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The Doncaster operation joins existing Stoneacre Renault businesses in Blackburn, Chesterfield, Darlington and Northallerton. The group is currently awaiting planning to build a new site in Sheffield. The Doncaster Renault and Dacia franchises as well as Renault Vans are now accommodated at its existing Wheatley Road which houses its Seat, Cupra, MG, Fiat and Abarth franchises. “This further confirms the ...

Arnold Clark has announced its third expansion move in a month with the opening of new Renault and Dacia sites in Liverpool and the Wirral. Earlier this month it announced that it had bought  Wingrove Motor Company for an undisclosed sum. Wingrove Motor Company Limited has been serving the needs of North East motorists since 1925, when the company was ...

Shelbourne Motors has appointed Sean McCormick as aftersales manager at its Kia, Renault, and Dacia, franchises in Newry. McCormick has 13 years of experience in the motor industry, including 12 years in managerial roles. He began his career with the Renault and Dacia franchises, where he quickly progressed from CRC Advisor to service manager. He then moved to the premium ...

Sutton Park Motor Company saw revenues last year drive towards the £150m mark but profits took a hit with the cross sector fall in used car values in the second half of the year. The company delivered overall pre-tax profits down 42.5% to £1.57m on turnover up 25.6% to £146.04m. Sutton Park has seven dealerships in Staffordshire, Warwickshire and the ...

Renault Retail Group’s Dacia London West, the brand’s new flagship UK retailer, was officially opened by Laura Popescu, the Ambassador of Romania to the UK, the Mayor of Hounslow, Karen Smith and Councillor for Osterley and Spring Grove Ward, Tony Louki. The launch event was also attended by senior Dacia representatives and members of the local community. Frédéric Maillard, MD ...

Orders for the Dacia Spring will open on 4 June and the all-electric car will debut at a launch event for Dacia’s new London West flagship store. The public will be able to see the Dacia Spring at Dacia London West, located at West Cross Industrial Park, Brentford, TW8 9DE, between 14h00 and 19h00. Presentations by a product expert will ...

Mitchells Dacia in Lowestoft was the location for the handover of the 100,000th Dacia Duster sold in the UK since launch in 2013. Mitchells, the Dacia retailer of the year in 2023, holds the Renault & Dacia franchises. It has a full servicing and repair centre based in Lowestoft, a Minute Fast Fit and used car centres in Gorleston and ...

  Renault Group UK MD Guillaume Sicard has spelt out plans for UK dealers in an interview with Motor Trader. He conceded that the relationship was “rocky” in the past, but things had improved in terms of sales, approach and strategy.  “It was a bit rocky two or three years ago. In the latest NDFA Dealer Attitude survey Renault was ...

By Guy Bird After a bumpy few years, Renault Group UK MD Guillaume Sicard explains how the French marque and Romanian sister brand Dacia can continue to improve, through new exciting products, consistency and respect for the dealer network He might be more of a Daft Punk fan than a Jean Michel-Jarre advocate – despite respecting the latter’s work in ...

The growth of Chinese car brands in the European market has been in the headlines in the last week or so, so it seems an appropriate point to comment on the news stories but also launch a new initiative from ICDP, where we have extended the ‘fireside chats’ that we have had in some of our recent members’ meeting to ...