carlos tavares l with emmanuel macron r paris motor show 2022
Carlos Tavares nailed financial performance targets but placed relationships under strain
Corporate

Inside Stellantis’s peace mission to defuse wrath at Tavares

Firm attempts to mend relationships with unions, suppliers, dealers and politicians in start of new era

7 January 2025
Inside Stellantis’s peace mission to defuse wrath at Tavares
Retail and finance

Car buying in 2025: 5 key stats for sales success

heycar's extensive Buyer Behaviour Report can help your dealership make smarter decisions

7 January 2025
Car buying in 2025: 5 key stats for sales success
Kia Sportage front quarter tracking
Sportage, available with hybrid and plug-in-hybrid powertrains, was Kia UK's best-seller in 2024
Electric vehicles

Kia UK boss calls for clarity on hybrid sales after 2030

ZEV mandate consultation means car makers may finally learn what they can sell between 2030 and 2035

6 January 2025
Kia UK boss calls for clarity on hybrid sales after 2030
Electric vehicles

Official: Honda and Nissan confirm merger plans

The two Japanese firms are in talks to join forces in new holding company that could also include Mitsubishi

23 December 2024
Official: Honda and Nissan confirm merger plans
Electric vehicles

Progress report: Which car makers are meeting the ZEV mandate?

Some easily hit or even exceeded the UK government’s 22% EV sales target for 2024, but others fell well short

20 December 2024
Progress report: Which car makers are meeting the ZEV mandate?
Vehicle manufacturing

UK records worst November for car production since 1980

It also represented the ninth consecutive month of decline this year

20 December 2024
UK records worst November for car production since 1980
Corporate

Nissan-Honda merger would create new automotive powerhouse

Wide-reaching merger would create a company selling more than seven million cars per year

18 December 2024
Nissan-Honda merger would create new automotive powerhouse
Fiat 500 production Mirafiori
Production of the Fiat 500 returned to Italy with the current-generation car in 2020
Manufacturing

Stellantis commits to Italian plants with two small cars due 2028

Conglomerate aims to repair rocky relationship by announcing it will build cars in Italy until at least 2032

18 December 2024
Stellantis commits to Italian plants with two small cars due 2028
VW Golf plugged in
For the first three quarters of 2024, the VW Group was China's most prolific seller of PHEVs
Electric vehicles

Ferocious PHEV demand in China poised to boost UK sales too

Plug-in hybrid ‘compliance cars’ are generally too expensive for retail customers, but China is working to change that

17 December 2024
Ferocious PHEV demand in China poised to boost UK sales too
saab factory
Trollhättan began building the Saab 92 in 1949
Vehicle manufacturing

Machinery from former Saab factory listed for sale

Trollhättan plant was put into "hibernation mode" by occupier NEVS last year; owner now in talks about its future

16 December 2024
Machinery from former Saab factory listed for sale

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