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Daimler report 2.6 billion euro loss for 2009

February 22, 2010 By

Daimler, the luxury German carmaker has reported a net loss of €2.6 billion (£2.26 billion) for 2009 and said that it would skip its year-end dividend for the first time in 14 years. Daimler, which makes Mercedes Benz, sold 1.6 million vehicles in 2009, compared with 2.1 million in 2008 and attributed the loss to a fall in vehicle sales … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Manufacturers, News Tagged With: Daimler AG, Dieter Zetsche, mercedes benz, profit

15 reasons people buy the wrong car

March 7, 2009 By

Mr Smith visits his local Mercedes dealer. He knows he wants a new car and other than the fact that he’s pretty sure he wants a Mercedes he hasn’t done any other research. So he enters the Mercedes showroom and the following happens: Mr Smith is immediately approached by a salesman (let’s call him “Andy”). He’s offered a coffee and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best of MTI, Blog, Car Dealers, Consumer Tagged With: bought car from wrong owner, bought wrong car, budget, Car Dealers, customer service, depreciation, i bought the wrong car, mercedes benz, motor trade insider, new car buying, reasons why people trade in cars, Used car buying

Bargain of the Week – Cosworth Mercedes 190E

February 22, 2009 By

Good grief! where have the last seven days gone? Here I am again reporting on having been on the lookout for another weekly bargain. To be honest, there’s been so many offers that this week in particular, I’ve found it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bargain of the Week, Blog, Consumer Tagged With: Bargain of the Week, budget, cosworth, mercedes benz

Beware the dodgy dealer when times are tough

November 3, 2008 By

When you buy a car from an independent dealer or privately, or even through an auction, if the car is sold to you with a full service history, that should, of course mean exactly what it says. The vehicle has a full service record from a main franchised dealer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Car Dealers, Consumer Tagged With: BMW, buying used cars, Car Dealers, car service stamp, car service stamps, consumer law cars "full service history", dealership service history check, duplicate service record not proof of warranty, ford duplicate sevice book, full service history, how to authenticate car mileage, mercedes benz, mercedes service stamp, Porsche, profit, recession, reporting dodgy car dealers, service cars stamp, spot dodgy car dealer, will garage stamp service book

Inside the car auction – dealer part-exchanges

October 19, 2008 By

In the last article in this series we talked about the lease/company car section of the auction halls, to continue on our trade tour inside the car auction we’re going to explore what’s going on in other areas. We’ll be leaving the rows of clean and prepared lease cars and heading towards the main dealer part exchanges. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Auctions, Blog, Consumer Tagged With: auction, Auctions, car auctions, ex-car rental, main dealer part exchanges, mercedes benz, mondeo, motor trade insider, parkers guide vs auction -ebay, part exchanges main dealer, part-exchange, profit, Used car, Used car buying

Top 10 cloned vehicles

September 20, 2008 By

A new survey has revealed that cloning cars is on the increase with Mercedes C Class and Ford Transit topping an HPI list of most cloned vehicles. Criminals create a clone of a car by stealing the id of another vehicle, replacing the number plates and VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) on their car with the stolen id from an identical car … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Consumer Tagged With: cars, cloned vehicles, ford, id, mercedes, mercedes benz

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