The new Polestar 4 is a very important car for the startup electric car brand. Online sales of the new electric SUV have now begun, with prices starting from £59,900. First deliveries of Polestar’s...

This summer, Ford will axe production of the Fiesta, after 46 years. In 2025, it will ditch the Focus. The S-Max and Galaxy will also cease; the Mondeo ended production last year, and the Ecosport has...

Smart is being transformed. “It’s a major exercise,” confirmed CEO David Browne. “We’re relaunching a brand, with a completely new product and completely new route to market. We are...

The new Peugeot 308 has been awarded a better retained value by Cap Gold Book than the sector-leading Volkswagen Golf. After three years and 36,000 miles, a new 308 1.2T 130 Allure Premium has an RV...

Vauxhall has delighted residual value rate-setters with the latest changes to its model name strategy. A plethora of previous derivatives has been reduced to Design, GS Line and Ultimate, as part of a...

Two in three Fords sold in the UK is now an SUV – and for the company whose Cortina was once regularly Britain’s best-selling car, the large car market has all but disappeared. The current Mondeo...

While it is tempting to suggest that it is all change in the used car market, with diesels out of favour and huge rush towards alternatively fuelled vehicles, the reality is that the market was very...

Both derivatives and individual options for the facelifted 2021 Jaguar XF range have been reduced by around 50% which JLR UK MD Rawdon Glover says is to make the buying process much simpler – with a...

Kia is upping its ambitions with the new Sorento large seven-seat SUV, expanding beyond its traditional caravan-owning tow car market to focus on drawing premium Volvo XC90 and seven-seat...

The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic saw an immediate reduction in traffic to car brand sites as consumers focused on more immediate practical concerns and as car brands suspended their campaign...

The automotive industry as whole is continuing to cope with the challenges presented and despite the negative sentiment expressed in the national press, buyers for both new and used cars remain active...

Kia’s dealer network is on track to generate the Korean brand’s eighth annual UK registration record – 87,000 units – as it celebrates jointly topping the NFDA franchise value survey with...

Volkswagen’s 55 UK franchise-holders who operate 186 outlets are set to consolidate retained profit margins with the latest GTE petrol-hybrid version of the brand’s eighth-generation Passat...

Hatchback buyers who’ve switched over to SUVs are giving OEMs a headache. From January 2020, corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) rules kick in, requiring brands to achieve average CO2 emissions,...

The evolution of the automotive industry in recent years has seen the diversification of many of the traditional stereotypes. Traditional market sectors have been partly cast aside and drivers have...

Fiat head of Brand Olivier Francois has been in charge of the Italian carmaker since 2011, which he admits is much longer than most industry leaders remain in one role. But this is a positive, he...

Land Rover design director Gerry McGovern has likened the Range Rover Evoque to an Apple iPhone – and insisted the firm would have been mistaken to radically change the design of the all-new...

Seat retailers who operate the franchise’s 128 outlets are likely to have their circa 2% average return on sales consolidated or improved when the brand’s new Tarraco flagship SUV comes to market...

Martin Baker, product manager for Audi’s Q SUV models, admits the new Q8 luxury SUV is the last model in Q range to launch, but believes it is the best. “It has a unique identity, bespoke bodywork...

Volkswagen UK dealers are beginning to take delivery of the firm’s new range-topping model, the Touareg large SUV. Prices start from over £50,000 and VW believes a large proportion of cars will be...