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Figures out today from the SMMT reveal the extent of the impact the chip shortages are having on new car sales for some carmakers. Seven brands reported double digit declines in a market up 2.6% for the year. Excluding Mitsubishi which is pulling out of UK sales, Renault saw a -32% decline in the year to November while Ford was ...

The new car sales figures for October show how chip shortage is wreaking havoc on some carmakers vehicle supply while others are still producing positive performances. Some players saw big increases, including Polestar up 217.9%, Maserati (+76.1%), SsangYong (+74.7%), Hyundai (+34.5%), Porsche (+33.6%), Subaru (+31.3%) MG (+23.6%) and Kia (+22.1%). At the other end of the scale Jaguar had a ...

Jardine Motors Group is to roll out a new online sales platform for its Jaguar Land Rover dealerships developed in partnership with Rockar. The platform is said to offer customers greater interaction, transparency and flexibility, enabling them to select, reserve and purchase their vehicle online. The new approach will initially be launched with Jaguar Land Rover Reading before being rolled ...

Rybrook Holdings is making “significant capital investment” in the group. Last year it refurbished its Land Rover dealership in Conwy and purchased of a freehold site in Wolverhampton for use as a central storage compound. In February this year is bought the Land Rover and Jaguar dealerships in Stoke from Pendragon for £3.7m. The sale price, previously undisclosed, was submitted ...

Warwick-based Rybrook Group is representing Jaguar and Land Rover in Stoke following the completion of its acquisition of the businesses from Pendragon for an undisclosed sum. The businesses is trading as Rybrook Land Rover Stoke and Rybrook Jaguar Stoke. These new additions increase the Warwick-based Group’s dealerships to 25. Rybrook already has Jaguar and Land Rover sites in the North ...

The Jaguar I-Pace has won Car of the Year 2019 at the Geneva International Motor Show. The award is chosen by 60 automotive journalists from 23 European countries in a live vote at the show. For the first time, two cars had the same number of winning points: The Alpine A110 and the Jaguar I-Pace. The Jaguar I-Pace finally won ...

Over the past four years seismic restructuring has been underway at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). Under Tata ownership, the group has been investing billions in new product across both brands, and that’s ongoing. It is also well advanced on a major revamp of the dealer network to streamline its structure and bring in common ownership of the two brands in ...

Inchcape is to open a new Jaguar Land Rover dealership in Southampton on 26 November. The move is part of JLR’s £1bn restructuring of the Jaguar Land Rover dealer network in the UK with common ownership of the two brands in the majority of market territories. The Southampton centre replaces Inchcape’s previously separate showrooms in the city, trading as Hunters Land ...

Donnelly Group has taken on the Jaguar franchise in Dungannon, Northern Ireland, joining its existing Land Rover business. The move is part of the network shake up of the Jaguar Land Rover network that has taken place in the past few years. The Donnelly Group has been a car dealer in Northern Ireland since 1947 when Peter Donnelly started a ...

Pendragon has sold Jaguar and Land Rover dealerships based in Doncaster to JCT600 for an undisclosed sum. Earlier this year Pendragon CEO Trevor Finn said he was going to reduce the number of Stratstone premium brand outlets it had in the UK over the next three years, following a review of the business. The new dealerships will operate as JCT600 ...