It’s the end of the road for our long term Vauxhall Insignia Sports Tourer after three busy months on the Motor Trader fleet. The second generation model only entered showrooms in July, giving Vauxhall dealers a welcome additional opportunity to sell something new into local businesses as well as private buyers requiring an executive car with load lugging capability. These ...

Sytner’s acquisition of The Car People makes perfect sense and is part of a wider trend that has seen franchised dealers increasingly concentrate on growing their used car businesses in recent years. The deal follows Sytner’s purchase of the successful CarShop business in January and now sees it owning two of the biggest car supermarkets in the newly published Motor ...

Data released by Cox Automotive showed a stable trade and consumer market in November. Cox’s said its wholesale division was on course for a positive end to the year with year-on-year results that put its overall performance on par with 2016. In November, its trade-to-trade online auction platform Dealer Auction reported a 7.4% year-on-year increase in the number of vehicles ...

Women feel disadvantaged when buying a car due to their gender, according to research of online dealer reviews conducted by CDK Global. The research analysed 64,000 online reviews from dealer website and found 43% of women did not trust the automotive industry and often described their experiences differently to men. Among the top 10 words used by women customers were ...

Startline Motor Finance has secured a new £250m credit facility from major financial institution JP Morgan. The Glasgow-based company, which specialises in near prime dealer finance across the prime and sub prime sectors, said the credit facility would help increase its penetration of the UK’s top 200 groups. “We have been talking to several major financial institutions for some time ...

Average monthly used car prices dipped in November for the first time in eight months, according to the Auto Trader Retail Price Index. According to the research the average price of a used car in November was £12,589, a fall of £50 since October. However Auto Trader said prices are 6% higher than last year on a like-for-like basis,  stripping ...

Consumers spend more time researching holidays than cars, according to a study by Black Horse. The findings show 31% of buyers said they spend more time researching a holiday than any other major purchase, beating both houses (19%) and cars 16%. The online research, carried out by YouGov, polled the views of 2,030 adults. The research found 22% of consumers ...

RAC Dealer Network will actively target franchised dealers for the first time from 2018 as the approved used car and warranty specialist broadens it reach outside of the independent sector. The business currently has 1,300 dealers in its network made up independent retailers and used car supermarkets. However, it said it had attracted interest from some small franchised outlets representing ...

New car registrations fell -11.2% year-on-year in November to 163,541 units pushing down year-to-date registrations by -5%. The drop marks the eighth consecutive month of falling registrations in 2017. November saw significant falls across the board with fleet down -14.4%, business registrations, to companies operating fewer than 25 cars, down -33.6% and retail down -5.1%. Diesel registrations fell -30.6% in ...

BCA has renewed an exclusive remarketing deal with Ancaster Group for a further two years. The contract will see around 2,000 cars a year sold at BCA Paddock Wood in Kent. The group will continue to sell every Tuesday at Paddock Wood, with all eligible vehicles offered with a BCA Assured mechanical report and pre-sale prepared to Silver Valet standard.  ...