VW Group is planning to reduce both the number of retail partners and the number of locations for its portfolio of brands including Audi, Seat, Skoda, Cupra and Volkswagen, a spokesperson has...

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The overall UK new car market might have finished strongly in December, but fleet was the only driver of that growth, with retail registrations falling 14% compared with the same month last year. The...

BMW sustainability chief Thomas Becker says banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars is not the answer to addressing the climate crisis – and said Rishi Sunak’s delayed ban of ICE cars to...

Cupra and Seat boss Wayne Griffiths has labelled the UK 2030 deadline banning new petrol and diesel sales “dogma” and says he doesn’t think “prohibition… [is] the right way to change...

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In a strange set of October registrations figures, the continuation of September’s prioritisation of fleet by the OEMs was the least of the surprises. Perhaps more so was the strength of the...

September saw a fall in retail registrations as the OEMs seemingly moved to address growing demand from the fleet sector. The result was that while fleet registrations increased 12.5% to 101,760...

Mercedes is consulting with its UK retail network about moving to an agency model for all new car sales, according to several retailers who spoke to Auto Retail Agenda this week. At the same time the...

Cupra, Seat’s premium performance brand, is understood to be planning to shift from a franchise model for its UK network to an agency agreement this summer. Sources within the Cupra network have...

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Citroen is returning to the family hatchback sector with the C4 and e-C4 range – its first model line-up (indeed, the first car in the segment) to offer a straightforward choice of petrol, diesel or...

Seat UK MD Richard Harrison has hit the targets he defined when he started in his role four and a half years ago: 3% market share, 2% return on sales. With the first chapter of the strategy drawing to...

It’s heartening to see MG expanding and seemingly going from strength to strength. Talking to the press office this week they say the retailers are happy, are making money soon after starting with...

Electrification of Audi’s range will involve a product offensive extending to 20 new models or variants, incorporating electric powertrain elements, over the next two years, with the first...

Seat will offer customers the full Cupra sales experience through a limited selection of its larger retailers, according to managing director Richard Harrison. Cupra, which has been the Spanish...

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