20 FOR 2020
Warners currently operates two sites in Gloucestershire, on Eastern Avenue in Gloucester and ShannonWay in Tewkesbury. There they stock new and used cars and vans from the PSA Group – selling, servicing and maintaining Peugeot & Citroen, as well as Isuzu the pick-up specialist brand. In the next year, that range will grow to include at least eight hybrid or full electric vehicles as the revolution and move away from the combustion engine gathers pace. “It’s an incredibly exciting year for us, we have the all-new Peugeot 208 electric which has just been launched,” Mr Warner said. “It’s a fantastic car, the first in the Peugeot and PSA range, that will be closely followed this month by the all-new 2008. Then in June, we have the LCV electric vehicles and then a range of SUV hybrids. “There will be seven or eight electric and hybrid products launching this year, so that’s quite a significant change. “The electric market is only going to get bigger still and the confusion over whether to make the change will start to disappear. “There is confusion over the range, the infrastructure surrounding electric and the cost of owning an electric car.We’re in a point of crossover.
“There is so much unknown, as we don’t quite know where the future will take us. What we do know, is that there are already some fantastic products on the market that we can get excited about.”
While the way cars are fuelled will change significantly, a marked difference in the way we decide to buy and pay for a new vehicle is already with us. Mr Warner has already noticed a stark difference to the method of buying cars in the past decade and he believes that change is only going to become more pronounced in the future.
“It will be more about the experience, about having brand and product information, rather than just selling someone a car, and it’s already changing. "The main difference now, is that people know what they want before they come and see you, because of the internet. “A decade ago, you would be guaranteed a full forecourt every weekend, now the shopping part is done online, our job is to provide professional advice and help the customer make the right decision.
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