With fuel prices spiralling out of control once more, car drivers are being hit where it hurts more than most. [...]

New car sales numbers are down for July by some 13% and not likely to improve much for August. The [...]

As we go into August the world of car sales has been yo-yoing, with some industry insiders saying business is [...]

People in the motor trade love to make predictions and, of course they are not always. That said, I predict [...]

Dealers are really feeling the effect of the end of scrappage. The good times certainly rolled whilst the scheme was [...]

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

The auctions, like the proverbial rubber ball, always come bouncing back. After weeks of the oversupply of high mileage basic [...]

The Motor Trader awards were attended by a couple of our insiders on Wednesday night, and it certainly seems a [...]

It is widely believed that the increase in VAT from January 11th will stimulate new car sales in the second [...]

Recession, double-dip recession, depression, global depression, fiscal deficit, higher taxes, spending cuts, job losses, fuel rises. That’s a rather unpleasant [...]

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

There is a growing feeling in the car retailing business that many more buyers will soon be looking to downgrade [...]

We car dealers when we get together like to chew the fat – well generally moan about most things to [...]

You know what? People tend to look closer at the condition of a car when times are quieter. Who knows [...]

Dealers are increasingly worried about new car supply; with less production from factories as a result of the downturn dealers [...]

The question of VAT rising to 20% is maybe not one of “if” but more like “when?” and according to [...]

With an estimated £6billion in cuts forecast by the new coalition government, it is inevitable that the car trade will [...]

A classic illustration of how dramatically the car market has changed over the last 18 months was presented to the [...]

So it’s official, we now have a hung parliament and are set for a period of horse trading before some [...]

Motor Trade Insider continuously listens to the market and in doing so we hopefully equip our legion of readers with [...]

In our quest for a perfect world, we at MTI try and see the positives in everything. The reason we [...]

This year has been a surprising one for the trade in many ways. Even the most optimistic of car dealers [...]

Unfortunately there are several factors which point towards car dealers experiencing a challenging time next year and we have already [...]

Who said customer care doesn’t exist anymore? In these recessionist days (is that a word? – no, editor) we constantly [...]

Confusion continues to reign supreme in the offices of the professional trade guides. After Managing Editor of Glasses Guide, Adrian [...]