Buoyant new car market presents challanges for dealers
Trade buyers are now actively seeking older, higher mileage, small, economical cars to stock their forecourts, as buyers continue to look for bargains. There are now 2 district variety of customers, those who 'rent' their cars like our American cousins...
Car market weathervane
The recent truncated spell of winter weather has played havoc with traditional buying patterns. Just when the sun pops out from behind the clouds one step outside tells us it still cold and biting so buying a summery drop top is still not on the horizon....
PCP’s more popular than ever for credit hungry Brits
Funding cars by PCP (Personal contract purchase) is rapidly becoming the norm, it is reckoned that as many as 60% of car buyers use a PCP to buy their next car and this figure is only going in one direction. Although many of us do not necessarily like...
March Madness!
With March well and truly underway many dealers are caught in the crossfire of the car maker’s market share war! Some of our people are telling us that the targets are not only unrealistic but causing forced registrations as the manufacturers continue...
DVLA and unlucky 13
There is likely to be a short term rise in the amount of personal plates being acquired as buyers keen to avoid an unlucky 13 plate, but still wanting a new car, turn to private registrations to avoid the perceived bad luck. This sort of behavior, fear...
Used car sales suffer as manufacturers go for broke
As March is now upon us it appears that the car makers scrap for market share is hotting up. Some of our dealers are reporting a 50% increase in new car orders year on year and indeed many have already achieved their March objective and it's only the...
Car Makers Premier League – January 2013
A new year and a brand new competition. It’s time once more for the Car Makers Premier League where each and every month we examine the top 20 manufacturers by number of units registered and see just how they look when compared with the previous month....Motor Industry News
UK new car registrations up 14.8% in April
April 2013 new car registration figures: New car registrations were up 14.8% in April according to the latest figures released today by the SMMT. 163,357 cars were … [Read More...]
Anxiety builds in the motoring industry, ahead of planned DVLA local office closures
Motor industry being left in the dark as local DVLA office closures loom Most individuals and business owners that work in the motor trade will have been watching out for … [Read More...]
UK new car registrations up 5.9% in March
March 2013 new car registration figures: New car registrations were up 5.9% in plate-change March according to the latest figures released today by the SMMT. 394,806 cars … [Read More...]
Car News
Porsche set to go fully hybrid with new technology
Porsche have revealed that all future models will be available with … [Read More...]
Jaguar’s SUV makes another step towards production
An article from Tankkaart.be Jaguar’s plans for its much anticipated SUV … [Read More...]
Renault add a dash of Formula 1 to the Twizy
An article from MFfuelcards.co.uk. A bit of Formula 1 is coming to … [Read More...]
Car Reviews
Ford Focus ST loses its sparkle
The UK has always had an appetite for fast Fords and in some ways I've … [Read More...]
New Alfa Romeo Spider
Having been out of the motor industry for 10 years but keeping up with the … [Read More...]
New Porsche Boxster S
Hard to imagine that the original Boxster was launched back in1993. There … [Read More...]
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