Manheim’s latest three-year market analysis for vans show average wholesale used van sale values are now exceeding 2006 levels by 4% or £127.
But motoring sector has coped well and investors are now returning to automotive market
Private equity company Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Europe’s largest remarketing company BCA from Montagu Private Equity.
An agreement was signed last week which will sets out the roll-out of electric vehicles in the north-east of England.
Just over half the AM100 companies made a profit in 2008. Total losses were more than double total profits.
A look back at this year’s used car market which has seen some values soar.
Carmaker to appeal to younger buyers while retaining its core customers
Black Horse Motor Finance will reassert its position as “the first choice for dealers” through a new brand identity in 2010, said products, pricing and marketing director Simon Cotton.
Mazda is urging its dealers to focus on aftersales in 2010 in what is expected to be a a tougher year than 2009.
A dramatic move upmarket aims at better competing with rival sports cars
Audi has redeveloped its 1.6 TDI diesel engine in its A3 model getting carbon dioxide emissions down to 99g/km and the extending its efficiency to 74.3mpg.
Retail car buyers lost the habit of arranging loans in the showroom when they found rates offered by high street banks and internet newcomers more attractive.
Robert Forrester, CEO of Vertu Motors, talks to AM about the challenges to the retail car market in 2010 - and the opportunities for his AM100 dealer group.
Martyn Mangan talks to AM about his career and life
The European Commission is proposing to adopt a new Block Exemption for vehicle repair and maintenance services.
Fiat will increase annual car production in Italy to one million over the next three years.
Dutch sports car manufacturer Spyker has extended its deadline indefinitely for its revised offer to buy Saab.
BMW UK managing director Tim Abbott talks of “outstanding work”
Ford leads the way with price rises with another 2.5 % increase this month
The Institute of the Motor Industry has launched a new free ATA iPhone application which allows drivers to located their closest fully-qualified technician.
The future of Luton and the Vauxhall Vivaro van plant will be clear within a year.
Ford has agreed the terms to sell its Volvo brand to Chinese car manufacturer Geely.
Mitchells Renault in Lowestoft has celebrated one apprentice becoming a fully-qualified technician as another joins the dealership’s workshop training scheme.
Motor manufacturers are set to extend their franchise dealer menu pricing initiatives in 2010 to stop fleets sending their older vehicles to independent garages.
The Office of Fair Trading is aiming to offer guidance to used car dealers following its market study into the sale of second-hand cars.
The automotive industry bucked the national trend by seeing the rate of insolvencies rise in November, according to the latest insolvency index from Experian.
Aston Martin is performing final tests on its One-77 supercar to prepare it for its launch into the UK next summer.
HR Owen, the specialist car dealer group, today announced that Jon Walden has been appointed non-executive chairman from January 1.
Carlos Ghosn, Nissan CEO, says it does not plan to follow the strategies of several rival carmakers which have announced partnerships lately.
An eBay motor trader has received a suspended prison sentence for selling clocked cars.
