Legendary businessman Jack Welch once advised, ‘change before you have to’. It’s a sentiment that feels pertinent to automotive retail at the moment. As an industry, we are faced with the shifting sands of government legislation, new retail models driven by OEMs, new market entrants from China and an ever-increasing cost of doing business due to lending costs and the ...

Monthly subscriptions are fast becoming the preferred method of payment for car buyers purchasing maintenance plans for their vehicles, according to EMaC. The service plan provider reported demand for maintenance plans payable by monthly instalments have risen by over 1000% in the year to date and are on course to overtake one-off fixed term payments for the first time. The ...

The Ford Fiesta was the UK’s best-selling used car and the Toyota Prius was the second fastest-selling used car in September according to Indicata’s latest Market Watch report. Both cars have now finished production with no replacement planned for either model which suggests prices will continue to rise against a backdrop of strong demand and falling supply. The used Fiesta ...

With the wholesale price of electricity falling in the UK, alongside the rising cost of petrol at the pumps, EV drivers could be saving hundreds of pounds per year compared to drivers of conventional vehicles. In a recent nationwide survey of drivers by Tusker, 79% of EV drivers stated that they chose an electric car in order to save money. ...