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Peter Simpson provides us with an insight into the automotive sales trading world – and beyond.

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To my mind, the Renault platform deal reeks of desperation on the part of Ford. Sadly, it’s all too late to hold on to Fiesta customers, who will be long gone by the time these Renault-based EVs arriv