Charles Martin

UK car market dynamics 🚗 With September taking shape it will be interesting to see the 3 month trend develop.📊 The June to August period showed a declining retail market offset by fleet and motability growth. 📉 BEV sales in both retail and fleet are in decline. 📉 The market looks to be softening. Retail is down year on year and the BEV market despite intense stimulation is not responding as we would all hope. ‼️ Whilst the headlines have celebrated that the BEV share is growing this is due to a declining market (actual EV volume is static)🚨 As always there will be winners and losers. 👍👎 The losers will blame the external factors for their lack of success whilst the winners will adjust and find a way to succeed. #interventionrequired #ifitstobeitsuptome

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Are your dealer Sales Managers great at coaching their staff? Or not? It's a tough question. Most have never received proper training on "how to coach". Most learnt ideas from their own supervisors. We think the main role of Sales Manager is to deliver a result for the dealership. Yes - true - but the underlying way to execute that is to get the best out of their team. Modern sport gives us plenty of examples where Art and Science combine to reduce skill gaps and improve attitudes. Professional coaches no longer rely just on "gut instincts". Those days are long gone. So how are your managers adapting to the new world and - in particular - a new generation (or two) of younger sales staff? Ri-gnr8 One is a Sales and F&I Management platform with the ONLY embedded coaching tools for auto dealer sales managers. So if you want your managers to do better, make sure they have the right tools for the job and build a competitive advantage. Visit www.op2ma.com/one for more info or connect with Tim McGrath or Ann Marie Cawkwell #autodealers #salesmanagement #coachingandtraining

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last few in stock SKODA ENYAQ COUPE SPORTLINE 4X4 The Skoda Enyaq Coupe is new ground . It’s an unashamedly aspirational vehicle, which means it doesn’t slot neatly into the firm’s range of no-nonsense family cars. It’s a slightly more rakish and less practical version of the standard Enyaq – and Skoda hopes its sportier looks will bring a new wave of style-conscious hirers to its door. Skoda’s online configurate clearly illustrates the company’s vision for the car. The Coupe is positioned firmly at the top of the Enyaq line-up. That means you can’t specify it with the standard SUV’s 58kWh battery pack – it’s the 77kWh unit or nothing. Also, the least potent electric motor you can specify for the Coupe produces 286hp. That’s reserved for mid-range models and up on the conventionally shaped Enyaq. Obviously, Skoda’s decision to give the Coupe a higher standard specification has inflated its price. However for the company car users its perfect. Call for a comprehensive quote. PREMIUM BRAND NOT PREMUIM PRICE .

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You don’t need an O licence to drive the new eSprinter There are some conflicting posts about, with the new eSprinters, now hitting UK dealers. I’ve seen posts advising that you need an O Licence to use one, unless you plan to take it outside of the UK, you don’t. See below. The exemptions from the requirement to hold an operator’s licence under Schedule 3 of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995 are; · A vehicle— (a) fuelled entirely by alternative fuel, (b) with a maximum laden weight not exceeding 4.25 tonnes, (c) currently used in Great Britain for the carriage of goods, and (d) which has not been so used outside Great Britain #mercedesbenzvans #electricvans #sustainability If you want correct, straightforward advice on how to introduce these vans into your fleet, PM me. https://lnkd.in/eswiSuqM

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