Brexit Information

• Audi
  • Vehicle orders up to and including 17:30 on 31st December 2020 will be price-protected, subject to the relevant criteria and conditions below being fulfilled.

• Tesla
  • Orders placed up to 31 Dec. 2020 will be price protected for deliver post-1 Jan. 2021. Deliveries must take place ASAP to avoid price book reviews
  • The company does not anticipate supply chain for parts to be impacted as service is owned and operated by Tesla
  • They do not anticipate any vehicle supply chain interruptions

• JLR
  • Jaguar Land Rover confirmed that it is not in a position to guarantee pricing for vehicles that are registered after 31st December 2020.
  • All vehicles (regardless of build location) may be subject to a price increase when registered from 1st January 2021.

• BMW-Mini
  • Ordered must be confirmed before the 1^st Jan 2021 and registered before the 30^th April 2021.  Customer details must not change.

• Toyota & Lexus
  • Confirm that price protection will apply on orders placed with delivery dates into January and beyond.

• Honda
  • Which.co.uk advised that Honda has confirmed that ‘when a customer orders a Honda car, the price is protected and it doesn’t matter if the car is in the country. We always price protect at point of order’.”
  • As Honda is not based primarily in the UK or EU and imports lots of its models from Japan and the US, the company already pays the usual 10% World Trade Organization tariffs.

• Ford
  • All Passenger and Commercial vehicles which are contracted (only when confirmed by a Ford dealer) and not yet UK customs cleared at the point the new pricelists including the Importation Charge are issued, will be price protected against a tariff-related surcharge.
  • Any Importation Charge would be credited back to the dealer, provided that the vehicle was not re-contracted.
  • Includes vehicles which are pre-gate release and those in transit outside the UK.
  • To qualify for price protection, vehicles must be registered up to and including 31st March 2021.

• Renault
  • Groupe Renault UK has been preparing for many months for all Brexit eventualities. Renault have confirmed that their contingency work has been ongoing for several months and is centred on ensuring that they are ready in the following key areas, regardless of whether they become necessary on 31st December 2020:
    • additional customs agents to manage the import of cars and parts.
    • streamlined customs accreditations to facilitate in-flow of our goods at the UK border
    • changes to processes & I.T. systems to enable the import of cars and parts
    • additional local parts stock to cover any additional lead time due to potential port congestion
    • maintain timely & accurate payment of goods and services

• Mercedes / SMART
  • Guarantee prices of all Mercedes-Benz and smart cars ordered before 31st October 2020, that have a quoted UK delivery date, prior to 31st December 2020, regardless of its arrival date into the UK.
  • Should a customs duty tariff become applicable on cars imported into the UK after leaving the EU Customs Union and Single Market, Mercedes would look to increase the price of their cars accordingly, to offset the amount of the tariff (unless covered by the stated price protection). The increase would be applicable to all vehicles and factory fitted options, whether marked sold or unsold and regardless of the order, allocation date or sales channel. This would potentially vary model by model.

• Volkswagen
  • VW is closely monitoring developments surrounding the UK’s transitional period, which ends on 31 December 2020. As part of their preparations, they have established an understanding of all Brexit eventualities and we are confident of our readiness. Actions include but are not limited to:
    • obtained an EORI number;
    • optimised stock availability to mitigate the risk of supply constraints;
    • appointed customs agents allowing us to import cars and parts into the UK in line with HMRC regulations;
    • implemented and tested required systems changes.

ARI’s suppliers are prepared with 6-8 weeks of stock across the UK. Should there be any delays in the supply chain, ARI does not anticipate any major impacts or delays.

• Information about the supply chain’s impact continues to come through.
• ARI’s core supply chain network are prepared with around 6-8 weeks of impress stock available throughout the UK. At this time, ARI does not anticipate any major impacts on delays through risk assessments conducted with the supplier base.
• The supply chain have suggested that import tariffs could increase prices on consumables, and parts by around 5-15%
• Manufacturers have prepared their core UK locations with impress stock.