• Brand new cars rack up repair bill

    • 3 May 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Categories: Magazine, News
    Nearly 10% of all accidents over the last 12 months involved new 15 and 65-plate vehicles according to a study by Accident Exchange Accident prone buyers tended to prang their brand new pride and joy on the 57th day after the car was first registered, when averaged out Putting those cars back on the road is [...]
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  • Car buying trends are evolving

    • 11 November 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    New data from Contracthireacarcom reveals that while certain trends in the car world are undoubtedly evolving, some things haven’t changed Crossovers, a minority style of car when Contracthireacarcom’s data began in 2006, now account for a fifth of the firm’s year-to-date leasing deals With 20% of personal [...]
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  • Exported cars bring in £2.4bn

    • 13 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Car exports accelerated ahead in August, in a welcome boost for UK trade figures The collective value of exported motors soared to a record £24 billion during the month, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), up £600 million from July Production among car manufacturers in the UK is [...]
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  • Motorist’s potentially driving uninsured

    • 14 July 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Millions of motorists could potentially be driving with invalid insurance, or far lower cover than they believe to be in place, according to new research from Churchill Insurance Over a third (35 per cent) of people with a UK driving licence think that if they have a fully comprehensive car insurance policy they [...]
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  • May’s fastest selling cars revealed

    • 18 June 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Once again, Nissan’s Qashqai proved hot stock across the regions, while Mercedes took five of the ten spots in the national top ten The UK’s largest digital automotive marketplace for buying and selling new and used vehicles will continue to publish these every month Region    Regional - best seller by make [...]
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  • Symach sells bodyshop to CARS

    • 20 May 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Symach has sold the first bodyshop in Burlington (Toronto) to CARS of Nick DiLuca, partner of CSN, a group with more than 330 bodyshops in Canada The new bodyshop will be operational in November and will be built entirely with the Symach equipment and with the FixLine formula The process of preparation, painting [...]
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