If you check out our archives page you’ll see that this is MTIs 1000th article and it perhaps offers an [...]
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New statistics confirm car buying dangers
Latest research by HPI confirms that 1 in 3 cars still have something to hide and that the risk of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Finance & Leasing Association seeks government help
Latest figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show the smallest drop in private new and used cars [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Funding a car purchase – an insider guide
It is always an idea, before you commit to the purchase of your next car, to do some research on [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Finance refusals hurting recovery
The much publicised decline in new car registrations has meant that new or used cars being bought through dealer finance [...]
Read the rest of this entry »FLA reveal dealer finance is still the most popular way to buy a car
Forecourt finance remains the most popular way to buy a car. Over half (52.9%) of motorists used motor finance from [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Dealer finance still most popular but figures drop
The Finance and Leasing Association’s latest statistics show that the recent slowdown in new motor finance business has continued. Consumers [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Ford and Honda end scrappage “dispute”
The dispute between carmakers and the government over the UK car scrappage scheme has now been resolved. Ford and Honda [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Marketing is key (if the budget’s still there)
With the current climate weakening returns on people’s hard earned savings, according to some commentators the car market may well [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Don’t be seduced by the monthly payment
With car dealers striving to establish and maintain profit centres, car finance is the latest buzz phrase in the business. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car finance – The rise of the PCP
The business of finance is becoming more important to the long term profitability of car dealers and with traditional finance [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Despite the headlines dealer finance is actually on the rise
According to figures just out dealer finance is being taken by 21% fewer customers on new cars than this time [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Nissan, Land Rover and VW win EU loans
Nissan, Land Rover and Volkswagen will receive 866 million euros ($1.2 billion) worth of loans to develop cleaner cars, the [...]
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 »RMIF talking to Government about the “Car Dealers Bank”
The RMIF has talked to a Treasury minister about its plans to form a car dealer bank in partnership with [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The bank that likes to say yes
With the current selection of lenders available to the motor trade seemingly unable or unwilling to try and do their [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The road back for new cars
The headlines say it all, certain car makers are so desperate to re-ignite their ailing businesses that some cars are [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car dealers and customer service – are the lessons being learnt?
Following a recent survey by Which? it appears that although there have been vast improvements in the sales process resulting [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Accountants predict the worst but what’s really happening?
PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasts tough year ahead for car industry. Although there is obviously a lot of reality to this story in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Mitsubishi leads the way into the brave new world
The “brave new world” of franchised dealerships we have been describing, where manufacturers start to reign in the demands they [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Personal Contract Plans can bring peace of mind
In order to protect against the growing threat of negative equity at least there are packages in the world of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Point of sale car dealer finance on the rise
More good news (of sorts). We hear that the Finance and Leasing Association confirms that that point of sale dealer [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Australian motor trade lenders shut up shop
Depressing news from Australia. “CAR DEALERS are the latest casualty of the credit squeeze after two of the country’s main [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Mind the GAP
As you know from earlier postings we have talked about there being several potential income streams generated from the car [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Huge interest in Log Book Loans
A tip from MTI unless you are really, really desperate steer clear of Log Book Loans. They give credit to [...]
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