Porsche has announced a massive increase in profits in the six months to the end of January despite a 25% [...]
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Crazy discounts miss the point
At MTI we are as keen as anyone to ensure that all customers, when in the process of buying a [...]
Read the rest of this entry »PSA Peugeot Citroen sack their boss too
France’s biggest carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen has sacked its chairman Christian Streiff after a little over two years in the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Prices on the up but nearly new still good value
Some analysts have stopped wondering why the used car market has spat in the face of recession, and have started [...]
Read the rest of this entry »GM boss forced out by Obama
The chief executive of struggling US car company General Motors – Rick Wagoner – has agreed to step down. He [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Motor Trade Apprentice
Welcome to “The Motor Trade Apprentice”. Sir Alan sets a task for our young apprentices; they are given £100,000 to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Smoking can damage retail sales
An article published on cardealermagazine.co.uk recently reported advice from BCA on the pitfalls of purchasing a car used by a [...]
Read the rest of this entry »7500 GM workers to leave by April
US carmaker General Motors has said 7,500 union workers have accepted its offer of incentives to leave the firm. All [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Government “insider” pours cold water on scrappage hopes
The Government has denied reports ministers are warming to the idea of a scrappage scheme to boost new car sales [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Nissan offer help to dealers – we think
Now’s not the time for corporate nonsense. Nissan have announced in a press release that they are “implementing a programme [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The fall of the independents – dispatch from the front-line
The days of the independent retail car showroom are numbered and have been way before the appearance of the brown [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Nissan global production down 50 percent
Nissan have announced that its global production in January decreased 54% year-on-year to 145,286 units. Specifically, Production in Japan decreased [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Databases, analysis and snapshots but no predictions
Analysis by Experian Automotive shows that Greater London is the country’s MPV hotspot as the area grew by 19.0 per [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Tata give government ultimatum on Jaguar Land-Rover jobs
The chairman of Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata Motors told Sky News in an interview on Tuesday that the company [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Recession uniting the UK and US motor trade
It’s interesting to note that, as we cautiously tiptoe our way through this recession, the set of circumstances occurring here [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Ford confirms talks on Volvo sale
Ford has confirmed it is in talks with “a number of parties” regarding the sale of its Swedish subsidiary Volvo. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »If it appreciates buy it, if it depreciates rent it
If it appreciates buy it if it depreciates rent it! That has been the golden rule with financing cars over [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Ford UK boss defends price rises
The boss of Ford UK has defended the company’s announcement of across-the-board price rises from 1 April by claiming that [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Kia raise prices!
Hot on the heels of the announcement by Ford UK yesterday “car maker of the year” kia has revealed they [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Forget high street lenders, check out dealer finance first
I was asked recently to assist a family member in the purchase of their next car and going with my [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Japan car makers report plunging sales
Toyota Motor said Tuesday that its global production had plunged by nearly half in February from a year earlier, while [...]
Read the rest of this entry »CBI in favour of UK car scrappage scheme
Another supporter of a UK car scrappage scheme has raised their head above the parapets. This time the Confederation of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Ford raise prices!
Just as MTI are reporting that the gap between new and nearly new prices is still too wide to encourage [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Motor shows in recession but only London misses out
Next year’s British motor show axed? No surprise there, really. Back in October I put the London event on Deathwatch [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Honda staff face 5% pay cut
The 3,500 staff at Honda in Swindon are facing a pay cut, and the company is keeping its associate release [...]
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