Posts Tagged ‘motor trade recession’

New or used – it’s a tough decision

Posted on September 17th, 2009 by In51der

With the ever increasing rise in values of used cars this year, we have often highlighted the rapidly diminishing gap [...]

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BBC – Behind with the news

Posted on September 14th, 2009 by In51der

Shock horror, the BBC and other ‘news’ outlets have suddenly realised that used car prices are on the increase, well [...]

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Things may get worse before they get better

Posted on September 11th, 2009 by In51der

Dealers, buoyed by the success of the scrappage scheme are becoming increasingly nervous about what happens when the money runs [...]

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Scrappage – what happens next?

Posted on September 8th, 2009 by In51der

The scrappage clock is ticking and many dealers are becoming nervous about what happens when the incentive runs out of [...]

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Small car equals small profits

Posted on September 7th, 2009 by In51der

One obvious effect of an economic downturn is that it nearly always leads to people looking harder to find bargains. [...]

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The 1000th article

Posted on September 6th, 2009 by In51der

If you check out our archives page you’ll see that this is MTIs 1000th article and it perhaps offers an [...]

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Nissan, Mercedes and BMW doing well without scrappage

Posted on September 4th, 2009 by cvh

Just a bit of a “heads up” regarding the new car registration figures and the scrappage scheme. According to the [...]

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New registrations bringing a smile back

Posted on September 3rd, 2009 by In51der

Well it’s finally here and after the goodwill created by the scrappage scheme there will be many happy customers driving [...]

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Why a buoyant supercar market could be good for everyone

Posted on August 25th, 2009 by Serman

“Europe will be out of the recession by early next year” one economic analyst said on Sky news last week, [...]

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Used car values, auction fever and the appreciating asset

Posted on August 18th, 2009 by In51der

Whilst attending one of the many car auctions I get to attend on a weekly basis it was curious to [...]

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No time to think of what might have been

Posted on August 18th, 2009 by In51der

Dealers are once again looking forward to new registration time, perhaps more than they could have reasonably been expected to [...]

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Car dealers feeling more satisfied with their manufacturer

Posted on August 17th, 2009 by In51der

So far this year, the climate in car sales has been nowhere near as bleak as had been predicted at [...]

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Tourists face car hire shortage

Posted on August 14th, 2009 by News

As we reorted last week (Motor trade recession may effect holiday car rentals) holidaymakers in parts of the UK and [...]

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The choice is frightening but so is the profitability

Posted on August 13th, 2009 by In51der

Thanks to the power of the web consumers are better informed and savvier than ever. They are also feeling far [...]

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Is main dealer servicing cost effective?

Posted on August 12th, 2009 by In51der

In these hard times wherever you look along the high street, on-line or even in restaurants and supermarkets, there is [...]

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Remove scrappage sales and Chevrolet are run away leaders

Posted on August 8th, 2009 by In51der

The headline figure of 157,149 new car registrations in July was 2.4 percent up on 2008. A modest but nevertheless [...]

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Motor trade recession may effect holiday car rentals

Posted on August 7th, 2009 by In51der

Thankfully a credit crunch, recession or even, dare we say it, full blown depression will hopefully only happen a few [...]

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Auction houses doing good business as prices edge higher

Posted on August 4th, 2009 by In51der

Many trade commentators are saying that dealers looking to replenish used car stocks would be best served at the auctions. [...]

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Now is the time to buy but it’s a hard sell

Posted on August 3rd, 2009 by In51der

There’s no doubt that car dealers are becoming increasingly frustrated trying to work out how the market is likely to [...]

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Blue Laguna owner – Just why are Renault doing so badly?

Posted on July 23rd, 2009 by cvh

Why is Renault struggling? In the UK particularly their performance of late has been nothing short of disastrous, despite the [...]

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After-market could benefit most from the downturn

Posted on July 23rd, 2009 by In51der

Although in the states the recession may be biting deeper and car sales being hit even harder than here, what [...]

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Motor Trade Insider reporting from the front-line

Posted on July 22nd, 2009 by In51der

Adrian Rushmore, managing editor of industry valuation guide Glasses, states, in a recent press release, that “used car activity is [...]

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The road back to new cars

Posted on July 22nd, 2009 by In51der

As we have been regularly pointing out on Motor Trade Insider, the gap between new and nearly new, in terms [...]

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Making predictions is harder than ever

Posted on July 20th, 2009 by In51der

It has been generally acknowledged that few, if any, commentators whether inside or out of the motoring business have successfully [...]

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General Motors – the price of failure

Posted on July 17th, 2009 by cvh

The fact that there are CEO’s all over the world that have collected fat cat bonuses and built up massive [...]

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