At the start of 2023, the motor retail landscape looked rather different to how it does today. The average wait times for new vehicles were still being impacted by the slowing of new vehicle...

Aftersales departments nationwide are still feeling the fallout from the MOT extensions implemented during the pandemic. It has been three years since the UK government extended by up to six months...

The government’s plan to extend a car’s first MOT from three to four years has seen some interesting pushback from the motor industry. Under the current arrangement, more than 300,000 vehicles...

Consultation around DfT proposals to increase the period before a vehicle’s first MOT from three years to four have been extended from six weeks to nine. The new closing date is 22 March 2023....

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Franchised retailers can avoid resizing their aftersales operations if they act now by scaling up their market share of segment 2 and older vehicles. Over a million more MOTs are expected to be...

The ripple effect of 2020’s lockdown is set to strike the MOT sector once again in 2021, with last year’s postponements potentially set to play havoc with the retail industry’s diaries. The...

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The Independent Garage Association (IGA) is campaigning against the practice of discounting MOTs to help garages recuperate costs from the loss of revenue throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Chief...

Vehicle owners will be granted a six-month exemption from MOT testing, enabling them to continue to travel to work where this absolutely cannot be done from home, or shop for necessities, the...

The Government has confirmed garages, car rental operations and delivery are among the facilities that can remain open while the UK is in lock-down mode. This means that, currently, there is no pause...

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The Government has proposed to raise the time threshold for a new car’s first MoT from three to four years. The BBC reports that, following a successful public consultation, the change could be in...

Over the past decade, the non-franchised workshop sector – predominantly independent garage workshops – carried out the largest volume of servicing, maintenance and repairs (SMR), including MOT...

The forces driving the retail market for servicing and repairs are complex, but the most recent prime mover was the 2008/2009 recession and how this impacted on new and used car sales and the car parc...

By Jeremy Evans The importance of data is increasingly growing – in terms of permission and quality – as consumers show their willingness to engage with companies who send them personalised,...

If you go back 20 or 30 years, we used to talk about the ‘bathtub curve’ when referring to car repairs. When brand new, it wasn’t unusual for cars to develop faults requiring repair. Once fixed,...

The only government record on clocking has revealed a decline in the practice among cars aged three to four-years-old, a freedom of information request by Auto Retail Agenda has revealed. The Driver...

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The DVSA does nothing to check the accuracy of mileage capture when a vehicle is subject to an MOT, a Freedom of Information Request by Auto Retail Agenda has discovered. Want to read more articles on...