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Dacia sold 277,785 cars in the first six months of the year, with several models growing in sales
Dealership, sales and marketing

Dacia sales grow 5.9% as overall market plummets

Romanian brand cements third best-selling status in Europe, citing market-best loyalty and conquest rates

12 July 2022
Dacia sales grow 5.9% as overall market plummets
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Average Ford van driver covers 69 miles per day
Dealership, sales and marketing

Subs exclusive: Why Ford's Transit boss is hedging her EV bets

Mandy Dean, director of commercial vehicles at Ford UK, is keeping the options open when it comes to electric vans

11 July 2022
Subs exclusive: Why Ford's Transit boss is hedging her EV bets
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Kerssemakers described the 2015 Volvo XC90 as the most important car launched by the firm in recent times
Dealership, sales and marketing

How the Volvo XC90 saved the Swedish firm

Lex Kerssemakers reflects on where Volvo has come from and what the future holds, after 38 years at the firm

8 July 2022
How the Volvo XC90 saved the Swedish firm
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Volvo XC40 Recharge is the most popular model of the brand's subscription offering
Dealership, sales and marketing

Subs exclusive: Subscriptions enter crunch phase as finances bite

Cazoo no longer offers a subscription service but other brands such as Volvo and Hyundai are convinced of its merits

6 July 2022
Subs exclusive: Subscriptions enter crunch phase as finances bite
Dealership, sales and marketing

Chinese firm BYD posts 314.9% growth in electrified vehicle sales

Shenzhen giant has sold 641,000 hybrids, plug-in hybrids and EVs so far this year as it seeks to surpass Tesla

5 July 2022
Chinese firm BYD posts 314.9% growth in electrified vehicle sales
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Dealership, sales and marketing

Why European car firms could follow Chinese lead in loyalty apps

BMW and Ford are starting to look at schemes to reward loyalty and encourage interaction

20 June 2022
Why European car firms could follow Chinese lead in loyalty apps
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#1 is much bigger than any Smart car before it
Dealership, sales and marketing

Inside the ground-up, electric reinvention of Smart UK

City car brand has started over with a larger electric SUV and new direct sales model

17 June 2022
Inside the ground-up, electric reinvention of Smart UK
Dealership, sales and marketing

Research shows huge gender disparity in UK showroom staff

New research by Mazda UK has laid bare the impact today’s imbalance has on customers

10 June 2022
Research shows huge gender disparity in UK showroom staff
Dealership, sales and marketing

UK new car registrations plummet 20.6% due to supply crisis

Last month was the second slowest May for dealerships in three decades, although EV uptake soared

6 June 2022
UK new car registrations plummet 20.6% due to supply crisis
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Citroen C5 X will be made to order
Dealership, sales and marketing

Citroen UK boss on why firm will no longer be discounting

Eurig Druce is overhauling French firm's recent business model, with focus on quality and residual values

27 May 2022
Citroen UK boss on why firm will no longer be discounting

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