Posts Tagged ‘used cars’

Dodgy dealers clocked by VOSA

Posted on August 24th, 2010 by In51der

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

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Used cars are always unique

Posted on August 17th, 2010 by In51der

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

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MPV demand stays strong as more holidays are taken in the UK

Posted on August 11th, 2010 by In51der

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

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Shrinking number of used cars to retail leads to a change in thinking

Posted on August 9th, 2010 by In51der

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

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Latest predictions foresee tough times ahead for used car market

Posted on August 2nd, 2010 by In51der

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

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Look out for VAT busting deals as car dealers turn negatives into positives

Posted on July 1st, 2010 by In51der

Believe it or not the effect of the VAT rise in January 2011 has actually left many car dealers feeling [...]

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Buy your used car in July

Posted on June 30th, 2010 by In51der

As comparisons are being made by some industry commentators to last year’s market, there are many in the trade who [...]

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Autotrader v Autotrader – what’s in a name?

Posted on May 22nd, 2010 by In51der

In April last year you might recall we published an article entitled “When is autotrader not autotrader?” in which we [...]

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Used car prices and simple supply and demand

Posted on May 20th, 2010 by In51der

We canvassed the opinions of our insiders and colleagues as to what was hot and what was definitely not at [...]

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A big 4WD and a 20% return on investment in 18 months…you what?

Posted on May 13th, 2010 by In51der

A classic illustration of how dramatically the car market has changed over the last 18 months was presented to the [...]

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Used and abused

Posted on April 28th, 2010 by Mark Antony

Here at MTI we like to address all the issues surrounding the motor trade so here’s a piece of advice [...]

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The comeback kings

Posted on April 14th, 2010 by In51der

Well this must be the comeback of the century! White cars. A few years ago you couldn’t give them away, [...]

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Car auctions starting to CAP clean up again

Posted on February 25th, 2010 by In51der

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

Posted on September 15th, 2009 by In51der

There is currently a great deal of furore surrounding ex-rental used cars being sold by dealers as 1 owner vehicles. [...]

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Used car prices go beyond simple supply and demand

Posted on September 10th, 2009 by In51der

Most seasoned industry players say that the reason for continuing price rises is the lack of quality used stock. Clearly [...]

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The Motor Trade Insider Supercar Top 10

Posted on September 1st, 2009 by Serman

My first taste of a supercar was travelling to Leicester Squares’ Athena poster store aged ten. I’d spend ages picking [...]

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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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Cash for gas guzzling clunkers, the US system may trip people up

Posted on August 14th, 2009 by In51der

The fact that scrappage incentives have never been introduced before means that they are new to everyone. However although the [...]

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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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Forget about used car bargains look for added value

Posted on August 10th, 2009 by In51der

With the recent resurgence of new car sales fuelled by the success of the scrappage scheme, it is becoming increasingly [...]

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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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Gear stick Mick and the Cortina of doom

Posted on July 26th, 2009 by In51der

Road rage is all the rage. As the UK’s roads clog up with summer holiday traffic jams tempers will inevitably [...]

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Used car gravy train about to hit the buffers

Posted on July 24th, 2009 by In51der

With continuing anxiety about the sourcing and pricing of used cars, many dealers have started to realise that the buying [...]

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