For practically all UK car retailers 2021 will produce a record level of profitability. We went into the year with a significant level of trepidation; while 2020 had produced a solid level of...

According to the latest results from the Auto Trader Retail Price Index, which is based on daily pricing analysis of circa 900,000 vehicles, price growth during September reached yet another all-time...

The financial results for motor retailers have been nothing short of superb during the first half of 2021, surpassing all expectations. Despite the fact that we have been operating under a variety of...

It would be an understatement to say that the UK motor retail sector has performed phenomenally well since the showroom doors were reopened in April. We have seen the lessons learned and advances made...

What a period this has been for used car values. Since Cap Live was introduced in 2012, the largest movement up during a single month before this year was a 1% increase in February 2018 – generally,...

Last year, 2016, might go down as a record-breaker for the retail car business. An all-time high 2.69 million new cars were registered. Used car sales could also be a record. And although the service...

Last month’s press release from the SMMT said that a record number of used cars changed hands in the first half of 2016 – over four million, and 7.9% up on 2015. This includes private sales, but...

New car sales in Europe continue to rise, with the latest indications that the EU28 will end 2016 with total car sales of 14.9 million units, which is just 4.3% lower than the pre-crisis peak of 2007....

Retailers are failing to take seriously their responsibilities to record and back up essential FCA compliance motor finance data, says iVendi. The company has found that a significant minority of...

March 2016 was a record month for average dealer profitability in the UK, with retailers nearly making £100,000 in the month. The profit of £98,861 represents the highest single monthly profit we...

March new car registrations hit 518,707 to set a new all-time record for the month, topping the previous high of March 2015 which saw 492,274 cars registered. And the month rounded off a record...