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Confidence grows in sight unseen purchases
- 24/03/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
One in five drivers (21%) have bought a used car without seeing it in person first. According to AA Cars, just one in 10 drivers had bought a car unseen by March 2021, with eight per cent doing so during the pandemic alone. However, two years on, the proportion of drivers who have bought a car this way has more [...] -
Finance applications surge amidst rising costs
- 10/10/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Car finance company Carmoney has discovered that there has been a 105% increase in the number of car finance applications in the past year. It has also identified a 53% increase in motorists applying for car finance with zero deposit and a 70% increase in car finance applications from younger drivers aged [...] -
Energy price cap inspires EV confidence
- 06/10/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A fifth of electric vehicle buyers have said the government’s recent energy price cap has helped persuade them make the switch. According to new research by What Car?, which surveyed 1,654 in-market buyers, 20.5% of those in the market for electric cars said the price cap announcement was further incentive, while [...] -
MOT matters to new buyers
- 21/07/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A study by BookMyGarage has revealed that three-quarters of motorists are likely to check the MOT history of a used vehicle they are thinking about purchasing. The majority of perspective buyers (78%) are also more likely to purchase a used vehicle which has a ‘good’ MOT history – a vehicle that hasn’t [...] -
New drivers favour EV as first car
- 03/05/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A Motor Ombudsman-commissioned online YouGov study of nearly 500 existing and prospective learner drivers in Great Britain has revealed that nearly half (42%) of new drivers would prefer their first car to be fully electric (26%) or hybrid (16%). The study showed that just a fifth (21%) of those polled would want [...]