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  • 2015 record year for car sales

    • 12/11/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    According to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), new car sales dipped by 1.1% in October. However, CAP urges the industry and the public to look at the bigger picture and applaud a record year for new car sales in 2015. No growth in November and December will still result in [...]
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  • Car dealers concerned over car clocking

    • 29/10/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Over 70% of dealers surveyed by HPI, are concerned about damaging their reputation by inadvertently selling on a clocked vehicle. With 1 in 20 cars checked with HPI recorded as having a discrepant mileage, dealers are right to be fearful of clocked cars. Also high on the list of concerns is the safety risks [...]
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  • HPI urges dealers to protect themselves

    • 20/10/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    As a Birmingham independent car dealer is jailed for five years and six months for clocking more than 4 million miles off cars, vehicle history check expert, HPI, highlights this case to serve as a warning to used car dealers, who aren’t conducting regular mileage checks on their vehicles. Believed to be the [...]
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  • Car cloning on the rise

    • 13/10/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Devious motorists who turn to car cloning, in a bid to outwit police automated number plate recognition (ANPR) systems, are increasingly becoming a menace to law abiding used car owners, warns vehicle history check expert, HPI. Predominantly, a car is cloned to disguise the identity of a stolen car which is sold [...]
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  • Consumer rights act benefits car buyers

    • 22/09/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    On 1st October 2015, some of the biggest changes ever in consumer law will take place and, HPI, is urging used car buyers to be aware of their new rights. The Sale of Goods Act is set to be replaced by the Consumer Rights Act 2015. This crucially allows consumers to ask for a full refund in the first 30 days of [...]
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  • HPI launches vehicle monitor

    • 13/08/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Automotive technology solutions provider, HPI, is helping dealers generate more business leads with the launch of Vehicle Monitor. The new service allows dealers to track a vehicle, once it’s sold to a customer, producing alerts if it hits one of three trigger points, indicating that the vehicle may about to be [...]
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  • Dealers want mileage correction firms outlawed

    • 05/08/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Automotive technology solutions provider, HPI, reports that dealers firmly back proposals by the EU to introduce legislation to outlaw mileage correction firms by May 2018. The findings of a survey to HPI’s dealer community reported that 71% support the EU decision. A further 92% of those surveyed went on [...]
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  • HPI cautious of new MoT plans

    • 20/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    HPI has warned that a four-year MoT period will potentially open the door for clockers looking to make a fast profit. As industry players join forces, raising consumer safety fears on the back of the Government’s plans to consult on extending the MoT period from three years to four years - as announced in the [...]
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  • HPI celebrates 200m mileage milestone

    • 26/03/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
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    HPI has reached a new milestone, with its National Mileage Register (NMR) reaching the 200 million mileage mark. The National Mileage Register is the largest independent historical database of mileages in the UK, collating and storing mileage data for over 18 years from a number of sources including the DVLA and [...]
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