Tag: NFDA

OZEV: making a managed exit from Plug-in Car Grant

Nissan Leaf electric vehicle qualifies for plug in car grant

THE Plug-in Car Grant, given a value shave and price cap on 18 March 2021, will gradually be remaindered. Current funding is planned to last until 2022-23. The information was relayed to a meeting organised by the National Franchised Dealers Association (13 May, 2021), when representatives from the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles – OZEV, previously known as OLEV – provided clarification…

Lexus and Kia top latest dealer satisfaction survey

Lexus dealership

THE latest indicator of dealer relationships with OEMs – the NFDA Dealer Attitude Survey – saw Lexus top the charts. Lexus scored 9.5 out of a possible 10 points. In second place was Kia (9.2) with Toyota and Mercedes third, tied on 9.1. The attitude of Kia dealers towards their OEM is in marked contrast to sister brand Hyundai, which scored 2.8.…

Scottish car deliveries safe despite ban on click-and-collect

A new Polo ready for click and collect

FEARS that brokers would find customer car deliveries in Scotland in a logjam – similar to the state of affairs in March when lockdown 1.0 was introduced – have been been played down. Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced a ban on all non-essential click-and-collect deliveries from 16 January, 2021. It created an immediate issue for car dealers in Scotland who believed…