Talking to the industry recently, there has been a lot of discussion about how times are tough, and how cutbacks might be needed. The motor trade is pulling back on marketing – it is an easy thing...

Seat’s 122-outlet network has the opportunity to “go again” with the new C-sector Arona SUV providing the brand’s dealers with the prospect a 2% average return on sales. That would sustain the...

Judging the latest barometer results, it seems that those concerns expressed by dealers in July 17 continue to be exacerbated by the uncertainty of Brexit, along with increasing demands from OEMs,...

Anew market that fell 5% in 2017 and challenging conditions going into 2018 do not seem to have seen much of a relaxing in manufacturer targets, with 95% of retailers citing new car sales as a...

Strong demand has characterised 2017 with plenty of competition from professional buyers across the range of stock on offer. The trend also reflects the high quality of stock consigned to BCA by fleet...

The new car registrations figures for October make grim reading, with the month down 12.2% on the same period last year, while the market year to date is now running 4.55% behind 2016. This is on...

A dramatic decline in October saw the UK new car market fall by over 12%, with double digit falls in both private and fleet registrations. October marked the seventh consecutive month of falling...

As the new market has steadied in the second half of 2017, the used market has increased with demand driving strong values for all fuel types. August registration figures released by the SMMT...

The new car market showed further signs of strain in July, posting figures that were 9.3% lower than last year, according to statistics released by the SMMT. This brings the year to date total 2.2%...

The UK new car market reported its fifth consecutive month of decline in August, as registrations fell 6.4%. Private registrations saw the biggest fall, dropping 9.9% compared with the same month in...

The size of the parts market for motor retailers is bigger than many might think, witnessed by the popularity of events such as the Goodwood Revival and its sister event the Festival of Speed, and by...

The new car market continued its second quarter decline, with falls in both retail (-7.8%) and fleet (-2.4%) registrations in June. The total market was down 4.8%, and year-to-date registrations are...

Manufacturers, particularly at the volume end of the market, are seemingly unsympathetic of the UK’s challenging economic conditions and lack of consumer confidence, and are still pushing hard on...

The market commentators had predicted that things would get tougher in the second quarter of 2017. Everyone from the SMMT to analysts at Cap HPI sees more challenging year for new car registrations....

Connected cars are driving new models for mobility services, with a number of new sources of revenue for service providers. There are clear opportunities for the likes of vehicle manufacturers,...

The UK’s new car market grew by 8.4% in March, making it the biggest month since records began. The record performance appears to have been partly driven by buyers taking the chance to buy cars...