Whatever the surveys may tell us, and we have carried out a few ourselves, there is definitely a feeling of [...]
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Drop top madness – it’s the same every year
Our advice to anyone wanting to buy a convertible is to buy now, yes right this minute, or certainly within [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Used car prices starting to heat up
Well things are really heating up out there. Despite there being an awful lot of doom and gloom car dealers [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car auctions starting to CAP clean up again
Well it looks like the surge is well and truly on. Talking to colleagues up and down the country, not [...]
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 [...]
The last car I cared about
I am always amused but, at the same time, slightly frustrated, that because I have been a veteran of the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »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 »Bargain of the Week – Mini Cooper
A guy was talking to me the other day and asked my advice, which can be dangerous, about what car [...]
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 »Dealers will soon buy any car
Sooner or later all car retailers will need to realise that as the new car market shrinks, or at least [...]
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 »Price swings – So how does a dealer price a used car?
With the market recently becoming a somewhat more favourable place for used car buyers after almost constant rises throughout 2009 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Bargain of the Week – Porsche Cayenne S
With the snowy weather causing its usual spate of mayhem this month, unsurprisingly 4×4’s seem to be the preference at [...]
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 »Bargain of the Week – Ford Racing Puma
Welcome to a re-booted Bargain of The Week. New for 2010 is our brand new virtual used car showroom. New [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Manufacturers and dealers roll up their sleeves for a tough year ahead
There is a lot of positive sentiment at present amid the usual new year pessimism and the motor trade in [...]
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