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New market set to improve amidst most “significant change in decades”

New car registrations are set to slowly improve sector for the rest of 2023, supported by recovering vehicle production meeting customer demand. Cox Automotive has delivered its baseline forecast for total new car registrations in 2023 at 1,921,436, representing a significant increase of nearly 20% compared to 2022 figures but still lower (-16.9%) than pre-pandemic yearly registrations. Taking recent indicators ...

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Strong demand supports “resilient” used market in H1 23

The used car market has shown signs of a steady recovery in the first half of 2023. According to a half-year analysis by Cox Automotive, data for the first six months of this year points to a “resilient marketplace buoyed by strong demand and improved year-on-year performance.” Consumer demand for used vehicles has continued to grow and can be attributed ...

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Cox Automotive wins an International Safety Award

Cox Automotive has won an International Safety Award from the British Safety Council. This is in recognition of its commitment to keeping its workers and workplaces healthy and safe in 2022. Now in their 65th year, the International Safety Awards recognise and celebrate organisations around the world that have demonstrated their commitment to preventing workplace injuries and work-related ill health. ...

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2023 looks set to be a ‘great year’ for EVs despite supply constraints

2023 looks set to be a strong year for EV sales with demand despite supply constraints. That’s the view of renewable energy specialist myenergi, featured in Cox Automotive’s quarterly automotive insight update AutoFocus. Tom Callow, head of external affairs at myenergi, said that lower EV running costs, wider availability and the growing number of domestic solar installations are principal factors ...

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AvailableCar signs five-year deal with Cox Automotive

Car supermarket group AvailableCar has signed a five-year agreement with Cox Automotive to dispose of used car stock. The deal will see it remarketing stock from its four retail sites and its car buying service, IsYourCarAvailable.com – estimated to be up to 12,500 cars per year – through Manheim Auction Services. It also paves the way for a closer partnership ...

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Automotive retail market is ‘resilient’ despite headwinds

The automotive retail market remains “resilient” during unprecedented headwinds, with “positive signs that an upturn is on the horizon.” That’s the view from Cox Automotive Europe as it releases the sixth instalment of its quarterly insight roundup, AutoFocus. AutoFocus brings together the latest views on the market from Cox Automotive as well as Owen Edwards at Grant Thornton, Steve Young ...

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Cox Automotive revises new car forecast

Cox Automotive is predicting that the automotive market “may never return to pre-pandemic levels”, as new and used vehicle sales continue to be hit by several headwinds. As a result, the company has downgraded its new car forecasts to reflect the current state of the industry and ongoing challenges. According to Philip Nothard, Insight and Strategy Director at Cox Automotive, ...

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Traditional retail models to experience “huge disruption” with increased agency interest

The distribution and retailing of vehicles is set to change as much in the next five years as it has in the last 50, according to the latest issue of Cox Automotive’s AutoFocus report. Philip Nothard, Insight and Strategy Director at Cox Automotive, said: “When you look at the increasing interest from OEMs in agency models, changing consumer sales trends ...

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Cox Automotive announces new MD for Vehicle Solutions business

Cox Automotive has appointed Lee Fox as managing director Cox Automotive Vehicle Solutions (CAVS). The CAVS business includes Manheim Vehicle Service, Manheim Inspection Services and Movex. Fox will report to Pete Bell, Cox Automotive Europe’s COO and sit on the European Board. He joins Cox Automotive Europe from GEFCO where he was most recently in charge of all vehicle and ...

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Cox Automotive launches mobility unit to tackle emerging technologies

      Cox Automotive has launched Cox Automotive Mobility, a new division targeting emerging transport technologies. It covers Fleet Services, Fleet Operations, EV Battery Solutions and Emerging Ventures. Cox has been diversifying. Recent acquisitions include EV battery lifecycle management, Spiers New Technologies and workflow technology business, FleetMaster. Cox Automotive Mobility’s EV Battery Solutions will address environmental challenges, including pre-treatment ...

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