Ocean Automotive has celebrated a hat-trick of Audi Q Power Awards successes after securing the German premium carmaker’s UK Centre of the Year title for a third consecutive year.
An 82% growth in profit for British luxury carmaker Bentley helped to boost the Volkswagen Group’s premium car division – including Audi, Lamborghini and Ducati – to record 2022 financial results.
Volkswagen Group has rolled-out a new leadership structure across its five brands with direct sales roles introduced to reflect its move to an agency model for selling cars and commercial vehicles in the UK.
Yeomans Group has completed the acquisition of 11 Audi, Volkswagen, VW Commercial Vehicles and Skoda franchised car dealerships from Helston Garages for an undisclosed sum.
Harwoods Group has doubled the capacity of its Audi Portsmouth dealership, following a total overhaul of the site.
Volkswagen Group expects its vehicle supply issues to improve in the second half of 2022, with a more “normalised” model mix expected to reach its car retailers.
Marshall Motor Group has succeeded in condensing the operations of three Audi premium car dealerships into one flagship location with the opening of its new Audi Centre in South East London.
Almost 10,000 Audi, VW, Cupra Seat and Skoda plug-in hybrids (PHEV) are being recalled to franchised UK car dealerships amid concerns about a fire risk to motorists.
Audi UK has named Tony Moore as its new head of marketing.
The UK’s most and least reliable new and used cars have been revealed after 16,000 car owners shared their ownership experiences.
Audi UK have selected Vehicle Vision as the provider for their dealer network aftersales video solution, Audi Cam.
Group 1 Automotive has added nine car dealerships to its UK operation with the acquisition of Robinsons Motor Group.
Audi has said that all new car launches will be electric vehicles (EV) from 2026, with its final internal combustion engine (ICE) set to go into production in four years’ time.
Swansway Group expects its electric vehicle (EV) sales to soar by 150% in 2021 as the range of available models broadens and becomes affordable.
Audi UK has appointed Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ Claire English as its new head of fleet.
Mercedes-Benz is consulting its retailers on agency model franchise contracts as Volkswagen Group revealed the switch is likely to be completed for its electric vehicle (EV) model sales by the start of 2023.
Ocean Automotive’s Yeovil Audi dealership emerged as the German premium car brand’s top franchised retailer of 2020 at its annual Q Power awards.
The Volkswagen Group faces a fine of over €100 million (£89m) after it “narrowly missed” its EU CO2 emissions targets for 2020.
Harwoods Group has completed the development of a new glass-sided Audi aftersales facility in Portsmouth in an effort to bring customers a “future now” car servicing experience.
Volkswagen Group’s new customer contact centre is set to be operated from a new 22,000 square-foot facility in Leeds after its appointed US service operator TTEC to operate the service.
