Well it looks like the surge is well and truly on. Talking to colleagues up and down the country, not [...]
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Be wary of being misled but not of ex-rentals
There is currently a great deal of furore surrounding ex-rental used cars being sold by dealers as 1 owner vehicles. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Used car prices go beyond simple supply and demand
Most seasoned industry players say that the reason for continuing price rises is the lack of quality used stock. Clearly [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Motor Trade Insider Supercar Top 10
My first taste of a supercar was travelling to Leicester Squares’ Athena poster store aged ten. I’d spend ages picking [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Why a buoyant supercar market could be good for everyone
“Europe will be out of the recession by early next year” one economic analyst said on Sky news last week, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Cash for gas guzzling clunkers, the US system may trip people up
The fact that scrappage incentives have never been introduced before means that they are new to everyone. However although the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Is main dealer servicing cost effective?
In these hard times wherever you look along the high street, on-line or even in restaurants and supermarkets, there is [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Forget about used car bargains look for added value
With the recent resurgence of new car sales fuelled by the success of the scrappage scheme, it is becoming increasingly [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Motor trade recession may effect holiday car rentals
Thankfully a credit crunch, recession or even, dare we say it, full blown depression will hopefully only happen a few [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Auction houses doing good business as prices edge higher
Many trade commentators are saying that dealers looking to replenish used car stocks would be best served at the auctions. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Now is the time to buy but it’s a hard sell
There’s no doubt that car dealers are becoming increasingly frustrated trying to work out how the market is likely to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Gear stick Mick and the Cortina of doom
Road rage is all the rage. As the UK’s roads clog up with summer holiday traffic jams tempers will inevitably [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Used car gravy train about to hit the buffers
With continuing anxiety about the sourcing and pricing of used cars, many dealers have started to realise that the buying [...]
Read the rest of this entry »After-market could benefit most from the downturn
Although in the states the recession may be biting deeper and car sales being hit even harder than here, what [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Motor Trade Insider reporting from the front-line
Adrian Rushmore, managing editor of industry valuation guide Glasses, states, in a recent press release, that “used car activity is [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The road back to new cars
As we have been regularly pointing out on Motor Trade Insider, the gap between new and nearly new, in terms [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Fiat 126 navigating the path of true love
Let’s just get something straight from the off. I have been working in the motor trade for nearly twenty five [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Could stability be returning to car sales?
This may be a message being regularly repeated by many people “in the know” this year, and one which will [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Supply shortage fueling used car prices
There is a simple reason for the massive price correction on used cars at present, supply. With the new car [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Triumph Stag V8 – Thanks for the memories
Believe it or not there are still those of us who liked cars for what they were and not necessarily [...]
Read the rest of this entry »If you can’t sell your car now, you probably never will
As we are constantly pointing out at MTI, used cars are not only extremely difficult for dealers to come by [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Don’t be tempted to offload your old car on the cheap
When we hear the phrase fair deal, or good price we usually associate this with something we are buying, however [...]
Read the rest of this entry »68,000 complaints may just be the tip of the iceberg
The recent announcement by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) that they received a whopping 68,000 complaints about used cars [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car “matchmakers” still up to no good
This time last year we ran a piece about the dodgy practice of vehicle matching (Car “matchmakers” are on the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Criteria extended as more dealers chase less stock
Dealers are reporting that demand is certainly holding up, but a lack of quality used cars at reasonable prices is [...]
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