February 10, 2012
Car Buying Guide
I have been driving my new VW Amarok for about 2 months and today I have decided to tell you all about it. Let me start by saying that reviewing cars is not my usual forte but the bods at MTI want a good truck story as winter sets in and as they found out I’d recently got one they asked me what I thought of it, so here goes. If you know … [Read more...]
Passenger car sales in the EU member states rose 12.9 percent in January, as the effects of scrapping incentive schemes boosted demand, according to European carmakers' association ACEA. However as the various European scrappage incentives draw to a close many are forecasting a drop of around 10 percent in the European car market for the full … [Read more...]
The official figures are in for October 2009 and are they're up 31.6% with 168,942 units being registered. Obviously the scrappage scheme is still having a massive impact, but with the market in October last year already depressed and down 23% on the year before is it really having the impact that people were hoping for? · New car … [Read more...]
Just a bit of a “heads up” regarding the new car registration figures and the scrappage scheme. According to the SMMT the scrappage incentive accounted for 16,848 of the 67,006 new car registrations in August which in turn led to a shade under six percent rise year on year. Remove the scrappage cars, which are in the most part small, economical … [Read more...]
After nearly two months of heats which have seen the “People’s Reviewers” test drive the Volkswagen Tiguan across the length and breadth of the UK it was time for the grand final which brought together … [Read more...]
In a neck and neck race between Johnny Hindle and Di Coke it’s congratulations to Johnny who has come out on top as the winner of group 2 of the Peoples Reviewer challenge, his towing stunt finally winning over the … [Read more...]
The fact that there are CEO’s all over the world that have collected fat cat bonuses and built up massive pension pots should not surprise us. What is shocking to the core, however, is that these clever people … [Read more...]
Mayor of London, Boris Johnson is being challenged by Volvo UK to review the basis of charging for the London Congestion Charging zone. The people at Volvo believe the principle of hybrid cars being … [Read more...]
Between 400 and 500 of the posts are to go at the Transit plant in Southampton. The firm said it hoped the losses would be met through voluntary redundancies. Bosses will also renegotiate a recent pay deal struck at the south coast site and have postponed a decision on the future Transit production at the plant. … [Read more...]
Yet more evidence of the truly global nature of the motor trade meltdown as the Japan Automobile Dealers Association reveals that January's new vehicle sales in Japan fell to the lowest level for 37 years as the wide-spread economic crisis battered consumer confidence. Domestic sales of new vehicles in Japan declined 27.9 percent in January from a … [Read more...]
The car auction is one of the few ‘open cry’ markets that are left, gone are the days of the city bear pits where stocks were traded by young men screaming orders across an already noisy and seemingly disordered forum. … [Read more...]
In difficult times the more entrepreneurial amongst us will look for that niche that will bring success whilst the rest of the world worries about what’s gone by. In uncertain times we can be all be certain of one thing; somewhere … [Read more...]
With Christmas fast approaching, be prepared for several postcards and envelopes to drop on your mat, and not just the ones with snow and baubles on. This year probably more than ever the Christmas promotion, which for most dealers starts just after Boxing Day … [Read more...]
Hot on the tails of our article about the car business in this country needing a bit of help from the government comes the news today that the Government’s plan to increase vehicle duty appears to have been delayed for a year. "Changes in the budget meant from next year all cars which had been on the road since 2001 would face above inflation … [Read more...]
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