Global trade is never simple. We’ve the rise of one economy at the expense of others, protectionism growing to confound free trade, and of course rising costs for all. But another factor to consider...

Citroen hopes to capitalise on a creative new brand development opportunity with the spring 2022 introduction of its low-priced, city-focused Ami electric car. Already on sale in Europe, the...

In much of post-lockdown China, urban life is humming. Streets in Beijing and Shanghai are bustling with traffic, smog again shrouds city skylines with the resurgence of economic activity, property...

2018 has seen the pace of growth slowing across the globe, with the economies that depend on trade being hit the hardest. And future growth is being threatened by an escalating trade war between the...

Volkswagen looks set to reduce retailer numbers across Europe following a dealer council meeting held last week. At the European Dealer Council meeting Volkswagen’s passenger car sales, marketing...

With new car sales volumes under pressure in many parts of Europe, aftersales as a driver of overhead absorption will remain of critical importance. Demographic and consumer changes mean the...

The full year new car registration figures for 2016 painted a very healthy picture of the industry when they were released in early January 2017. After a year of quite remarkable world events and...

A growing sense that world economies have weathered the recent political storms is driving up sales expectations in major auto markets. However analysts agree it is too soon to call the end of the...

The NFDA is aiming to use Brexit to its advantage to get a better deal for retailers over block exemption regulations, according to the organisation’s lawyer Miles Trower. One of the most likely...

Motor finance in the UK has grown to become a £37 billion industry, and the market has changed significantly over the last decade, as Adrian Dally of the FLA explains. “If we look at how automotive...

European automotive retailer networks will shrink faster and further than we have seen over the last several years since the financial crisis of 2007-2009, and changes towards a new model will happen...

The timing of a full Brexit negotiation has now been set, with Theresa May confirming that Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty will be triggered by the end of March 2017, with the UK looking set to leave...

The new and used car markets will change shape through 2016, and some of key drivers may alter. So says Rupert Pontin, head of valuations at Glass’s, looking at the wider macro economic conditions...

Cap and HPI, which this week announced they would work more closely together, are planning to expand into Europe, according to HPI boss Neil Hodson. Speaking to Auto Retail Agenda, Mr Hodson said both...

Franchised retailers will have to rely on legislation from the European Commission to clamp down on unfair trading practices after ACEA, the organisation that represents European car manufacturers,...

How ironic that, in the week the UK opts out of plans to tackle the euro debt crisis, the auto retail industry is struggling to get to grips with a new piece of EU legislation – eco-labels on...