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Stellantis outlined its strategy for the future to dealers at an event held at the NEC, Birmingham. The company is gearing up for a big push in van sales, setting up a separate business unit for the brands, reducing the number of sales outlets and creating industrial scale aftersales centres in high usage areas. “We think we have a huge ...

Fiat has announced changes to its UK management team. Damien Dally has been appointed managing director for the UK operations of Abarth, Fiat and Fiat Professional, with immediate effect. He will join marketing director Giuseppe Cava and sales director Iain Brown on the management team. Richard Chamberlain continues his role as director of commercial vehicles for Stellantis UK. On his ...

The Stellantis Student Awards has closed its first global program. It has recognised more than 600 children of Stellantis employees from five regions with a monetary award for their “dedication to continuous learning and education.” The milestone was marked by the first global online ceremony on Dec. 2, featuring Stellantis chairman John Elkann and chief executive officer Carlos Tavares. “The ...

Stellantis UK has introduce home delivery service to its approved-used vehicle programme, SPOTiCAR. With access to models from brands including Vauxhall, Peugeot, Citroën, Fiat, Jeep® and Abarth, SPOTiCAR allows buyers to view their next vehicle entirely from home, as well as undertake part-exchange valuations on their current vehicles and configure the right finance package. Customers can also visit a retailer ...

Stellantis is to mass produce hydrogen Peugeot, Citroën and Opel light commercial vehicles at its plant in Hordain, France. This industrialisation of hydrogen-powered light commercial vehicles is a new step for Hordain, where 43% of models for the Peugeot, Citroën, Opel, Vauxhall, Fiat and Toyota brands are already available in a zero-emission electric version. The “K-zero” vehicles with a fuel ...

Stellantis UK has carried out a restructuring of its UK operations to come into effect in January 2023. The group has created a new premium brand business for Alfa Romeo and DS Automobiles to deliver an agency model for the two brands from next year. The mainstream brands – Citroën, Fiat & Abarth, Jeep, Peugeot and Vauxhall – will remain ...

Stellantis is pushing ahead with the overhaul of its UK operations with fewer partners operating more contiguous territories and a bigger emphasis on multi-franchising. By mid-2023 it will have lost 138 retail sites in the UK. It said further reductions in investors can be expected and that customer satisfaction was the driving force behind the restructuring. The group yesterday announced ...

Stellantis has announced that Chris Taylor has joined the company as chief digital information officer, effective Sept. 5, 2022. In this newly created role, Stellantis said that Taylor will help lead its transformation into a sustainable mobility tech company, driving its digital strategy and technologies. He will also be responsible for improving IT project execution and organisational efficiency. “Chris brings ...

Stellantis’ Free2move has announced the completion of the acquisition of Share Now, the free-floating car sharing company in Europe. With this acquisition, Free2move continues its plans to expand its mobility hubs concept to 14 new cities. Share Now’s executive management team remains in place. “We are very enthusiastic about the new chapter we are about to write with Share Now, ...

Stellantis is pushing ahead with plans move its distribution structure in Europe towards an agency model. Stellantis’ sales chief for ‘Enlarged Europe region Maria Grazia Davino said the group was working on the detail in the transition period. “Our direction is to envisage a 5% fee for our retailers on new cars sold, we’re working on this hypothesis,” she said. ...