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Will less VAT give a boost to car sales?

Posted on December 2nd, 2008 by In51der

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or not, but after a very quiet week, according to sources in the [...]

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Regional variations in car prices – a traders tale

Posted on November 27th, 2008 by Mark Antony

Many many years ago when Mrs Thatcher ruled the world and consumers got excited if their new car came with [...]

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Drivers offloading 4×4s – or are they?

Posted on October 21st, 2008 by In51der

here’s a recent item posted on the AM-Online website regarding 4×4’s

A surge in people selling second hand cars or switching [...]

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Motor Industry News

A rise to 20% VAT would be “a disaster” for the automotive industry

With the government's scrappage incentive due to expire at the end of March UK car companies are predicting new vehicle sales to fall by as ...
February 2010 new car registration figures

Car market up 26.4 percent in February, despite the return of VAT to 17.5 percent. The figures continue to be boosted by the scrappage scheme ...
Nissan recalls over half a million US vehicles

Nissan has indentified problems with brake pedal pins which come loose and faulty fuel gauges on Titan, Armada, Quest and Infiniti QX56 vehicles built between ...
Ford outsells GM in the US for the first time since 1998

Ford Motor Co reported a jump in US sales of 43% in February, selling more cars than its great rival General Motors who posted a ...
GM to recall 1.3 million cars in the US and Canada

A power steering problem linked to 14 crashes in the US has forced General Motors to recall 1.3 million small cars in North America. The models ...
JLR back into profit

Jaguar Land Rover returned a profit of £55m in the last three months of 2009 after a loss of £60m in the previous quarter. The company's ...

Bargain of the Week

Bargain of the Week – Buying a Supercar – part one

OK, here's the scenario. Nine friends all want to own supercars. Nine friends can't afford to buy a supercar. Late in the summer of 2009 ...

Bargain of the Week – Mini Cooper

A guy was talking to me the other day and asked my advice, which can be dangerous, about what car to buy next. He was ...

Bargain of the Week – Porsche Cayenne S

With the snowy weather causing its usual spate of mayhem this month, unsurprisingly 4x4's seem to be the preference at the moment. Funny that. Speaking ...