Nearly one hundred outlets of the brand will be removed on British soil where Vauxhall saw its sales fall by 22% last year.
Redeemed just like Opel by the PSA group a year ago, Vauxhall, the British version of the blitz, will see its future quickly evolve now that it has integrated the lap of the French manufacturer. The latter’s first mission is to make the return to profitability a priority.
According to Automotive News Europe, the network of the British brand will be reduced by one third across the Channel. Information confirmed by a local distribution group leader to Reuters: “The Vauxhall distribution network will grow from 300 to 200 points of sale in the coming months.” The builder told us that there was indeed a plan which should allow a return to the average profitability and the increase of the average number of sales VN by site “, he would have said.
In 2017, sales of the Vauxhall brand collapsed in the UK market, the first of the brand, falling by 22.24%, to 195 137 units, its market share increasing from 9.32 to 7.68% when the MTM market shrank “only” by 5.65%.