GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO RELAX ZEV MANDATE BRIAN GILDA ‘HORRIFIED’ BY £450k NIC HIT AUTO TRADER AND SMMT LAUNCH EV ‘MYTH-BUSTER’ WESSEX GARAGES IN 2024 LOSS JOE DUFFY MOTORS OWNER UPS VERTU...

The used car market is set to finish 2024 in strong shape as memories of 2023 car buying nerves and trade price cuts fade into the rear-view mirror, writes Auto Trader data and insights director...

ALFA TO HIT 34-STRONG NETWORK BY MID-25 NEW ENTRANTS REPORT 2024 PUBLISHED THIS WEEK COMPLETELY MOTORING IN ADMINISTRATION NORWAY’S LARGEST IMPORTER RECONSIDERS ICE PREVIOUS LEAPMOTOR IMPORTER TAKES...

FORD CEO: EV JOURNEY ‘HUMBLING’ USED EVs NOW ‘SPECTACULAR BARGAINS’ NOTTINGHAM ARENA RENEWS MOTORPOINT NAMING RIGHTS AUTO RETAIL LIVE TO HELP RETAILERS HIT TARGETS AUSTRALIANS GET ‘RIGHT TO...

More than half of auto retailers say they disagree with the proposed reinstatement of the 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, reveals Auto Trader research. The new Labour government...

RETAILERS DISAGREE WITH 2030 ICE BAN REVIVAL FIRE AT WALES’ ‘LARGEST CAR SUPERMARKET’ COX WARNS H1 USED CAR GROWTH ‘UNLIKELY TO CONTINUE’ ASBURY IN ‘FASTEST GROWTH’ – AND FTC PROBE...

NFDA MANIFESTO TO LAUNCH THIS WEEK CAZOO CUSTOMER GETS £1k BILL AFTER COLLAPSE COULD WORK EMAILS BE BANNED AFTER 5PM? RETAILERS STILL UNDERPRICING IN-DEMAND STOCK KIA ACCUSES US RETAILER OF $500k...

CHINESE EV ADVANCE SLOWS … BUT MORE NEW ENTRANTS DUE THIS SUMMER JOHN GROSE AND DICK LOVETT RESULTS RETAILERS ‘REMAIN A CORNERSTONE’ FORD PAUSES EV CERTIFIED RETAILER PROGRAM US RETAILER...

1 in 10 new EVs are being sold with a discount of 20%, new research from Auto Trader has revealed – to offset list prices that are, on average, 33% higher than ICE equivalents. The research found...

EV DISCOUNTS MOUNTING AS OEMS AIM FOR 22% MIX AUTO RETAIL LIVE BUSINESS BOOSTER CHIPPENHAM KIA ON SALE FOR £5m KIA EV EDUCATION AT RETAILERS US PUBLIC RETAILERS IN PROFIT PRESSURE 10 ASBURY RETAILERS...

You can now watch Swansways’ Peter Smyth, Ron Brooks’ Tom Slack and Auto Trader’s Karolina Edwards-Smajda in the latest Auto Retail Live business briefing. The 40-minute session saw the...

FCA: COMPANIES ‘ALMOST CERTAINLY’ GUILTY OF DCA FAILINGS STRATSTONE BYD BIRMINGHAM ‘PERFECT’ TRIUMPH ALEX CHESTERMAN TO SHARE £30m WINDFALL CATCH UP WITH AUTO RETAIL LIVE VOLVO EYES DTC IN...

BMW REAFFIRMS MOVE TO AGENCY AUTO RETAIL LIVE WITH PETER SMYTH, TOM SLACK JOHN CLARK JLR PENTLAND WOWS WITH EIGHT AWARDS TRADE CENTRE UK WALSALL PLANS FINALLY SUBMITTED NEW CEO FOR MERCEDES-BENZ UK...

JLR TO REVIEW AGENCY MOVE IN 2027 ARNOLD CLARK ACQUIRES PETER VARDY KIRKCALDY MG NEW FD FOR RENAULT RETAIL; NEW CORPORATE BANKER FOR VERTU THE7STARS WINS MOTORPOINT MEDIA ACCOUNT AUTO RETAIL LIVE WITH...

Auto Trader has given all its retailers access to its new Trended Valuations data solution. It shows what a vehicle has been worth over the past six months – and how its value is forecast to change...

FCA: ‘NO INTENTION OF BANNING GAP INSURANCE’ AUTO TRADER TRENDED VALUATIONS OPEN TO ALL FORRESTER AND VEICHMANIS JOIN AUTO RETAIL LIVE RETAILER EMPLOYEE GUILTY OF FRAUD WITH PRE-PAYMENT CARDS...

The used car market has entered 2024 on a firm footing, according to Auto Trader, with consumer demand, speed of sale and transactions all in a “robust position”. This is despite the latest Retail...

INCHCAPE SETS UP SPECIALIST TEAM AFTER FLOOD USED CAR MARKET HEALTH ‘ROBUST’ DESPITE FALL IN VALUES FORRESTER, PONTIN AND VEICHMANIS TO JOIN AUTO RETAIL LIVE ANDREW PILKINGTON JOINS VINFAST UK...

Against a backdrop of low economic growth, high interest rates and high inflation, Graeme Chaplin, Bank of England agent for the West Midlands and Oxfordshire, believes there will be some growth in...

RETAILERS REACH OUT AFTER LOOKERS REDUNDANCIES STELLANTIS SWITCHES TO COUNTRY-BY COUNTRY EU AGENCY APPROACH RETAILERS LOSING MILLION IN ‘UNNECESSARY’ PRICE CUTS AUTO RETAIL LIVE ADVICE FOR 2024...