Amazing Rainbow - 12 May 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses recent developments in the automotive industry, including financial warnings, new car registration figures, and corporate leadership changes.

FOLLOW UP: FCA WARNS PAYOUT SCHEME MAY FOLD The Financial Conduct Authority has warned that there will be a delay of unknown time frame and even the potential for the finance mis-selling scheme to be cancelled, thanks to the appeals lodged. For more information on this, click this Autocar article link here . APRIL 2026 NEW CAR REGISTRATION FIGURES April 2026 had the most registrations, since 2019. All except diesel market share went up, with BEV being the most impressive and ending up with an April market share of 26.2% meaning it is at 23.1% for the year so far. Once again Fleet is doing a lot of heavy lifting, although Private rose taking the year to date up to 40.1%. You can find out more, by clicking this SMMT article link here . HONDA AUTOMOTIVE UK GETS A NEW BOSS Michael Doyle replaces Rebecca Adamson, who moves to head up Customer Engagement for Honda Motor Europe. Doyle is coming from Honda Motor Southern Africa, where he was Vice President. Click this MotorTrader article link here , for more. NISSAN TO MERGE SUNDERLAND PRODUCTION LINES Nissan is consolidating production lines into one over the next year, at their Sunderland facility. This will apparently not lead to any…

Topics covered

• finance
• automotive news
• market trends
• corporate changes
• production updates

Keywords

• FCA
• new car registrations
• Honda
• Nissan
• Porsche
• market share
• BEV
• production lines

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Financial Conduct Authority, Autocar, SMMT, Honda Automotive UK, Honda Motor Europe, Nissan, Porsche, Cellforce Group

Places: Sunderland

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