Following fears the new ICE market may slow in the second half of 2024, due to potential sales restrictions from brands eager to meet ZEV Mandate targets, there are fresh hopes used cars could take up...

COX ‘CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC’ ABOUT USED CARS IN 2024 UK URGED TO AVOID US 100% TARIFFS ON CHINESE CARS FOS HAS 20k MOTOR FINANCE COMPLAINTS AUTO RETAIL LIVE BUSINESS BAROMETER CHINA RETAILERS DITCH...

Financiers behind Big Motoring World, one of the UK’s largest used car supermarkets, have kicked out founder Peter Waddell, according to Auto Retail Agenda sources. The action, believed to have been...

While time itself is not changing, the importance and pressure to optimise time is increasing in our always online 24×7 world where access and convenience are all-important. That time matters in...

Auto Trader has given all its retailers access to its new Trended Valuations data solution. It shows what a vehicle has been worth over the past six months – and how its value is forecast to change...

The used car market has entered 2024 on a firm footing, according to Auto Trader, with consumer demand, speed of sale and transactions all in a “robust position”. This is despite the latest Retail...

Used car prices are up 0.6% month-on-month so far in May, latest Auto Trader data exclusively shared with Auto Retail Agenda has revealed. “This is unusual for this time of year, when prices...

VERTU TO LAUNCH NEW GROUP-WIDE PRICING SYSTEM USED CAR PRICES IN ‘UNUSUAL’ MAY INCREASE SMART UK AGENCY MODEL UNDERWAY INDEPENDENT RETAILERS HIT BY HIGH-VALUE THEFTS TESLA AND EV NEW ENTRANTS COST...

SSANGYONG SLASHES 2 YEARS, 50k MILES FROM WARRANTY STELLANTIS HANGS BACK ON AGENCY TO LEARN FROM RIVALS CBI SUSPENDED UNTIL JUNE; BMW PULLS OUT NAMA SCOOPS KING’S AWARD FOR ENTERPRISE SIGN UP FOR...

Used car price growth has started to accelerate again, after 10 months of softening from April 2022’s all-time high of 32.9% growth. Auto Trader data shared exclusively with Auto Retail Agenda shows...

MERCEDES-BENZ ALREADY DISCOUNTING AGENCY CARS FCA OUTLINES CONSUMER DUTY SUPPORT HEYCAR SPONSORS HENDY GROUP AWARDS AUTO TRADER DOWNGRADED – BUT SHARES HEAD HIGHER VOLVO REVIVES SUBSCRIPTIONS IN...

The UK’s used car market is “recession-proof” despite official figures indicating volumes and prices are in decline. Finance broker CarFinance247 says its Q3 volumes were up 10%. Going into a...

CAZOO FORMER CFO CASHES OUT USED CAR MARKET ‘RECESSION-PROOF’ AGENCY AND USED CARS: ‘FEW BENEFITS, HIGH RISKS’ VOLKSWAGEN CREATES NEW SALES ROLES AS AGENCY ACCELERATES AUTO RETAIL PROFIT...

Some JLR retailers are refusing to deliver new vehicles unless customers sign a document stipulating they cannot sell their vehicles outside the retailer network within the first six months, it has...

JUST STOP OIL DEFACES PENDRAGON ASTON MARTIN RETAILER CHINESE BRANDS TO STAR AT PARIS MOTOR SHOW WHOLESALE USED CAR DEMAND ‘BURGEONING’ DIRECT-SALES BRANDS OPEN AT BATTERSEA POWER CHINA NEW...

A strong performance from Volkswagen Financial Services UK retailer partners has helped it finance a record 100k cars so far in 2022. New technology that has expanded its reach on retailer partners’...

MYSTERY SURROUNDS PENDRAGON TAKEOVER REJECTION RETAILERS HELP VW FINANCE 100K USED CARS SO FAR MERCEDES-BENZ WARNS ON COUNTERFEIT PARTS BMW SAYS CHIPS ARE DOWN FOR REST OF 2022 CARVANA FOLLOWS CAZOO...

SNOWS TO GO ALL-MAKES WITH ONLINE CONTRACT HIRE SITE TOO-CHEAP USED CARS ARE LOSING RETAILERS MONEY USED CAR PRICE SPIKE EASES HALFORDS TESTER ISSUES 31 FRAUDULENT MOTS AGENCY MODEL: YOUR ONE-STOP...

Latest Auto Trader Retail Price Index data shows the average used car price have increased £4,500 in three years and now stands at £17,252. They are up 23.7% year-on-year, the 27th consecutive month...

BMW ‘REIMAGINES’ RETAILERS WITH RETAIL NEXT CONCEPT UKRAINE WAR TO WORSEN SEMICONDUCTOR SHORTAGE SPECIALIST CARS BMW IN BEST-EVER PROFIT RETAILERS FACE BATTLE TO RETAIN USED CAR CUSTOMERS US...