The Ford Fiesta remains the UK's favourite used car for both the wholesale and consumer automotive market, followed by the Ford Focus and Vauxhall Corsa.
A record week of used car trading got 2018 off to a strong start for BCA as the remarketing specialist experienced increased buyer demand in strong New Year trading.
2018 will be a year of relationship building for savvy remarketers – of positioning themselves as helpful, informative and strong partners to dealers.
The National Association of Motor Auctions has reported that used car prices rose by 2.4% as average mileages fell by 0.8% at auctions during December.
Gumtree and eBay will operate as one business after merging to offer car retailers exposure across two platforms when listing vehicles for sale.
Peugeot Citroen Retail UK has been fined £5,000 after Robins and Day’s Gateshead Peugeot failed to declare a used car was previously a Europcar rental vehicle.
Diesel cars are less reliable and more expensive to fix than their petrol counterparts, according to a study by MotorEasy.
Cap HPI has revealed the scale of the used car it processes is set to reach record levels in 2018, with 68,000 unique model derivatives now on the market.
Car retailers' online sales leads rose by 34% during December as the sector experienced an 8.5% rise in used cars during the final month of 2017, according to enquiryMAX.
BCA will harness the “digitally-driven international business” experience of new chief marketing and data officer Dene Jones to help meet customers’ changing needs, the remarketing specialist has said.
A new survey by Servicing Stop has revealed that 70% of UK motorists would prefer to visit an independent garage than a main dealer to meet their car's maintenance needs.
Cox Automotive reported a strong end to 2017 as average used car prices rose across its Manheim auctions, Dealer Auction, NextGear Capital and Motors.co.uk businesses.
CarGiant and Aston Barclay have entered into a two-year remarketing contract which will see the independent auction specialist sell over 24,000 of the car supermarket group’s unwanted part-exchange vehicles.
Moto Novo finance has launched its findandfundmycar.com classified advertising service built on a set of co-operative principals which aim to cut costs for car dealers.
Soft check and soft search options on online motor finance could make it more accessible and attractive to used car buyers, iVendi has revealed.
Used Kia Sportage models spent the fewest days on dealer forecourts in 2017, as Auto Trader named it the UK's fastest selling car.
BCA Partner Finance is celebrating record levels of demand after funding over 100,000 vehicles with its used car stocking facility over the past 12 months.
Carsnip has topped off its fastest year of growth to date by achieving an 800,000 car listings milestone during the last month of 2017.
CarGurus has the revealed the BMW 3 Series as the most popular car on its online marketing platform last year.
Car retailers recorded an average loss of £19,000 in a "tough" November as the average return on sales percentage dipped to 0.97%.
The Finance and Leasing Association has claimed that the point of sale new car finance market remains “on track”, despite an 8% decline in volumes during November.
Prices for used diesel cars rose by 2% in 2017, despite the dramatic shift towards petrol seen in the new car market.
BCA recorded its fourth consecutive record month of used car prices in a monthly Pulse report which showed values had risen by £465 to £9,868 during December.
Lawdata's director of legal services Graham Jones on recent articles in UK publications which suggested that “millions” of used car buyers could claim a refund.
Over the past 13 years our business (Anchor Vans) has transformed from a small local dealership into the UK’s largest independent van hypermarket, now servicing, selling and delivering vehicles to all corners of the UK and beyond.
