Cazana
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Market Insight 12 DecGeneral Election may trigger ‘performance blip’ for car dealers
Car dealers may experience a used car sales performance blip after voters head to the polls for today’s General Election 2019 but the sector is “performing pretty well” in challenging times, according to Cazana.
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Market Insight 7 Nov
Volatile October had car buyers 'tightening their belts', says Cazana
October has been a volatile month politically and economically with warnings around future investment in the UK and the viability of running certain business types amid major UK business failures in the retail sector.
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Market Insight 8 Oct
Pre-reg prevalence triggers ‘serious’ nearly-new car value decline
While consumer confidence seems to have improved during the key number plate change month of September efforts to prop up ailing new car sales seem to be hampering parts of the used car market.
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Supplier News 30 SepCazana embarks on microcar charity challenge
A team of intrepid drivers from Cazana are preparing to take on an epic London to Lands End charity challenge in the firm’s company mascot microcar, Bamby.
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Market Insight 11 Sep
'Tenacity and resilience' required as August apathy impacts used car margins
August delivered evidence of significant pre-registration driven by the requirement for market share and the need to register WLTP cars in the face of the arrival of RDE2 legislation.
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Market Insight 6 Aug
Used diesel cars not in 'major pricing difficulty’, says Cazana
July 2019 brought with it much discussion around the decline in used car performance despite a level of decline which will remain a moot point.
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Supplier insight 26 Jun5 minutes with… Tom Wood, CEO, Cazana
Tom Wood, the chief executive of the car-checking and valuation company Cazana, explains why data is the answer to dealers’ worries about economic uncertainty
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Used Cars 10 Jun
'No need to heavily write back stock values' Cazana tells retailers
Despite volatile alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) values and reports of significant decline across the sector, there is ‘no need' for car retailers to heavily write back stock values, according to Cazana.
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Used Cars 31 May
‘No evidence’ of significant used car value decline, says Cazana
Cazana director of valuations Rupert Pontin has claimed that its data suggests there is ‘no evidence’ to support suggestions of a significant decline in used car values in recent months.
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Market Insight 13 May
Easter distractions compounded difficult April for used car dealers
Traditionally the used car market in April is buoyant and there are plenty of retail buyers on the forecourt but that has not been the case in 2019.
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Used Cars 16 Apr
Brexit concerns triggered mixed March for used car dealers, says Cazana
The used car market in March was a story of two halves and market sentiment would appear to suggest that the retail consumers were more fickle than they have been for some time, according to Cazana director of valuations Rupert Pontin.
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Supplier News 13 MarCazana raises 150% of crowdfunding target to invest in global expansion
Cazana has closed its latest round of crowdfunding at £1.56 million, nearly 160% of its original investment target to embark on global expansion plans.
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Used Cars 8 Mar
HMRC VAT to 'make life tougher' but used car demand prevails, says Cazana
February has not served to install car retailers’ used vehicle operations as “the shining star” in their business in recent months and news of HMRC VAT reforms will only make life tougher, according to Cazana.
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Used Cars 7 Feb
Lack of ‘quality stock’ not enough to stall used car prices, says Cazana
A lack of “good quality and desirable stock” has not been enough to stall rising used car prices as demand from consumers defies the uncertainty caused by Brexit, according to Cazana.
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Market Insight 8 Jan
Used car stock shortages and consumer demand remain key, reports Cazana
In the wake of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Trader’s fully-year 2018 new car registration figures, Cazana valuations director, Rupert Pontin, delivers his market analysis for December, 2018.
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Market Insight 7 Dec
Consumer uncertainty and weak pound continue to benefit used car sector, says Cazana
November’s new car registration figures may be an indicator that the market is started to “rebalance itself” but market forces continue to favour used car retail, according to Cazana.
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Supplier News 12 NovMHA MacIntyre Hudson chooses Cazana for vehicle valuation services
Accountancy firm MHA MacIntyre Hudson will refer its motor sector clients and network to Cazana for vehicle valuation services.
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Used Cars 9 Nov
New car shortages drive buoyant used car market, says Cazana
A choking of new vehicle supply to dealers’ showrooms triggered by the September introduction of WLTP will continue to drive a buoyant used car market into 2019, according to Cazana.
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Market Insight 12 Oct
Cazana Market Report analyses September's 'quantum shift' in sales
New car registration data released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) for September saw a quantum shift from the August return that saw such an uplift in registrations.
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Supplier News 10 Oct
Financial Ombudsman turns to Cazana for car valuation data
The Financial Ombudsman Service has adopted Cazana’s vehicle valuations in order to assess the value of written-off vehicles.
