The UK new car market continued its decline through January, with the 163,615 vehicles registered representing a fall of 6.3% over the same month last year. Demand fell across the board, with retail...

The balance of stocking diesel, petrol, hybrid and alternative fuel used cars is set to become a more important issue for retailers over the course of 2018. VRA chair Glenn Sturley said: “Dealers...

The past 12 months saw some clear trends emerge that look set to continue in 2018. The new car market saw a decline in some of the blockbuster numbers we have seen in recent years but remained one of...

Even the Bank of England has now paid lip service to the big, scary PCP bubble cooked up by the mainstream press. Playing devil’s advocate, governor Mark Carney admitted that “people need their...

The annual conference for the Vehicle Remarketing Association, held last week, provided a great melting pot for views on the state of the used car market and many delegates were keen to ask if the...

September proved to be another very strong month for new vehicle registrations – the strongest month the industry has seen for many years. This boom is obviously encouraging news for auto retailers...

Personal experience of a particular make/model remains the most important influence on used car buyers when thinking about what car to buy, followed by views of friends and family. These are key...

There is every probability that used car performance will be even more important in 2013 than in recent years, for a number of reasons. New car sales will remain challenged as manufacturers vie for...

Against all expectations, used car values showed a modest increase in June with average values in the BCA Pulse report recovering most of the loss sustained in May to sit at £5,802. This was a...

Price pressure is starting to show in the used car market but average used car values rose again in April, according to the latest figures from BCA. Indicators of the slowdown include performance...

The last two years have seen a marked fall in the UK auto retail industry’s new and used car volumes. It is clear the impact of the recession on the industry is likely to last for over 10 years...

The latest of Trend Tracker’s studies of the UK used car market shows that demand for used cars in Britain over the last decade has been remarkably stable compared to the new car market. Indeed...

Earlier in the year in this column we discussed the state of franchise networks and our new study of the used car market. As is often the case in these troubled times the situation changes almost...

I mentioned in this column last month that we are working hard on a new research report about the used car market. Since then we have had no choice but to kick off two further studies – car body...

Interest in used car market data and intelligence has been particularly high lately and over half the unique visitors to our website in the last six months have looked at material about used cars....

The general assumption is that the used car market is an amorphous mass of buyers beyond rational analysis, making it difficult to match car buyers to stock – or proactively build a used car...

The latest annual BCA Used Car Market Report has provided some encouraging news for motor retailers – the number of used car buyers satisfied with their purchased has reached an all-time...