Year-to-date, 2022 has already seen a number of different patterns materialise in the used car market. January and February saw steady demand and a plateauing of trade values, following drops at the...

The used car market has had a challenging start to 2019. A sluggish opening to the year was followed by demand being hit in April and May, first with the Easter break and then by the May bank holiday....

Twenty-five years ago the premium upper medium sector was a reasonably small and select environs that consisted of just three key models vying for business from the executive company car driver. It...

Last quarter I looked at the changes in the shape and profile of the premium SUV sector which proved to be a robust and profitable used car market that demonstrated surprisingly good residual values...

I am writing this just a few hours after the announcement that the UK has voted in favour of Brexit and, like many, I am trying to guess what this means for our country and our industry. As with any...

The pace of decline in used values is accelerating with prices sliding 1.9% in May. The trend follows an established seasonal pattern that sees firm values in the first quarter of the year and a...

Britain’s burgeoning new car market can reach 3 million units, with 500,000 commercial vehicle registrations, but both record sales totals are threatened by a vote to leave the European Union,...

Higher volumes of used cars as the new car market rises, combined with an increased pressure to self register new cars, is increasing the pressure on second hand prices. If this leads to a drop in...

2014, or at least the first six months of it, will probably be the last year we experience a shortage in used car supply for some time.  New car sales have been steadily increasing since 2012,...

Residual values on cars less than one year old have started to decrease in comparison with those for three-year-old vehicles, according to Glass’s Guide. Speaking at the Finance and Leasing...

Strong new car sales in September have increased the number of used cars available in the marketplace, which may ultimately put downward pressure on values. But before deciding if this is actually the...

In what remain challenging economic conditions, it is no surprise that company vehicle fleets are coming under significant cost pressure. What may be more surprising is that larger companies are...

Used car value in May recovered sharply from the fall recorded in April, according to the latest BCA Pulse Report. Values increased by more than 8%, to more than £7,000, with year-on-year values...

Can too much information be a problem? It seems that with used car valuations this is, at least, a concern. And it was one of hot topics of conversation at last week’s Vehicle Remarketing...

The latest list price cuts by Ford are unlikely to unsettle the used car market, according to Glass’s, despite the fact that it affects some of the UK’s best selling models. However, there...