Over the years the car trade has unfortunately been blighted by bad practices and fraudulent actions, one of the worst [...]

The Rover brand which is likely to be resurrected again by late September still has some unfinished business with some [...]

It appears so as less than 10 percent of the UK’s top 200 car dealers are represented on social networking [...]

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

Why do customers choose certain cars over others? Well that is certainly the $64,000 question and if we knew the [...]

I was having a pint with an old colleague who ‘made his money and got out’ and we were chewing [...]

|The summer moves along at a pace and on my recent camping holiday (Roman Abramovich’s yacht was booked up unfortunately) [...]

Franchised car dealers are under pressure like never before from independent repairers offering ultra-competitive deals on car servicing. We have [...]

We are always pointing out here at MTI how difficult it is going to be for dealers to find quality [...]

There is much talk at present about how the retail car sales business can improve the service it delivers to [...]

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

The ongoing debate about whether buyers will eventually search for, locate and buy a car online without necessarily seeing and [...]

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

It appears that the motor trade is somewhat slower than other business sectors to take advantage of social media, thinking [...]

Marketing used cars has reached an exciting new stage, as the internet paves the way for more advanced classified ads; [...]

The school summer holidays are officially here and traditionally it can be a mixed bag for the trade. If the [...]

Innovation and technological development are always at the forefront of a constantly evolving car industry. As a business we are [...]

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

As the new car parc has steadily shrunk over the last couple of years, the knock on effect and simple [...]

In conversation with a long established car dealer recently, he passed on to me his exasperation with the fact that [...]

I’ve been writing Bargain of The Week for a while now and for the very first time it’s my turn [...]

The glorious sunshine will either bring customers out in force or send them to the beach or pub. Our insiders [...]

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

At certain times of the year, especially when things go a bit quiet, franchised car dealers and their manufacturer masters [...]

There are a lot of sales people currently struggling with the returning customer, by that I don’t mean they all [...]