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The new issue of Auto Retail Network Bulletin is out now! Our monthly printed magazine delivered directly offers intelligent, insightful, unique information to keep you better informed whilst saving you valuable time and energy. In this issue, we fully analyse the NFDA | National Franchised Dealers Association Dealer Attitude Survey. #Kia and #Mini shared top honours, scoring 9.2. However, the eight #Stellantis brands shifted their combined average score from 2.6 in October 2023 to 5.3 in April 2024. While this is still below the overall average, it shows swift work by new manufacturer boss Maria-Grazia Davino who has only been in the role for eight months. At the other end of the spectrum #JLR had a particularly poor result. With Stellantis lifting its brands,#Jaguar, historically a poor performer, took 32nd and last place with a score of 2.9. #LandRover was the second fastest falling brand to take 30th place. Read the full article and much more in #ARBulletin Not a subscriber? Sign up here ow.ly/GXZO50PVtHw #AutoRetail #MarketingStrategies #AutomotiveInsights #IndustryInsights #dealership #automotiveindustry #automotive #newcars #usedcars #cardealers #oldercars #IndustryNews #Marketing #UsedCarMarket

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AutomotiveWoman NEWS | GMC Expanding Global Market Reach - Read about the New Countries Selected: https://lnkd.in/em-SfDJu #automotivewoman #gm #gmc #globalbusiness #carbusiness General Motors

Turkish automotive industry kicks off 2024 with record exports: … ago, data from the Uludağ Automotive Industry Exporters' Association … market of the Turkish automotive sector was Germany with … rise, the data from the Automotive Distributors' and Mobility … and 6.2% of total automobile sales, respectively. The Daily … #car #cars #awesome

In this episode of Talking Automotive with Mark and John, we're taking a look at the brands which could possibly dominate the Australian automotive industry in the future and the impact of this. To understand the Australian automotive market we're looking at the current market conditions and more to see if we can understand the factors impacting the industry. #carsales #automotiveindustry #australia https://lnkd.in/gtXdW7hc

Improvements to the Stellantis brands’ scores in the latest NFDA | National Franchised Dealers Association Dealer Attitude Survey have helped push average retailer-OEM relations to a near high and resulted in one of the biggest half-year swings in the survey’s history. Read the full story here: ow.ly/l9pG50RabMJ Full analysis in Auto Retail Network Bulletin. #NFDA #Stellantis #Kia #MINI #LandRover #Defender #JLR #RangeRover #OEMs #AutoRetail #MarketingStrategies #AutomotiveInsights #IndustryInsights #dealership #automotiveindustry #automotive #newcars #usedcars #cardealers #oldercars #IndustryNews #Marketing #UsedCarMarket

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Peugeot CEO, Linda Jackson tells the Financial Times Future of the Car Summit they are not necessarily losing money on EVs but reduced margins. Key to BEV adoption? ⚡️ Says they need help on retail (private customers) where no government incentives are available in many markets. Doesn‘t neccacarily want a flood of BEVs entering the market and then ending up on the used-car market which will damage residual values. On China 🇨🇳 China is a red ocean currently (financially) through discounting war which she says will lead to consolidation. Says one reason Sino OEMs so keen to push in Europe is balance out domestic losses No plans to pull out of #China though despite low Peugeot volumes. Have effectively franchised Peugeot out to DongFeng there.

In this Automotive News article, Alan Haig shared, "Mazda (Mazda North American Operations) is becoming a popular dealership to sell for dealers who might not feel confident enough in the brand to build a new image-compliant facility, and buyers are attracted by the profit margin on its vehicles, which can be comparable to that of luxury brands.... and their partnership with Toyota Financial Services Corporation and manufacturing makes the brand desirable. "Dealers are seeing reasons to invest in Mazda because of the sales growth, because of the desirable business model that they've created for their dealers." https://lnkd.in/eUEReVjb