Business- and rental-fleet sales growth – up 23.5% and 9%, respectively – was much more robust than sales to private buyers (up 2.4%) in first-half 2017. Dealer groups note market stagnation began to...
Ford’s plan to raise production at Almussafes follows a cutback announced in April. Daily output was rolled back because of falling sales of models such as the Galaxy, S-Max and Mondeo sold primarily in other...
Tesla’s pop-up stores in Puerto Banus and Barcelona are closing later this summer, but the automaker says permanent stores will be opened in Barcelona and Madrid during second-half 2017.
Going on sale in Spain in November, the Arona is based on the recently launched fifth-generation Ibiza. Both vehicles use SEAT parent Volkswagen’s MQB modular architecture.
The latest MOVEA plan also subsidizes the installation of public charging stations, with aid of up to 40% the cost. However, the Spanish auto industry has been lukewarm to the program.
Maria Helena Antolin, president of the Spanish Association of Manufacturers of Equipment and Components for Automotive, credits the result to improved economies locally and in Europe, the sector’s main export...
The Used Vehicle Show has become one of Spain’s premier automotive events, as used cars are the first option for 80% of buyers, up from 70% two years ago, according to a survey by GANVAM, the main association of...
The Japanese brand has exhibited at Automobile Barcelona – the new name of the traditional Barcelona Motor Show – its redesigned CX-5, which will compete with the Nissan Qashqai in Europe.
Renault Spain’s Ivan Segal is urging creation of a residual-value scale for used EVs. He says that would give dealers who signed buy-back contracts with fleet operators time to have adequate marketing plans...