It seems that although Toyota left no stone unturned in their pursuit of saving their reputation (spending a £3bn marketing [...]

Over the years the car trade has unfortunately been blighted by bad practices and fraudulent actions, one of the worst [...]

An undercover investigation into UK car garages suggests the vast majority miss simple mechanical faults, consumer watchdog Which? has said. [...]

Franchised car dealers are under pressure like never before from independent repairers offering ultra-competitive deals on car servicing. We have [...]

Someone once said ‘if you always do what you have always done you will always get the same results’ (it [...]

The recent emergency budget certainly didn’t seem as bad as it could have been for the motor trade. The VAT [...]

Franchised car dealers are becoming increasingly concerned about the likes of Kwik Fit and Halfords offering the £99 service. In [...]

The battle for the biggest slice of the after-sales market is certainly heating up. Kwik Fit and Halfords (who recently [...]

The rate of business insolvencies for the automotive industry fell from .12% in April 2009 to .08% in April this [...]

Working in the motor trade can be an expensive business. Traders and garage owners are often dogged by unseen costs [...]

Motor Codes has unveiled a checklist for garage clients which it hopes could help individuals to not use anything but [...]

Here at MTI we like to address all the issues surrounding the motor trade so here’s a piece of advice [...]

The car buying public will have some interesting choices presented to them during the slightly quieter times of the next [...]

The full scope and scale of the UK motor industry has been highlighted today with the publication of “Motor Industry [...]

According to many commentators the used car market can only go one way this year and that is up. With [...]

Prices at auction seem to be showing no sign of slowing as good quality low mileage cars remain scarce, and [...]

According to a report on the UK’s £24bn used car market by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) one in [...]

In an industry with a serious image problem and where 80% of the workforce is male, the prospect of a [...]

You may have heard that Korean manufacturer Kia is extending its unique seven-year warranty to all the cars in its [...]

Car buyers should certainly start expecting some innovative enticements in the coming months and years as more car dealers employ [...]

The weather forecasters are now telling us that the snow maybe coming back (when are they ever right?) and there [...]

We often highlight at Motor Trade Insider the fact that the actual selling of a car is only a very [...]

I’d like to get one thing straight first off, MTI quite likes Quentin Wilson. I won’t go as far as [...]

There can be no doubt about the real beneficiaries of the UK scrappage scheme. It’s not the punter as in [...]

As 2009 draws to a close and we reflect on a tumultuous year it’s fair to say the ups and [...]