new car market
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Manufacturer 17 NovAmazon trials new car sales with Hyundai
The e-commerce giant Amazon has announced that its USA operation will begin online sales of new cars in 2024.
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Market Insight 13 NovIncentives and new car discounts: Carmakers working harder to shore up UK market share
Rapid growth in fleet segment new car sales is a sign of carmakers' return to their traditional habits of large volume incentives and increased supply to car rental companies.
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Retailing 26 OctUK new car sales in September's 73-plate change campaign analysed
Polestar, Cupra, Volkswagen and Kia are among the brands picked out in our analysis of the September 2023 new car registrations in the UK.
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Market Insight 5 SepAugust new car market shows Tesla outsold Peugeot, Nissan, Mercedes
Data for the August new car market shows that Tesla was the ninth most in-demand car brand, ahead of the likes of Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot, MG Motor and Volvo.
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Opinion 5 SepExecutive View: Why is our Government trying to destroy the UK car industry?
Following other countries' lead and giving vehicle manufacturers with UK production plants a financial helping hand to make their EVs affordable to more drivers makes sense, argues AM's regular columnist Professor Jim Saker, emeritus professor of Loughborough University's business school and president of the Institute of the Motor Industry. But he's not holding his breath waiting for it to happen.
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Manufacturer 22 AugJust how easily can Chinese car brands tempt buyers from the UK's establishment?
The future of electric vehicles (EV) is being forged in China with its leading carmakers ready to take on the world. In this first part of our analysis on what this means for the UK, we talk to industry experts on their potential to transform the British new car marketplace
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Manufacturer 27 JulToyota Lexus faces struggle to meet UK zero emission mandate
Toyota Lexus, which have offered hybrid petrol-electric powertrains since the 1990s and were among the first to move away from diesel last decade, face a "very difficult" short-term challenge in the UK Government's proposed zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) mandate.
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Market Insight 21 JulAnalysis: Hard to see how Ford can compete with VW's 16-model line-up
Analyst David Francis dives into the first half of 2023's new car registrations, and ponders has Ford handed the gold model to Volkswagen in ending the Fiesta, and why is Polestar a hotter prospect than Tesla?
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Market Insight 26 May
Tesla and MG fuelled Europe's electric car growth in April, Jato finds
The market share of new BEVs (battery electric vehicles) across Europe in April was three percentage points higher than April 2022, representing 13% of the total 960,191 units new car sales.
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Market Insight 26 MayNew car supply constraints are easings, says Bloomberg Intelligence
New car supply constraints are starting to ease, just as consumers are curbing spending amid high inflation, according to Bloomberg.
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Market Insight 4 MayUK new car market forecast revised as deliveries ramp up
Cox Automotive has revised its UK new car market forecast to a 13.5% uplift in new car sales in 2023.
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Opinion 18 AprSaker: Lessons from China on hitting a target
Thoughts about the risk of distress sales caused by governments that set short-sighted and disruptive targets to rapidly shift consumer habits from AM's regular columnist Professor Jim Saker, director of the Centre for Automotive Management at Loughborough University's business school and president of the Institute of the Motor Industry.
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Manufacturer 11 AprDealers expect more delays to agency implementation
Carmakers aiming to switch to direct-to-consumer new car sales through agency agreements with their dealers are expected to defer or even abandon their plans by three-in four AM-online poll respondents.
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Latest News 30 MarGovernment sticks to 2030 ICE new car ban and starts EV mandate consultation
The Government has pledged to stick to its plan to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 as it revealed its Powering Up Britain strategy to transform the UK’s energy infrastructure.
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Car Dealer News 23 FebRetailers slash new car prices by up to 16%
Discounts of up to 16% are being offered on new cars at UK retailers, ahead of the March plate-change.
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Market Insight 21 FebThe likely winners in the new car race
Deep analysis of 2022's UK new car market shows parental lineage gives no guarantees when ambitious new car brands like MG and Kia can go the distance
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Finance 16 NovAffordability highlighted by Q4 new car finance offers
A selection of Q4 new car finance offers come under scrutiny for affordability and competitiveness.
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Market Insight 25 OctLead time for EV orders is getting longer, data shows
The lead time for orders of new electric vehicles has increased since August, according to new research from Electrifying.com.
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Market Insight 5 OctUK's September new car sales near the quarter million mark
Registrations of new cars in the plate-change month of September reached 225,269 units; the 4.6% uplift marking the new car market's second successive month of year-on-year growth, SMMT data shows.
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Manufacturer 8 AugLexus enters Motability scheme with aim to grow sales to disabled people
Premium brand Lexus has joined the UK's Motability Scheme and is offering its self-charging hybrid UX 250h F Sport Design initially to scheme members, who receive a mobility allowance through the Department of Work and Pensions to help them with disabilities and mobility issues.
