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Corsa tops 2021 sales charts
- 07/06/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The new Vauxhall Corsa is the UK’s best-selling new car so far this year. According to the latest new car sales and registration figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the new Corsa has achieved sales of 20,024 in the first five months of 2021. Vauxhall’s electric models, [...] -
Growth in used car market continues
- 19/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The UK used car market continues to grow, with recent DVLA statistics showing that used car transactions have grown by three per cent year on year during the July to September period for 2015. Year to date used car transactions have also increased, by 4.2% and 225,000 units year-on-year. The 4x4 segment showed the [...] -
Record sales for BMW
- 11/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Following on from the best ever first three quarters in the company’s sales history, October was another record month for BMW Group deliveries. Sales of BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles totalled 191,651 for the month, an increase of 4.0% compared with the same period last year. In the first ten months of [...] -
Toyota overtakes VW in sales
- 26/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Toyota has retaken to the top spot in global vehicle sales after releasing figures for the first nine months of the year. The Japanese firm sold 7.5 million in the first three quarters of 2015, beating Volkswagen's 7.43 million and General Motors' 7.2 million. After the first six months of the year, VW overtook [...] -
JLR expects better sales in 2015
- 15/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Jaguar Land Rover expects this year's sales to exceed last year's as Britain, Europe and North America should help compensate for a sharp decline in China, according to chief executive Ralf Speth. He told journalists at the Frankfurt auto show, ‘We definitely expect 2015 to grow... but it is too early to give [...] -
Pushy sales people put buyers off
- 11/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
carwow has found that 66% of new-car buyers are put off buying from a dealer by a pushy salesperson. The survey also found that pushy salespeople would put off 77% of women and 60% of men. Of more than one thousand respondents, 33% – the second largest group – said that dealers not having the car they want [...] -
New 65 plate success painting false picture
- 01/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Pre-registrations at record levels and consumers beginning to face effects of austerity A falsely buoyant picture is likely to be painted by September's new plate change - despite the probability that it will show the 42nd consecutive monthly increase in new car registrations. Glass's, publishers of the motor [...] -
New car discounts dry up
- 30/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Discounts on new cars are shrinking as Britain’s car sales boom rumbles on, according to new research from What Car? Average discounts negotiated by consumers are smaller now than they were 12 months ago; down from a typical markdown of 10.14 to 8.9%. In cash terms, that’s a price increase of £204 across [...] -
Days of discounted cars numbered
- 10/03/2015
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Want to save thousands on your next new car? Time’s running out, according to one of the UK’s biggest car-buying brand, What Car?. For several years, motorists have enjoyed a buyer’s market in the UK, with manufacturers regularly offering discounts of up to 20% or more. But a surge in demand for new cars, [...]