John Buckley has been promoted to used car sales manager at Swansway Garage’s Crewe Audi dealership.
Infiniti is gearing up its dealer network for a push into the corporate and private markets with the Sunderland-built Q30 hatchback, says UK boss Carl Bayliss.
Maserati’s registrations have been rising fast since it launched the sub-£50,000 Ghibli and larger Quattroporte in petrol and turbodiesel guises in early 2014.
After 235 sales in 2014, a fall of 8% on the year before, dealers have been given something to shout about by beating that figure already in 2015.
Lexus is enjoying a bit of a resurgence, having signed off 2014 with its highest UK sales total since 2007.
The introduction of the new MG3 supermini two years ago has transformed MG's business from 780 units a year to 2,326 units last year and 4,000 units this year.
Despite the continuing strength of registrations, Land Rover’s franchise is in quite a transition, as JLR adopts a market area representation strategy.
Kia’s target is 80,000 registrations for 2015 and with more than 50,000 units registered by September, it seems well along the path to success.
Jeep's steadily expanding dealer network is driving strong sales growth as part of its ambition to break through 20,000 units in the next few years.
Jaguar has aspirations for 50,000 registrations a year by 2018 and is transforming its dealer network in preparation.
Infiniti is focusing on company car drivers in an attempt to push its annual registrations past the 1,000 mark by the end of 2015.
Hyundai's short-term target is for 100,000 annual registrations, but in the longer term it aims to be among the top five car manufacturers in the UK.
Honda is preparing for take-off after several difficult years of low product availability and unfavourable exchange rates.
Ford's leadership of the UK market leadership looks secure for some time yet, with 326,643 registrations in 2014 and up more than 2% so far in 2015.
Fiat is closing in on 3% market share with a strategy of building new products within its successful 500 brand.
Citroën is battling to keep its share of the UK’s new car market above the 3.5% mark in a highly competitive industry.
Franchisee satisfaction has declined at BMW, but in the context of the total market it remains strong.
Bentley’s 18-strong UK franchised network managed to increase the brand’s registrations by almost 20% in 2014.
Audi enjoyed registrations growth of nearly 12% in 2014, cementing its place as the most popular premium brand.
Fresh investments have funded an update of Aston Martin's product range, which the luxury car brand hopes will improve on its 864 UK registrations in 2014.
Alfa Romeo believes 2016 will be a year of renaissance for the Italian brand.
Supagard is recommended by 15 manufacturers and recognises the importance of supporting them and their dealer networks to grow profitability.
Volvo continues to win sales with its current range and new models and a new corporate identity are expected to boost registrations.
Volkswagen hit the 200,000 registrations mark in 2014, but the brand suffered in the NFDA Winter 2015 Dealer Attitude Survey.
Managing director Tim Tozer says it can only get better for Vauxhall now that product investment is under way and a retail network revamp is complete.
Toyota last saw UK sales of more than 100,000 units in 2009, but it is on the verge of returning to that exclusive group this year.
After a record year for UK sales in 2014, Suzuki had a more troubled start to 2015.
A decade ago, Subaru’s sales were more than three times their current level. However, the brand appears to be moving forward at last.
Škoda director Alasdair Stewart insists that missed targets and overcomplicated terms of business have been ironed out and morale is on the up.
