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2011 GUIDE TO Automotive News Europe EUROPE’S BIGGEST DEALERS 1. HOLDING 14. Porsche Holding's main business is selling VW and Porsche Lookers has expanded from its Manchester base in central and eastern Europe and multiple throughout UK. Main brands are Vauxhall, through its French unit PGA. It was acquired by VW group , Ford, , and Citroen. on March 1. Sales points: 119 CEO: Peter Jones Sales points: 334 (2010 figure) CEO: Wolf Dieter Hellmaier 15. AVTOMIR 2. EMIL FREY Moscow-based Avtomir has expanded througout Emil Frey operates in five European countries and Russia, adding brands such as Renault, Citroen, Ford, distributes 30 brands. The acquisition of Koenig , Hyundai, and to its portfolio. Group's Ford dealerships and Kroyman's dealers Sales points: 41 CEO: Nikolai Gryzdev has boosted growth. Sales points: 284 CEO: Walter Frey 16. PENSKE This U.S. group operates in Europe mainly in the UK, 3. PON HOLDING but it also has dealers in . BMW, Mercedes, Pon sells VW group brands in its home market of the and Land are its main brands. Netherlands and in Poland. At the end of 2010, the Sales points: 150 CEO: Roger S. Penske company sold seven VW and four Audi dealerships to help improve its profitability. 17. Sales points: 40 CEO: n/a Last year, Salvador Caetano opened the Iberian peninsula's biggest multibrand dealer for VW, , 4. INCHCAPE Opel, and Peugeot cars in Sintra, Portugal. Inchcape operates in 26 countries throughout the world. Sales points: 124 Chairman: Jose Reis da Silva Ramos Its portfolio is similarly wide and includes VW, Jaguar, , BMW, Mercedes, Ford and Toyota. 18. MOLLER GROUP Sales points: 240 CEO: Andre Lacroix Norway's Moller sells and distributes VW group brands and is expanding into Sweden and Baltic 5. D'IETEREN GROUP countries. D'Ieteren imports and distributes VW group brands in Sales points: 57 CEO: Pal Syversen and owns the Avis and Budget car rental companies. In 2010, automotive revenue accounted for 19. SAG 2.73 billion euros of the group's 7.05 billion euros sales. SAG is Portugal's importer for VW group brands, but Sales points: 16 CEO: Jean Pierre Bizet its main revenue comes from its operations in . 6. PENDRAGON Sales points: 14 CEO: Joao Pereira Coutinho Pendragon sells more than 20 car brands through its 20. ALCOPA Stratstone premium division and its Evans Halshaw Belgium's Alcopa plans to import cars from China BYD volume brands unit. During the crisis, the company has by next year, expanding a portfolio that includes , focused on used car sales to boost income. Ford, Opel, Citroen and Asian brands. Sales points: 245 CEO: Trevor Finn Sales points: 75 (2008 figure) CEO: Francois Hinfray 7. DOGUS 21. MAJOR-AUTO One of Turkey's biggest car distributors, Dogus is the only Major-Auto's main retail outlet is a mega-dealership in retailer in the world that sells all the VW group brands in Moscow that sells 26 brands and employs 2,000 single showrooms. people. Sales points: N/a CEO: E. Ali Bilaloglu Sales points: 33 Owner: Michail Bachtiarov 8. ARNOLD CLARK 22. AVAG HOLDING Fiat, Ford, Renault and Vauxhall are among the many Germany's AVAG is a major Opel retailer, but now is volume brands sold by Arnold Clark, which operates adding Ford dealerships. It is also expanding into mainly in and northern England. central and eastern Europe. Sales points: 145 CEO: Arnold Clark Sales points: 122 CEO: Volker Borkowski 9. UKAVTO 23. GROUP Opel, , Lada and Kia are the main brands sold by Moscow-based Rolf sells 10 foreign brands. It was hit UKAVTO, which has Ukraine's largest car distribution hard by the economic downturn and is focusing more network and several dealerships in Poland. on the aftermarket to recover. Sales points: 633 CEO: Olexandr Kozis Sales points: 26 CEO: Igor Salita 10. AMAG 12. CFAO 24. AAA AUTO AMAG imports and sells VW group brands in Switzerland. The French group sells BMW, Ford, Opel, Chevrolet, After limiting its operations to the Czech Republic and In 2010, the company was helped by VW's market share Toyota, Peugeot and Hyundai cars in France but also has Slovakia during the crisis, AAA is again expanding into increase in the country. a big presence in former French colonies. other eastern European markets. Sales points: 82 CEO: Morten Hannesbo Sales points: 15 (France only) CEO: Richard Bielle Sales points: 25 CEO: Anthony James Denny 11. BERGE 13. LOUWMAN Toyota and Nissan are the main brands sold by Spain's Toyota is Louwman's main brand. The group operates in 25. BILIA Berge. The group also plans to sell cars in Spain from the Czech Republic has well as its home market of the Volvo, Renault and Ford are the main brands of Bilia, China's BYD, and SAIC. Netherlands. which operates in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Sales points: 23 Managing Director: Jorge Navea Sales points: 42 CEO: Eric Louwman Sales points: 62 CEO: Jan Pettersson

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