FCA: COMPANIES ‘ALMOST CERTAINLY’ GUILTY OF DCA FAILINGS STRATSTONE BYD BIRMINGHAM ‘PERFECT’ TRIUMPH ALEX CHESTERMAN TO SHARE £30m WINDFALL CATCH UP WITH AUTO RETAIL LIVE VOLVO EYES DTC IN...

Octopus Energy is to double its EV leasing fleet to 30,000 vehicles after securing a £550m debt deal. Around 4,000 workplaces, including Dyson, McLaren and Innocent Drinks, offer Octopus EV schemes....

RETAILER TARGETED BY ‘CAR CANNIBALS’ BIZARRE’ OPENING DELAY FOR BARNETTS LEXUS TOYOTA CONSTELLATION UPS VERTU STAKE, HEDIN CUTS PENDRAGON HYUNDAI NAMES OHME OFFICIAL CHARGING PARTNER HERTZ TO...

RETAILERS REACH OUT AFTER LOOKERS REDUNDANCIES STELLANTIS SWITCHES TO COUNTRY-BY COUNTRY EU AGENCY APPROACH RETAILERS LOSING MILLION IN ‘UNNECESSARY’ PRICE CUTS AUTO RETAIL LIVE ADVICE FOR 2024...

HENDY EXPANDS INTO STELLANTIS; PETER VARDY GROWS MG PERRYS REVENUE UP BUT PROFIT FALLS DALE WYATT: AUGUST NEW CAR SALES WILL BE UP 25% LOOKERS’ DUNCAN MCPHEE CONFIRMED FOR AUTO RETAIL LIVE SPOTICAR...

LSH LOSSES GROW AGAIN; JEMCA PROFIT FALLS JAGUAR TO LAUNCH ‘SECOND LIFE LEASING’ FOR USED EVS CALL TO CHARGE DIESEL DRIVERS MORE FOR PARKING VW CLAMPS DOWN ON SEMICONDUCTOR PROCUREMENT NISSAN...

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...

CUPRA BOSS SLAMS 2030 ‘DOGMA’ SMART UPS NETWORK TARGET CLIVE SUTTON CLAIMS VICTORY IN LEGAL BATTLE EUROPCAR ADDS ORA FUNKY CAT TO DAILY RENTAL BYD ‘DECLARES WAR’ ON WESTERN OEMs FERRARI CHINA...

VERTU TO LAUNCH NEW GROUP-WIDE PRICING SYSTEM USED CAR PRICES IN ‘UNUSUAL’ MAY INCREASE SMART UK AGENCY MODEL UNDERWAY INDEPENDENT RETAILERS HIT BY HIGH-VALUE THEFTS TESLA AND EV NEW ENTRANTS COST...

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JLR RETAILERS ‘DEMAND NO-SELL-ON CLAUSE’ CAZOO HITS 100k SALES SINCE DECEMBER 2019 EVS TO FACE ROAD TAX ‘WITHIN 3 YEARS’ TAGGARTS NAME TO DISAPPEAR AFTER 127 YEARS LITHIA ON TRACK TO BE US #1...

JLR-OWNED DEALERSHIPS PART OF JAGUAR RE-LAUNCH LITHIA COMING SOON TO UK? LAWRENCE HAMILTON TAKES GENESIS TOP JOB CAR BUYERS ‘FEELING THE PINCH’ LOOKERS MERCEDES-BENZ RETAILER TO CLOSE BANK TO STOP...

BMW ‘REIMAGINES’ RETAILERS WITH RETAIL NEXT CONCEPT UKRAINE WAR TO WORSEN SEMICONDUCTOR SHORTAGE SPECIALIST CARS BMW IN BEST-EVER PROFIT RETAILERS FACE BATTLE TO RETAIN USED CAR CUSTOMERS US...

MYSTERY SURROUNDS MARSHALL CONSTELLATION ‘REQUEST’ CARZAM RAISES £112m FOR ‘AGGRESSIVE BUYING’ NFDA TALKS AGENCY AGREEMENTS WITH AUSTRALIA MOTORPOINT INVESTS IN TECH TO CAPTURE CAZOO GLAMOUR...

Ford expects to maintain a price premium for electric vehicles for almost 10 years, even if the price of battery technology comes down. Instead, as battery technology becomes less expensive Ford will...

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Porsche’s network of 34 retailers will be investing in electric vehicle charging points ahead of the launch of the hybrid version of the Panamera later this year. Want to read more articles on...

Car manufacturers need to cut the prices of electric vehicles if they want to energise the market, the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) has warned. The organisation represents...

Here’s a bold statement from David Raistrick, automotive partner and head of manufacturing at Deloitte UK: “There is no doubt that electric vehicles are the future of the automotive...

Demand for electric cars “may be overhyped”, according to a study published this week by JD Power. In the study JD Power predicts global sales of electric and plug-in hybrid cars would...