It’s time once again for the Car Makers Premier League where each month we take a look at the top [...]
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Patience is a virtue for the new car buyer
Car buyers are becoming increasingly confused and frustrated by the unpredictability of the market and in some sectors waiting lists [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Missing the plate change madness
Yesterday, March the 1st, was new car registration day and talking to colleagues old and new, it is certainly nowhere [...]
Read the rest of this entry »It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
A lot of people say that the internet is the best and worst thing that has ever happened to the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »There is only so much you can do
On MTI We usually try and highlight the good as well as the bad aspects of the trade. We like [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Being the cheapest isn’t always the best
As we’ve said on more than one occasion the way cars are being bought, and therefore sold, is changing. As [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car dealers need to take a common sense approach to sales staff
It can be interesting to observe that as the face of car selling in the UK changes, so do the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car dealers need to meet buyer’s expectations and show the love
We often have to try and see both points of view when assessing what is right and wrong but sometimes [...]
Read the rest of this entry »February turning out to be a lot better than expected for car dealers
With the snow being blamed (perhaps unfairly) for the lacklustre performance of many car retailing businesses in January, it appears [...]
Read the rest of this entry »People still buy people but much later in the car buying process
What makes a person buy a similar product from one dealer and not another?
The old saying ‘people buy people’ is [...]
Some car sales people still ignoring customers once the deal’s been done
In our quest for a perfect world, we at MTI try and see the positives in everything. The reason we [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car Makers Premier League – January 2010
It’s a new season for the Car Makers Premier League where each month the top 20 manufacturers in terms of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Business is brisk as car buyers emerge from the cold
At last we are getting reports that trade is becoming brisk again, deals are being done and buyers, fed up [...]
Read the rest of this entry »If car dealers haven’t got the internet message yet it might be too late
The speed at which the internet is evolving the marketing of used cars is increasing rapidly. It is something we [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car dealers need to adapt to new buying behaviour
Many car dealers are reporting brisk traffic and positive sales data, the auctions are cranking up and there appears to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Change in the weather brings the car buyers back
The weather forecasters are now telling us that the snow maybe coming back (when are they ever right?) and there [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Buy your soft top in the winter, don’t sell it!
What is it about drop tops that make buyers behave so irrationally? In the spring it only takes the clocks [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Snow joke as the weather decimates car sales events
Just when we thought it was safe to get life back to normal it decided to snow again. The forecourts [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The weather is depressing car sales
With all the negativity in the world of new car sales coming off the back of an encouraging end to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Buying a new car – The choice is frightening
During the past few years, as car makers have become more technologically advanced and others have emerged from the Far [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The scrappage scheme may end but it won’t be finished
It was about this time last year that we were waiting for any kind of good news. Jobs were being [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car Makers Champions League 2009
Decembers’ new car registration figures are in so we can take a look at the final table for 2009. Who [...]
Read the rest of this entry »2010 – Car business takes its medicine and moves on
This time last year MTI was talking about the so called “big 3” in Detroit and the US administration’s fight [...]
Read the rest of this entry »December new car sales could be a record
Many insiders are reporting to us that footfall in showrooms and auctions appears to be brisk and, the same as [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car Makers Premier League – November 2009
This month’s Car Makers Premier League (based on the SMMT figures for UK new car registrations in November 2009) is, [...]
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