MG Motor in ‘advance negotiations’ to fill city dealer open points

MG Motor is aiming to recruit dealers for metropolitan regions as it ramps up sales of electric powered cars.

The organization, which presently has 150 dealers on its books,  is in “advanced negotiations” with teams to fill open details in conurbations that appeal to strong desire for electrical cars, which feature strongly in its line-up.

It has a goal of creating an ideal network of 165 dealerships.

“Most of the current market prospects we have are in the substantial metropolitan areas, London remaining foremost amongst them. We have candidates that we are in progress negotiations with. I would say 80% are selected to appear off.

“I can quickly see a circumstance by the conclude of this 12 months exactly where our franchise prepare has been thoroughly shipped,” stated MG Motor business director Man Pigounakis.

He added that town areas present their individual problems with greater overheads, including company premiums and increased salaries for staff members.

Pigounakis advised Motor Trader that a person way forward was to multi franchise showrooms with other manufacturers sharing back again business office capabilities as attainable, including generic charging details.

MG Motor has been hit by the shortage of semi-conductors but not as difficult as many carmakers.

The brand is ramping up revenue. MG marketed 13,838 autos in the very first quarter as opposed to 6,161 in Q1 2021.

Very last yr it bought 30,600 automobiles and is aiming for amongst 51,000 and 52,000 this yr.