Latest Barometer survey shows confidence is down, with challenges across all major areas of the industry A new market that fell 5% in 2017 and challenging conditions going into 2018 do not seem to...
Read moreThe automotive industry has much to celebrate in 2016. A second record year of new sales and a used car market characterised by strong fleet and consumer demand. In a benign market, used prices...
Read moreAdvertised dealership property requirements have increased by 35%, totalling 100 in the last 12 months, up from 71 in the same period through 2014/15, according to the latest vehicle dealership...
Read moreEuropean automotive retailer networks will shrink faster and further than we have seen over the last several years since the financial crisis of 2007-2009, and changes towards a new model will happen...
Read moreStrong demand for used vehicles has underpinned used values through 2016. While retailers have enjoyed a stable market to date, as the industry heads into the final quarter of the year every indicator...
Read moreLuca de Meo, Seats charismatic president, who professes to be a lucky guy in the right place at the right time with the right company, has nominated an increasingly profitable European retail...
Read moreThe views of Black Horse chief Richard Jones on the subject of the captive finance house model as reported in Agenda are, Im guessing, likely to resonate with many in the auto retail industry....
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