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BOVAG Autodealers' 36th Dealer Importer Relationship Survey (RODI) shows that the relationship between importers and dealers has deteriorated somewhat over the past year. Respondents rate the relationship with their importers over calendar year 2022 with a narrow enough rating on average: a rating of 6.4. BMW/MINI emerges as the importer with the best relationship with its dealer network with a 9.1.
The RODI survey was conducted from December 2022 to January 2023. A total of 575 contract partners were approached for a total of 1,994 location contracts with importers. There has been a clear reordering in the top three. Audi and Volkswagen, last year together with the highest score, have been replaced by the winner of previous recent years, BMW/MINI. This brand improves by 0.6 points this year to reach the highest score of 9.1. ŠKODA also achieves a sharp increase in appreciation rating (+0.4 point) and ends up in second position with a 9.0. Audi maintains last year's high mark (8.8) and finishes in position three. Volvo comes back strongly (+0.5 point) in shared fourth position with Volkswagen (-0.5 point), with a respectable 8.3.
Three brands swap places where the three lowest ratings are concerned. Fiat is last this year, with one of the lowest marks ever in the RODI: a 2.6. Citroën remains equal in position with a 2.9. Peugeot rises two places to a 3.6, gaining 0.3 points. Honda, while improving by 0.4 points, finishes with a 4.6, as does Vauxhall (+0.5 points), distinguishing itself somewhat positively from the other Stellantis brands.
Supply problems, partly caused by the aftermath of the corona pandemic and current geopolitical tensions, persisted in 2022. This is reflected in the propositions on which importers scored worst: both were about delivery times. The ongoing, sometimes forced, consolidation in the dealer network also makes some parties less satisfied. It is also becoming clear that the transition to the agency model is causing friction: this is painfully visible with the Stellantis brands and Land Rover/Jaguar.
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In the BOVAG Business Cycle Survey, BOVAG members are asked twice a year* how their business has performed in the past six months compared to the same period a year ago. On all subjects, entrepreneurs can only indicate whether there has been an increase, decrease or no difference (remained the same). BOVAG members, with the exception of carwashes, were also asked about their expectations for the coming six months.
Bovag: Conjuncture Survey Car Dealers 2015; pub. M03-2016
Dealers rate their bank an average of 5.7, RODI Banks 2014 shows. BOVAG conducted an abridged version in 2014 as an interim poll of this biennial survey that gauges the relationship between banks and dealers. In RODI Banks 2013, banks scored an average of 5.8.
text: Bovag
date: 3 September 2026
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The Car Dealership Partnership Models Survey (ROSA), or the Garage Business Partnership Models Survey, has for many years been gauging what business owners think of the organisation whose name appears alongside their own company or family name on their premises.
An increasing number of BOVAG members are joining a franchise or garage concept, which offers them many benefits. However, there are of course areas for improvement, or even issues of concern, and matters that require further discussion. Armed with the findings of this comprehensive survey, BOVAG will therefore sit down with the franchise chains to ensure that the conditions necessary for a healthy business environment remain intact.
BOVAG considers it its duty to assist car dealerships as effectively as possible in making strategic decisions, and reliable information about garage chains is inextricably linked to this. The relationship between BOVAG and the various franchise networks is, incidentally, constructive. This enables BOVAG to raise issues where necessary and resolve them together.
