Archive for the ‘Car Finance’ Category

The 1000th article

Posted on September 6th, 2009 by In51der

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

Posted on September 1st, 2009 by News

Latest research by HPI confirms that 1 in 3 cars still have something to hide and that the risk of [...]

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Finance & Leasing Association seeks government help

Posted on August 10th, 2009 by News

Latest figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show the smallest drop in private new and used cars [...]

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Funding a car purchase – an insider guide

Posted on July 31st, 2009 by In51der

It is always an idea, before you commit to the purchase of your next car, to do some research on [...]

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Finance refusals hurting recovery

Posted on July 15th, 2009 by In51der

The much publicised decline in new car registrations has meant that new or used cars being bought through dealer finance [...]

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FLA reveal dealer finance is still the most popular way to buy a car

Posted on July 13th, 2009 by News

Forecourt finance remains the most popular way to buy a car. Over half (52.9%) of motorists used motor finance from [...]

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Dealer finance still most popular but figures drop

Posted on June 22nd, 2009 by News

The Finance and Leasing Association’s latest statistics show that the recent slowdown in new motor finance business has continued. Consumers [...]

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Ford and Honda end scrappage “dispute”

Posted on May 19th, 2009 by In51der

The dispute between carmakers and the government over the UK car scrappage scheme has now been resolved. Ford and Honda [...]

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Marketing is key (if the budget’s still there)

Posted on May 13th, 2009 by In51der

With the current climate weakening returns on people’s hard earned savings, according to some commentators the car market may well [...]

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Don’t be seduced by the monthly payment

Posted on April 27th, 2009 by In51der

With car dealers striving to establish and maintain profit centres, car finance is the latest buzz phrase in the business. [...]

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Car finance – The rise of the PCP

Posted on April 21st, 2009 by cvh

The business of finance is becoming more important to the long term profitability of car dealers and with traditional finance [...]

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Despite the headlines dealer finance is actually on the rise

Posted on April 15th, 2009 by In51der

According to figures just out dealer finance is being taken by 21% fewer customers on new cars than this time [...]

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Nissan, Land Rover and VW win EU loans

Posted on April 8th, 2009 by In51der

Nissan, Land Rover and Volkswagen will receive 866 million euros ($1.2 billion) worth of loans to develop cleaner cars, the [...]

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Forget high street lenders, check out dealer finance first

Posted on March 25th, 2009 by In51der

I was asked recently to assist a family member in the purchase of their next car and going with my [...]

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RMIF talking to Government about the “Car Dealers Bank”

Posted on March 17th, 2009 by In51der

The RMIF has talked to a Treasury minister about its plans to form a car dealer bank in partnership with [...]

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The bank that likes to say yes

Posted on February 27th, 2009 by In51der

With the current selection of lenders available to the motor trade seemingly unable or unwilling to try and do their [...]

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The road back for new cars

Posted on February 25th, 2009 by In51der

The headlines say it all, certain car makers are so desperate to re-ignite their ailing businesses that some cars are [...]

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Car dealers and customer service – are the lessons being learnt?

Posted on January 30th, 2009 by In51der

Following a recent survey by Which? it appears that although there have been vast improvements in the sales process resulting [...]

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Accountants predict the worst but what’s really happening?

Posted on January 19th, 2009 by In51der

PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasts tough year ahead for car industry. Although there is obviously a lot of reality to this story in [...]

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Mitsubishi leads the way into the brave new world

Posted on January 6th, 2009 by In51der

The “brave new world” of franchised dealerships we have been describing, where manufacturers start to reign in the demands they [...]

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Personal Contract Plans can bring peace of mind

Posted on December 30th, 2008 by In51der

In order to protect against the growing threat of negative equity at least there are packages in the world of [...]

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Point of sale car dealer finance on the rise

Posted on November 21st, 2008 by In51der

More good news (of sorts). We hear that the Finance and Leasing Association confirms that that point of sale dealer [...]

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Australian motor trade lenders shut up shop

Posted on November 4th, 2008 by In51der

Depressing news from Australia. “CAR DEALERS are the latest casualty of the credit squeeze after two of the country’s main [...]

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Mind the GAP

Posted on October 28th, 2008 by In51der

As you know from earlier postings we have talked about there being several potential income streams generated from the car [...]

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Huge interest in Log Book Loans

Posted on October 17th, 2008 by In51der

A tip from MTI unless you are really, really desperate steer clear of Log Book Loans. They give credit to [...]

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