Nissan restructures UK network and calls for investment from dealers

Nissan is ‘reshaping’ its British isles community with a reduction in the range of dealerships from over 160 to 140. The quantity of services outlets remained unchanged at 160.

The so identified as ‘Ideal Community Plan’ will phone on dealers to make further expense in premises, infrastructure and digitisation to cater for electrification and variations in retailing. The transient assertion made no reference to any sort of agency hybrid design.

Andrew Humberstone, controlling director of Nissan GB, stated: “We recognise ongoing price and revenue pressures that our companions facial area and the require to develop a sustainable company design that supports the investments needed.

“In order to provide this, we want a extra focussed community footprint that will assure superior assistance to our consumers.”

A yr back, Humberstone was asked about the network and whether the quantity of dealers would be reduce. Ended up would the network be in three years’ time?

“I imagine in all honesty it is harmful to give a variety on that. Though we have a very clear system, we all know there are so a lot of disruptors knocking on the automotive market at the second.

“There is so significantly turmoil in terms of digital know-how and new entrants disrupting the way we do business.

“How quickly shoppers change their getting behaviours will affect the pace at which we operate with our dealer community to modify their scale.”

Nissan done strongly in the most new NFDA Vendor Angle Study ranked 7 in the over-all rating out of the 31 networks that took aspect.

Sellers also set it in seventh place when it arrived to existing profitability and, critically, in fourth slot when it came to long run profitability and return on funds financial commitment.