The latest figures from the FLA show that the consumer car finance market reported a fall in new business volumes of 21% in September 2021 compared with the same month in 2020. In the nine months to...

Analysts are predicting a recovery in the new car market in 2021, but little change in the used car sector. Speaking at the December VRA 2021 outlook briefing, Grant Thornton associate director Owen...

New figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that new business in the consumer car finance market grew 19% by value and 9% by volume in July 2020 compared with the same month in...

Retail registrations rose over 20% in July compared with the same month last year, bringing welcome relief to retailers after June’s tentative restart. Fleet registrations were also up, by a more...

With the UK in lockdown, new car registrations in March fell 44.1%, sharp declines being felt equally across both the private and fleet sectors. Commentators pointed to a month of two halves, with the...

Share values in core UK auto retail groups held steady during February and showed none of the significant rises that we have come to expect as we move into the results reporting season. Historic...

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...

It was only a matter of time before Auto Trader launched a comprehensive new car buying service for consumers. The company’s reach and brand awareness among buyers is already considerable, while the...

Recently it seems that Brexit is to blame for everything, anywhere in the world. We don’t really have a view on this; we believe it’s too soon to say, especially as the process of leaving the...

2016 is definitely the year of the quarter-ends. We are seeing increasingly volatile performance as dealers move through the first two months of the quarter making losses as they strive for targets,...

The automotive retail sector has come under severe pressure following the Brexit vote with investors clearly pricing in distressed economic scenarios with share prices falling between 15% and 51%...

Demand for new cars in the retail sector continued its decline in June, down 4.5% after a fall of 3% in May. With a drop of 25% in business registrations as well, the over all figures for June...

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Auto retailer J&J Motors has reported a 68 percent rise in pre-tax profits, which the company attributed to an increase in new car sales across all its retail sites. The family-run business has...

 There is a surprising regional variance in car buying plans and priorities for motorists when they do buy again, according to figures from British Car Auctions (BCA). While 54% of motorists...

by Hugh Hunston Saab is bidding to re-establish itself as a ‘premium alternative’ brand with the launch of the new 9-5 saloon into the premium executive sector which is dominated by BMW,...