HALFORDS TARGET OF £1.4bn MERGER ARNOLD CLARK LAUNCHES REWARDS INITIATIVE KAHN ‘MISLED PUBLIC’ OVER LONDON ULEZ ATG AUTO TRADER TOOLS GO LIVE HYUNDAI AMAZON ‘NOT AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO...

New entrant brands from China and beyond are preparing to gain a firm foothold in the UK, delivering potentially lucrative new opportunities for franchised retailers seeking a fast-growing electric...

GARY SAVAGE HITS BACK AT NFDA SURVEY RESULTS MARSHALL POSTS £43m PROFIT FOR 2023 CAZOO LAUNCHES CONVERTIBLE NOTES EXCHANGE OFFER AUTO TRADER SAYS ‘CONTEXT IS CRITICAL’ AS USED PRICES FALL COX...

The 2023 New Entrants Report is now available to buy following a webinar launch event last week. BYD’s Mark Blundell, Auto Trader’s Ian Plummer and Urban Science’s Chee-Kiang Lim discussed what...

COULD HALFORDS’ LATEST ANTI-DEALER ADS FACE ASA CHALLENGE? RETAILERS TELL NFDA CHARGING IS NOW BIGGEST EV BARRIER ‘GREEN SHOOTS’ AS USED EV PRICES STOP DECLINING ASHLEY ANDREW STEPS IN AS ANDREW...

Retail registrations fell 8.1% in August compared with the same month last year (in what was a supply-constrained market), while at the same time fleet registrations surged over 58%. The result was a...

Used car prices are accelerating at their fastest rate in eight months. With an average retail value of £17,756, June marks a year-on-year price growth of 3.2% on a like-for-like basis, and the 39th...

The average price of a used car increased 2.8% in May to £17,815, marking the 38th consecutive month of year-on-year retail price growth. However, potential retail growth remains constrained by used...

Women are being excluded from the EV transition and “would rather buy a fridge than a car”. That’s according to a new report from Auto Trader, ‘No driver left behind: women and the journey to...

ANGELA SHEPHERD IS NEW STELLANTIS &YOU CEO WORK STARTS ON NEW TRUSTFORD GLASGOW SITE EVs CONSTRAIN USED CAR PRICE GROWTH INCHCAPE AND AUTOCRAFT TELFORD PARTNERSHIP JOIN SWANSWAY, PERRYS AND AUTO...

NEW JLR UNIFORM DIKTAT ANGERS RETAILERS TOM HARTLEY IN COURT ARNOLD CLARK WILL NOT RENEW THIS MORNING DEAL CAZOO LENDERS BRING IN BANKERS FOR DEBT RESTRUCTURE JOIN SWANSWAY, PERRYS AND AUTO TRADER...

Nobody relishes a dawn raid. The impact on law-abiding professionals of being taken to a police station for questioning can be enormous. Radius Law director Iain Larkins knows the impact: he was there...

CAZOO’S CHESTERMAN DROPS OUT OF RICH LIST BOWKER PRIORITISES WELLBEING WITH SIX-DAY WEEK USED SUPERCARS FOR SALE UP ‘EXPONENTIALLY’ AUTO RETAIL LIVE BRIEFING: ARE THINGS BACK TO NORMAL? DMS...

Used car prices are up 0.6% month-on-month so far in May, latest Auto Trader data exclusively shared with Auto Retail Agenda has revealed. “This is unusual for this time of year, when prices...

VERTU TO LAUNCH NEW GROUP-WIDE PRICING SYSTEM USED CAR PRICES IN ‘UNUSUAL’ MAY INCREASE SMART UK AGENCY MODEL UNDERWAY INDEPENDENT RETAILERS HIT BY HIGH-VALUE THEFTS TESLA AND EV NEW ENTRANTS COST...

According to the latest data from the Auto Trader Retail Price Index, the average retail price of a used car in March was £17,720, which is up 2.3% on a year-on-year and like for like basis....

Used car price growth has started to accelerate again, after 10 months of softening from April 2022’s all-time high of 32.9% growth. Auto Trader data shared exclusively with Auto Retail Agenda shows...

The goal for all used car retailers is to increase sales, improve stock turn, reduce cost per lead and reduce cost per sale. Against a background when marketing budgets are, at best, static and, more...

NFDA SURVEY: AGENCY MODEL UNDER PRESSURE USED CAR PRICES ARE ON THE UP – AGAIN CAZOO ACCUSED OF ‘RUINING’ SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS DON’T MISS TUESDAY’S AUTO RETAIL LIVE BUSINESS BRIEFING CHINA...

Sales of battery electric vehicles continue to grow across Europe, with the UK and Germany leading the way, but market share of BEVs in the UK is falling– and the contrast in discounts and...