A quarter of car buyers are swayed by adverts, according to the latest survey conducted by The Motor Ombudsman.
The Government has been accused of “passing the buck” to local authorities following the publication of plans to reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions across the UK.
UK motorists are today being urged by the Stop the Crash Partnership to make car safety a deal-breaker.
More than one in 10 dealership staff are logging into more than 11 systems daily – with a massive 93% saying they spend more than two hours a day in front of a screen.
The High Court has ruled that legislation which restricts government business in the run-up to an election must not inhibit the publication of new clean air plans expected to include a diesel-based vehicle scrappage scheme.
The PCP industry is booming. Thousands of drivers every year walk off the showroom forecourt with a brand new motor and a freshly signed PCP agreement to go along with it.
An investigation into finance in the automotive sector has slammed used car dealers for a “£1.4 billion a year rip-off” after comparing the deals offered by 100 retailers across the UK.
Like all organisations that process personal data, motor dealers must comply with data protection legislation.
FCA action to tackle perceived “conflicts of interest and irresponsible lending” in motor finance must be proportionate and not harm vehicle sales, according to NFDA director Sue Robinson.
The IMI has welcomed calls from Daniel Zeichner MP for licensing of motor industry professionals working on electric vehicles.
The Bank of England has confirmed that it considering more stringent regulations which would usher in strict affordability checks in a bid to avoid a PCP-prompted financial crisis.
The success of Sytner Group’s online trade-sales web site has resulted in a donation of £28,583 to the BEN charity.
Plans are being drawn-up which could see diesel drivers in certain areas of the country handed a £2,000 incentive to switch into a new vehicle which produces fewer harmful emissions.
Voters will head to the polls on June 8 after the Prime Minister announced a snap general election in a speech made outside Number 10 this morning.
AM’s new DigiTech conference will play host to a ‘great data debate’ when panellists tackle some of the most pressing questions.
The Government has pledged its continued grant support to motorists buying an EV as it announced £109 million of funding for research into autonomous cars and low-emissions transport.
A car dealer says a BMW that crashed into the side of a store in Swindon on Saturday was taken without permission by a drunk driver.
A used car dealer has criticised Trading Standards after being fined in a fraud case.
Honda Motor Europe has been fined £13,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after breaching data protection laws with almost 290,000 “illegal” marketing emails.
Sales of Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP) insurance policies appear to have stabilised.
A car mechanic who bludgeoned former bomb disposal expert to death because he owed him £17,000 has been jailed.
A 25-year-old who stole a Saudi prince’s Rolls-Royce and sold it to a Huddersfield dealership has been jailed.
Nearly half of drivers believe they have been over-charged and mis-sold finance and insurance products when buying from a dealership.
Drive on damage has emerged to be amongst the more common defences raised by dealers.
Chancellor Philip Hammond has said he expects to reveal changes to the tax treatment of diesel vehicles in his autumn budget.
