Seat is investing heavily in bringing its dealer network up to scratch for the corporate market, says its director Richard Harrison.
Fleets and company car drivers will be able to cancel their orders for certain Volkswagen Group models as they face increases in CO2 emissions and potentially tax bills.
Changes at the top of Seat UK’s management team have seen the introduction of new faces to oversee the Spanish brand’s retail, marketing and supply departments.
Official pictures of the first crossover SUV for the Seat brand, badged Ateca
Seat has unveiled its first ever SUV – the Ateca – ahead of its arrival in UK showrooms in September.
Audi will have its A1 hatchback built at Seat’s Martorell plant following the success of the decision to build its Q3 SUV at the Spanish brand’s facility.
Snows Motor Group has expanded its corporate team with the appointment of new local business sales executive Chris Rogers.
Experienced Volkswagen senior manager Kevin Rendell is now heading the brand’s extensive Service and Parts operation nationwide following the departure of Duncan Movassaghi to Skoda UK.
Awards success brought a warm glow to Snows SEAT Southampton as the dealership was recognised for its use of an innovative new video service.
The Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda and Seat networks will begin the recall programme to update emissions controlling software on 2.0TDI EA189 engined cars next month.
Rising operational costs and shrinking margins have been blamed for the closure of a car sales, service and parts operation run by Crawley Down Group for 80 years.
Seat has said the company is on track to launch four new models in the next two years and has laid out its growth plans for the next 10.
The initial reaction to the Volkswagen Group emissions-fixing revelations was one of shock. Given the record of Volkswagen at corporate level, why?
A number of Volkswagen Group dealers are reluctant to commit to 2016 targets due to concerns about the emission scandal's impact.
Prof Jim Saker says the emissions scandal may do Volkswagen more long-term damage than previous recalls did to other brands.
Volkswagen Group UK says there is “some risk” that the target to complete modifications to its vehicles fitted with emission defeat devices could be missed.
The UK’s Seat dealer network will see its average revenue per car improve in future as the Volkswagen-owned car brand enters new market segments.
Volkswagen is suspending the sale of about 4,000 cars and commercial vehicles in the UK.
Volkswagen dealers are to be given details of 1,189,906 group diesel vehicles caught up in the emissions’ rigging scandal in the UK.
Volkswagen Group will publish “in the next few weeks and months” how it will recall its Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Skoda and VW Commercial Vehicles models.
