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Winchester Motor Group in Hampshire has taken on the Norton Motorcycle franchise at its South Downs Motorcycles dealership. Winchester comprises of Winchester Motor Company, Garland Motors, Aldershot Used Car Centre and Solent Used Car Centre. The group represents Skoda and is a servicing agent for Volkswagen. It is ranked 186 in the Motor Trader Top 200 Dealer Groups with annual ...

Volkswagen has retained its crown as the top selling car brand in the UK with a market share of 8.5%, beating Ford into second place with a share of 7.6%. Another VW Group brand Audi was in third slot with a share of 7.22% of the market followed by BMW on 5.9%, Toyota on 5.8% and Kia on 5.7%. A ...

The JCB Group is the new owners of Volkswagen Tunbridge Wells following its purchase from Marshall. The owner and Managing Director of the JCB Group, Jonathan Bischoff, said: Jonathan said: “We are looking forward to welcoming the staff of Volkswagen Tunbridge Wells into the JCB Group family. “Our customer-first ethos will hopefully please existing and future customers of the branch ...

  Swansway Motor Group has extended the range of services and boosted staff training at its Oldham Volkswagen dealership. Swansway bought the dealership from Inchcape in late 2020 and invested £11m in the business. Opening the doors 12 months ago, the Chadderton-way-based retailer has now extended its offering to include Rent-a-Car, a car and van rental service. Over the 12 ...

Volkswagen is supporting the Vatican City State in its transition towards sustainable mobility. At the beginning of 2024, the company will deliver 40 fully electric models from its ID. family, ranging from the ID.31 to the ID.4 and ID.5. The vehicles are part of the decarbonization strategy of the VCS, aiming to make the Vatican fleet climate-neutral by 2030. The ...

The Volkswagen ID.7 flagship EV is now on sale in the UK with prices starting from £55,570 RRP on-the-road. The ID.7 is Volkswagen’s first all-electric upper mid-sized car and is the brand’s top-of-the-range ID. model. The introductory model, the ID.7 Pro Launch Edition, offers DC charging at up to 175 kW and offers a 384-mile range. A larger-battery version due ...

Carmakers are pulling the plug on their factory owned dealer groups even as they push forward with the Agency model. He ICDP: European Top 50 Dealer Groups 2022 found that Mercedes-Benz and Renault have jettisoned outlets over the past 18 months. “Amongst the OEM-owned dealer groups, the general trend is for them to reduce their own retail networks, even whilst ...

  Volkswagen dealer Parkway saw pre-tax profits fall 20.8% to £5.8m on turnover up 15.3% to £184.6m in 2022. The group, which has Volkswagen dealerships in Derby, Leicester, Kettering, and Northampton and a van dealerships also in Leicester, commented on the economic headwinds and supply issues which impacted dealers generally and on the shortage of technicians which prompted it to ...

Volkswagen Group UK is encouraging more younger people to consider the wide variety of roles available in the automotive industry. While the number of apprentices starting courses in the UK has still not returned to pre-pandemic levels, there has been an increase in those under the age of 19 starting apprenticeships. Volkswagen Group UK – which takes in Audi, SEAT, ...

Vertu Motors has appointed Spencer Clayton-Jones as strategy director. As part of the group’s CEO Committee, Spencer will work with Vertu CEO  Robert Forrester on the development and execution of the group’s strategy around growth, franchising and property. Spencer has more than 23 years’ experience in the automotive industry working for Volkswagen and Nissan. Most recently he was director of ...