Volvo Car UK postpones retailers' agency model launch for three months

Volvo Car UK chief executive Kristian Elvefors has informed the Swedish carmaker’s dealers of a three-month postponement to its planned roll-out of agency model new car retail.

Retailers had been told that the new direct-to-consumer distribution model could be implemented as early as April, but Volvo has followed Stellantis in stalling its plans to transition away from a franchised car retail model and now expects to roll-out the new system from June 1.

AM reported back in November that Stellantis retailers were “over the moon” at news that its agency model roll-out had been put back from July this year to January 2024.