Volvo Cars has introduced a direct consumer business arm as part of an executive restructure designed reshape “what a car is, how people expect to be transported and how they interact with a car”.
Clelands of the Borders has claimed Volvo Car UK’s dealer of the year award at an event which recognised the Swedish brand’s top performing retailers from across the region.
Volvo Car UK has appointed former VW Group national network development manager Mark Cox as national sales manager, with immediate effect.
Volvo car dealers will be called upon to resolve potential faults affecting over 30,000 vehicles after the Swedish brand issued a global recall for 219,000 cars amid fuel leak fears.
Geely’s Lynk & Co brand has claimed the title of the ‘world’s fastest growing car manufacturer’ after 120,414 sales in its parents company’s home market in its first year on sale.
Volvo UK is preparing to follow-up online test drive booking trails with Amazon with the launch of its own end-to-end web-based car sales platform.
Volvo Cars achieved record global sales success in 2018, with over 600,000 vehicles sold for the first time in its history.
Arnold Clark is set to begin the development of a new Volvo Car UK dealership in Aberdeen.
Waylands has announced the appointment of Natalie Willoughby as group corporate sales manager, with an aim to increase fleet business across the group.
Three industry leaders are uniting in 2019, ‘cycling’ the length of the River Thames in support of Ben.
Waylands Automotive has acquired Johnsons Cars’ Volvo Oxford car dealership to extend it operations to four sites – all with the Swedish premium brand.
Stoneacre Motor Group is set to achieve its ambition of becoming a £1 billion turnover car retail group a year early following the acquisition of four Mill Garages Northeast Ltd Volvo dealerships.
Former Mercedes-Benz Retail Group managing director and Jaguar Land Rover director of global retail operations Mike Whittington will lead Polestar’s sales expansion across the globe.
Volvo Cars has announced the extension of chief executive and president Håkan Samuelsson’s contract to 2022.
Electric sports car brand Polestar has said that it will deliver “a new approach to automotive retail” with the opening of 60 Polestar Space retail spaces by 2020.
Waylands Automotive has added a third Volvo Car UK dealership to its growing franchised operation with the acquisition of Volvo Cars Swindon.
Volvo has introduced a new Polestar-developed software upgrade, available through dealerships, that pushes more power to the rear wheels of all-wheel drive (AWD) models.
Volvo Car UK has promoted Matt Galvin to the position of sales director from his previous position as head of retail sales.
John Clark Motor Group has continued the growth of its representation with Volvo Cars UK with the acquisition of the Volvo Dundee dealership from Barnetts Motor Group.
The new Volvo XC40 and Ford Focus have each achieved the maximum five-star Euro NCAP safety rating in testing for Euro NCAP in July.
