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...

It has been reported that Volkswagen Group wants to reduce its UK business partnerships from 170 to fewer than 25. The move is part of the embattled brand’s plan to slash costs by €10bn. As part...

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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...

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...

September’s new car registrations showed growth in the retail sector, but only by a modest 5.8%, which was dwarfed by the 40.8% increase in the fleet market. Some 122,944 new cars were registered by...

Retail registrations fell 8.1% in August compared with the same month last year (in what was a supply-constrained market), while at the same time fleet registrations surged over 58%. The result was a...

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The new Abarth 500e is the brand’s first electric car and arrives to kickstart the Stellantis city performance division’s sales in the UK. The new car is not currently due to replace the existing...

Retail registrations increased just 0.3% in July compared with the same month in 2022, with the 60,045 vehicles registered bringing growth of just 162 units. And year-to-date retail registrations are...

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After several months of flat or falling numbers, private new vehicle registrations picked up in June, seeing 14.8% growth compared with the same month last year. Having said that, June 2022, in the...

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While most of the headlines will inevitably focus on a ninth consecutive month of registrations growth, the garden is not so rosy in the retail end of the market. Struggling to keep ahead of last...

New car registrations jumped 18.2% in March compared with the same month in 2022, but the picture of the first quarter remains one where the bulk of the growth is in fleet, with private registrations...

UK new vehicle registrations surged ahead in February, rising 26.2% compared with the same month in 2022. But the vast bulk of the growth came in the fleet market, up 46.2%, while retail registrations...

Private new car registrations have started 2023 as they ended 2022, with another fall as the OEMs continue to prioritise fleet over retail. Private registrations finished the month down 4.3% on...

The story of new car registrations in 2022 is a tale of what might have been, with supply constraints leaving increased consumer demand unsatisfied. Heading into the new year, while supply chains are...

Retail registrations rose 2.7% in November compared with the same month last year, but the market has fleet to thank for its surge, with fleet registrations growing 45.4%. The result is that the...