Knights Group founder and former Audi head of sales Peter Brookes has joined William Morgan Group as a director, Auto Retail understands. The BMW and Mini retailer trades as North Oxford Garage and...

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Retail registrations rose a modest 0.4% in October, but retailers will surely have been hoping for more given that October 2019 was itself a weak month. The market wasn’t helped by the...

Commentators are bemoaning the weakest ever ‘new plate’ September following a 4.4% drop in new car registrations, but the true picture is rarely as simplistic as the headlines. It should be noted...

The headline figures for registrations in August might on the surface look disappointing, with the month finishing 5.8% down compared with 2019. But the retail element of those registrations was down...

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There are several hundred million different possible permutations of Audi models on offer today. A vast model range, multitude of engines and dozens of colours, trims and options mean it’s easy for...

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The collapse in retail registrations continued into November, driving a drop in the overall market of 1.3% compared to the same month in 2018. Retail registrations of 65,114 units represented a fall...

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Vindis has revealed it met all its 2018 manufacturer sales targets only “by significant self registration of vehicles”. This allowed it to “maximise the brand support monies available”. The...

Audi will begin online sales on Wednesday with a small pilot scheme and has confirmed the programme will in time be rolled out to the UK. Next week’s trial is confined to the German market only and...

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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...

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...

Peter Brookes, head of sales for Audi UK since last November following 13 years running the Midlands-based BMW-Mini dealership group he founded, believes the franchise he now oversees can generate an...