENCY MODEL UNDER PRESSURE USED CAR PRICES ARE ON THE UP – AGAIN CAZOO ACCUSED OF ‘RUINING’ SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS DON’T MISS TUESDAY’S AUTO RETAIL LIVE BUSINESS BRIEFING CHINA...

‘FANTASTIC’ AGENCY CONFERENCE GIVES DELEGATES THE EDGE HALFORDS ‘WILL NEVER BE BEATEN ON PRICE’ NFDA LAUNCHES MOT PETITION LLOYDS IN £4m CAURA INVESTMENT MERCEDES-BENZ FACEBOOK AGENCY POST...

The short-lived ‘growth at all costs’ doctrine introduced by Liz Truss and Kwarsi Kwartang in recent weeks was said to be a challenge to the orthodoxies of HM Treasury economics. The ‘markets’...

AUTO RETAILERS POST GLOWING 2021 RESULTS TOP RETAILERS ‘MAKE £700m AND KEEP FURLOUGH FUNDS’ AUTO TRADER VALUATION DATA NOW FREE FOR ALL RETAILERS AUTO RETAIL LIVE TO DISSECT CHINA’S NEW...