City Auction Group is holding its inaugural auction event at Rockingham Rockingham Speedway, Northamptonshire on Thursday morning.
Glass’s Rupert Pontin on how the General Election, austerity measures and interest rate rises will affect used car sales in 2015.
The snow that hit most parts of the UK in recent days has also delivered a lift in demand for SUVs, according to data from Motors.co.uk.
Irish company City Auction Group is opening a specialist automotive remarketing centre at Rockingham Speedway, Northamptonshire this month.
What the market holds in the 12 months ahead.
Motor manufacturers' increasing appetite to add niche models into the new car market could start to hit residual values, predicts Glass's.
Britain's booming new car market may be getting most of the attention, but assessing, refurbishing and remarketing older stock can still significantly boost a dealer’s profit margins
The Toyota Prius is the fastest used car off the forecourt for December.
The May General Election, resulting austerity measures and tax increases, plus the continuing incentivised push by manufacturers on new car sales will lead to 2015 being the most significant year for the used car market since the recession.
A sharp reduction in used car trade values has signalled the end of an exceptionally strong run for the market during most of 2014.
BCA is warning of the likelihood of rising prices for 4x4 vehicles amid warnings of a severe winter.
The car that carried Italian wartime dictator Mussolini's mistress on her ill-fated final journey is to be auctioned in Paris.
Glass’s Rupert Pontin assesses the impact of soaring new car registrations on ‘late plate, low mileage’ car values.
Although average used car values have risen 13% in two years, growth has slowed to a standstill. We ask our market experts if dealers should be worried about 2015
Used car dealers have to be explicit and consistent with staff about the customer service standards they expect, Performance In People MD Mike Dalloz told delegates at the AM Used Car Market Conference.
NFDA head of business development Louise Wallis presented 10 tips to attendees at the AM Used Car Market Conference on how to maximise the value of used car sales.
Steve Meadows, development director, Pinewood, said the most sucessful users of dealership management systems integrate them fully into their business.
Used car dealers need to remove the fear of digital failure, Scott Sinclair, industry manager at Google, told attendees at the AM Used Car Market Conference.
Online strategies for used car dealers to deal with ‘Generation C’
Ensuring used car dealers are easy for customers to deal with is the biggest challenge facing retailers, according to Ray Harkin, operations director, Martec Europe.
A quarter of consumers will visit more than 10 used car dealer websites, said Auto Trader's Nick King, which means they need to be visible, optimised and simple.
Dealers who do not spend enough time marketing cars online or post incorrect information, will put serious buyers off, said Cambria Automobiles' Ian Godbold
The December 'used car' issue of AM - Automotive Management is out now.
CAP’s Philip Nothard says the best way to predict used car demand is to follow monthly new car registration figures.
Evans Halshaw, the volume brand for Pendragon, today unveiled its newly redesigned website.
