On this Saturday’s episode of MotorTradeRadio.com, Philip Nothard is joined by Alastair Campbell, founder of Carsnip.com to discuss a Government consultation on car clocking, as mileage adjustment’s firms come under scrutiny. Campbell also shares his views on Autotrader.co.uk signing up JudgeService.com for dealer reviews and asks, will this help sell cars? In the week’s headlines supplied by MotorTrader.com Cap-hpi.com forecasts ...
Read More »Cap hpi goes global at Paris motor show
Automotive data group cap hpi is launching a global business at the Paris Motorshow. The company has built a European data set to support the first phase of its growth plans and will underpin its insight and data services with a new global coding system. The company is launching into key markets in 2016, supported by the international network of ...
Read More »Cap predicts spike in self-registrations in September
Cap is predicting a spike in pre-registration activity in September. It carried out a survey of dealers which found that a fifth (26%) expect volumes of pre-registered vehicles to exceed 21% of total new sales in September. This marks a significant rise on March when just 17% forecast pre-registered vehicles would exceed 21% of sales. Philip Nothard, consumer and retail ...
Read More »Dealers split over September new car sales expectations
With the new 66-plate debuting today, dealers are split between those expecting registrations to be bigger, or on a par with last year’s record high, and those who think it will be lower. In a new dealer survey from cap hpi, 51% of dealers expected new car registrations in September to be lower than 2015. The balance was split equally ...
Read More »Cap flags up ‘pressure points’ for used car market
Cap hpi reported used car values falling 0.7% in August as it flagged up tougher times ahead for the used car market. It said strong retail demand had supported used values in August with a reduction of 0.7% at three-years and 60,000 miles. But it said there could be problems ahead with pre-registrations and high volumes of cars in the ...
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