Car Buying Guide
Ex-rental cars are again set to be cause for debate in the car sales arena. The recent report by the OFT has again highlighted how dealers need to clearly communicate to buyers that a car they are selling is an ex-daily rental car. At present the trade mainly view the situation as; if a customer asks they will be told if not, then it doesn’t … [Read more...]
Jittery car dealers are predicting worse than expected new car registration figures for September, with some calling the market as much as 20% down on September last year. September 2009 was 11.4% up on the same month in 2008 with 367,929 units being registered but let’s not forget that this figure was boosted by scrappage registrations and … [Read more...]
The VW Polo has always been a popular car but it is now more popular than ever. Car buyers looking to downsize and economise have moved over to the Polo not only because of the well known VW build quality but also because it is a very economical car to own and run. In the latest car registration figures for August 2010 the Polo joined its big … [Read more...]
As our hunger for greater technology becomes ever more ravenous I wonder if there is a breaking point where it will simply become information overload and people will go running back to “the basics”. I spoke with a dealer recently who had paid an internet marketer to critique his website and suggest any improvements to help him gain more … [Read more...]
Hearty congratulations to Mazda and in particular the MX-5 on reaching its 100,000th new car sale in the UK twenty years after the first model arrived in British car showrooms, a fantastic milestone for a great little classic. The MX-5 was first unveiled at the Chicago Motor Show in 1989 and arrived in the UK in March 1990. It sold 2,246 units … [Read more...]
Although the auctions are doing brisk business at present, there is a feeling that this is mainly down to short supply. There is expected to be a flood of cars later in the month as contract hire and lease cars are de-fleeted, meaning more choice and therefore a cooling of prices on the trade market. Since the end of scrappage the value of small … [Read more...]
How much has changed at Seat in the last 60 years? Not a great deal it appears since its humble beginnings. A tie-up between the Spanish government and Fiat saw Spain’s first car manufacturer take off. By re-badging the Fiat 600 and later the Panda, Seat struck a chord with cheap and affordable motoring and by 1967 Fiat increased its shareholding … [Read more...]
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