Market intelligence
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Manufacturer 7 Aug
Online car buyers most likely to purchase on Monday lunchtime
More consumers buy cars online between 11am and 3pm on a Monday than at any other time during the week, according to data from BuyaCar.
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Market Insight 22 MayPositive demand for click and collect, says MotoNovo
MotoNovo Finance has announced it has seen a surge in proposal and business activity, since it revealed it was lifting lending restrictions.
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Market Insight 21 MayDealer website traffic shows signs of recovery
Dealer website traffic analysis by Blue Interactive ‘paints a positive picture of industry recovery’.
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Market Insight 21 AprMotor finance firms' Q2 offers responded quickly to COVID-19
While new car sales have been impacted by UK showrooms closing, car manufacturers are still putting offers together for Q2 and customers can apply for credit.
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Market Insight 26 MarToyota leads the way with car finance offers, NFDA survey reveals
Japanese and Korean manufacturers came out top for how retailers rated the competitiveness of their retail finance offers in the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA)’s latest Winter 2019/20 Dealer Attitude Survey (DAS).
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Market Insight 25 MarHistory made as VW knocks Ford off top spot in UK car sales race
February 2020 saw something of a milestone for the UK's new car registrations: whereas Ford has been the best-selling marque in the UK since the late 1970s, and the supplier of the best-selling model for even longer, both titles went to VW this month.
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Car Dealer News 25 MarCoronavirus poses ‘biggest threat’ to UK car retailers
Coronavirus has been described as the “biggest immediate threat to the UK car retail sector” after retailers across the country began making contingency plans to prevent its spread.
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Market Insight 19 AugHalf UK new car sales accounted for by 10 biggest discounting brands
The 10 car manufacturers offering the biggest discounts to buyers accounted for almost half of the UK’s registrations during the first half of 2019, according to What Car?.
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Market Insight 19 Apr
Q2 new car finance ‘business as usual’ despite Brexit doubts
Despite the delay to Brexit and a broadly flat Q1 for private registrations (down 0.8%), UK customers are continuing to buy cars.
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Market Insight 19 AprMild March registrations fall hides big shifts in new car market
Plummeting Ford Mondeo and Fiesta registrations drag Ford below 10% market share for first time since 1911
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Supplier News 18 MarNorthridge Finance funds a record £1.1bn of vehicles in 2018
Northridge Finance has achieved a year of record growth, lending £1.1bn and increasing its funded fleet to 8,000 vehicles with Marshall Leasing.
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Market Insight 15 FebIn almost every sector, the SUV has crossed over
Crossovers and SUVs are on the verge of becoming the dominant bodystyle for all cars
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Market Insight 18 JanNot all motor retail segments shared the pain equally in 2018
The D segment – down 26% – neared MPV levels of unviability in the UK in 2018, as Nissan leads the biggest volume fallers
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Market Insight 27 NovWhen is a hybrid not a hybrid?
When it is never plugged in – but an end to the grant and a dent in PHEVs’ reputation may come too late to save diesel
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Market Insight 31 JanWho were the winners and losers in 2017’s new car sales slump?
The 5.7% fall in new car registrations last year was not split equally across brands, channels or models
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Latest News 19 DecWhat does 2018 hold for UK car dealers?
AM looks at some of the biggest changes and challenges facing dealers in 2018 and reveals what our online readers thought of their prospects for the year
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Finance 3 OctDealer satisfaction cooled in summer survey
Overall franchisee satisfaction scores are down for 22 out of 29 manufacturers in the NFDA's latest survey of dealer sentiment.
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Market Insight 26 JunOne in three customers is likely to change dealer if same vehicle is cheaper elsewhere
Almost one in three buyers will stay with a trusted dealer, irrespective of price
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Market Insight 2 MayFive brands' fleet registrations make up bulk of Q1 registrations boost
Fleet again props up the market as just five brands account for 80% of 48,236-unit rise in first-quarter registrations
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Market Insight 31 Jan
UK’s big three lose more ground to premium brands
Ford, Vauxhall and Volkswagen have all lost market share in a record registrations year
