Market intelligence
-
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?.
-
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.
-
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
-
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.
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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.
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Market Insight 31 Jan
First-quarter finance offers are key manufacturer weapon to make up 2016 losses
Success over the next three months is vital for dealerships and manufacturer finance offers are a key weapon in the lead-up the March plate change.
