As September approaches dealers are scratching their heads thinking about how to encourage sales, which have been affected by various [...]
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Garages failing to spot car faults
An undercover investigation into UK car garages suggests the vast majority miss simple mechanical faults, consumer watchdog Which? has said. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car Makers Premier League – July 2010
It’s time once more for the Car Makers Premier League where each and every month we examine the top 20 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The scrappage scheme has ended, get over it
Dealers are really feeling the effect of the end of scrappage. The good times certainly rolled whilst the scheme was [...]
Read the rest of this entry »What a difference a year makes
This time in 2009 dealers were gearing up for a successful new car month in September, mostly inflated it has [...]
Read the rest of this entry »VAT’ll do nicely!
It is widely believed that the increase in VAT from January 11th will stimulate new car sales in the second [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car Makers Premier League – June 2010
It’s time once more for the Car Makers Premier League where each and every month we examine the top 20 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »June 2010 new car registration figures
New car registrations were up 10.8% in June to 195,226 units, with scrappage now accounting for a tiny fraction of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »No more government aid for the UK car industry
The British automotive industry cannot expect any further Government handouts, new Business Secretary Vince Cable has advised. Instead assistance will [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Look out for VAT busting deals as car dealers turn negatives into positives
Believe it or not the effect of the VAT rise in January 2011 has actually left many car dealers feeling [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Buy your used car in July
As comparisons are being made by some industry commentators to last year’s market, there are many in the trade who [...]
Read the rest of this entry »EU new car market drops back further in May
Sales of new cars in the EU dropped 9.3% in May as the effects of government assistance for the automotive [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Could an austere post scrappage world be too much for a fragile automotive industry
The austerity measures about to be undertaken by the new coalition government could have a dramatic effect on car sales [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car Makers Premier League – May 2010
It’s time once more for the Car Makers Premier League where each and every month we examine the top 20 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »May 2010 new car registration figures
New car market up 13.5% to 153,095 units in May. There were still some scrappage registrations trickling through accounting for [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car dealers get the jitters
Unfortunately the austerity measures currently being proposed will without doubt have a de-stabilising effect on the car market. We are [...]
Read the rest of this entry »First decline in European new car registrations for 10 months
New car registrations in Europe dropped in April compared to last year, the first year-on-year decline for ten months. The [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Dealer group Inchcape reports positive start to 2010
Car dealer group Inchcape has reported a 10.6% increase in total revenues following a robust performance so far this year [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Used car market so hard to call
Sometimes it is difficult to reach a common consensus of opinion, as the current political situation tells us and in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Seat over the moon, Honda sick as a parrot
Our Car Maker’s Premier League has been going for over a year now and never fails to throw up some [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car Makers Premier League – April 2010
It’s time once more for the Car Makers Premier League where each and every month we examine the top 20 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car buying in a post scrappage world
Motor Trade Insider continuously listens to the market and in doing so we hopefully equip our legion of readers with [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Dilemma for car dealers
Although car dealers are at present relaxing with large cigars and a glasses of champagne having achieved record sales figures [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Don’t get undersold on your part-exchange post scrappage
Car showrooms can be strange places at the best of times, either like ghost towns with tumbleweed rolling through them [...]
Read the rest of this entry »SMMT publish Motor Industry Facts 2010
The full scope and scale of the UK motor industry has been highlighted today with the publication of “Motor Industry [...]
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