Tag Archives: pre-registration

All the signs are that we are heading for another bumper September. But how many of the sales we’ll see reported will be to ‘real’ customers?  And how many stories will we see pouring cold water on the registration figures because they don’t all represent ‘genuine’ sales?  The fact is that a proportion – and nobody can really put a ...

Dealer new car margins came under pressure in March in the scramble to hit targets. Fewer pre-registrations went through the books than last year with reduced incentives from carmakers...

The high number of pre-registration cars in dealer networks may help alleviate supply issues as a result of some brands cutting back on production in the wake of last month’s earthquake in Japan.

Pendragon, the UK's largest car dealer, has warned that a slowdown in consumer spending is set to blow a £20m hole in profits this year.

Pendragon has claimed new car registrations rose in the first quarter of the year because of high numbers of pre-registrations despite waning demand from consumers. Speaking at its annual general meeting last week, Sir Nigel Rudd, chairman of the UK’s largest dealer group, said: “Moving into April there were a significant number of cars registered and not sold to a ...