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Toyota and Lexus Remarketing has appointed Aston Barclay as its remarketing partner.  The vehicles will feature prominently at Aston Barclay’s Donington Park centre, following the launch event on 6 March.  Nick Thompson, Chief Customer officer at Aston Barclay, said: “We are delighted to be working with Toyota and Lexus Remarketing to offer its products through our physical auctions. “We know ...

Aston Barclay has reported record buyer attendance across its centres during the first week of its new sales schedule. Across the week, Aston Barclay saw a 35% increase in Attendees. Gordon Cockle, chief remarketing officer at Aston Barclay, said “With our new sales schedule offering higher volume levels and more variety in the stock we are offering to our buyers, ...

Aston Barclay is shutting its Leeds auction house and shifting commercial vehicles over to its Donington Park centre. The auction house has also announced a new and improved sales programme Launching on the 3rd of February, the enhanced programme will feature 12 weekly sales across fleet, dealer, and commercial categories, providing volume and variety of stock in the UK vehicle ...

Aston Barclay’s September LCV desirability index features electric vans for the first time. The Ford e-Transit topped the September list while the Maxus eDeliver 5 appeared in eighth place. The desirability index focuses on web views prior to sale, number of physical and online sale bids, and sale price achieved as a percentage of CAP average. Nick Thompson, Aston Barclay’s ...

Demand for used EVs ramped up in July following a -16.5% decline in prices during Q2, according Aston Barclay. EV prices fell by £3,289 to an average of £15,625, the largest quarterly fall since Q4 2022 when prices fell by £4,895 to £26,483. Nick Thompson, chief customer officer, said: “Whilst EVs have seen another quarter of falling prices, they look ...

Fleet management and mobility company KINTO UK has appointed Aston Barclay as an additional remarketing partner. Vehicles from KINTO will feature prominently at Aston Barclay’s sales, from its launch Wakefield fleet sale at 9:45 on 2 August. This will be followed by a secondary launch at Westbury on 6 August at the 10am fleet sale. Nick Thompson, chief customer officer ...

The used van market in 2024 has become “very fragmented” with dealers having to work harder to sell to businesses. That’s the view of auction house Aston Barclay which said high interest rates and cashflow are putting a brake on van sales. “The market has slowed since Xmas and dealers are having to work harder to sell used LCVs to SMEs ...

Dealers are competing to buy higher value used SUVs at auction to satisfy customer orders. That’s the view of Aston Barclays which said dealers are protecting their cashflow by not stocking these vehicles in large numbers. Premium brands are dominating Aston Barclay’s June used car desirability Index with the Porsche Taycan, Range Rover Velar and Audi Q7 the three most ...

Aston Barclay has announced that it is extending its opening hours as a result of the growing volumes of used cars and LCVs coming back into the market. Five Aston Barclay centres are now open from 7.30am to 6pm, with its Chelmsford site open even later to accommodate its evening sales programme. In addition, higher-volume sites in Chelmsford and Wakefield ...

Portsmouth, Southampton and Stockport are the areas in the UK where EV drivers will struggle the most in search of rapid charging points, according to Aston Barclay. Aston Barclay analysed Department for Transport statistics on the number of available rapid charging devices in the UK, and compared with the total number of registered EVs. Portsmouth had just one rapid charger ...