CAP New Vehicle Data Manager, David Saville, discusses the increasing rate of significant change for new car models in today's market.
Blog - Author: Mike Hind
UK Bucks European Trend with Continuing Rise in Car Sales
CAP AIS Automotive Intelligence Specialist, Matthew Freeman, comments on European new car sales figures. In a week in which major EU markets have posted continuing poor sales, the UK has bucked the trend by posting yet another set of healthy figures – with April being the 13th month in succession to post month-on-month growth.
Perceptions versus reality & the boundaries of forecasting
Commercial vehicle values forecaster, Tim Cattlin, explains how brand perceptions trump product quality in future residual value prediction.
Can the Chinese crack the UK & European markets?
Alongside the familiar brands at last week’s Geneva Auto Show was a newcomer. Qoros showed no less than three concept cars: the Qoros 3 sedan, the Qoros Estate concept and the Qoros Cross Hybrid concept.
No let-up in demand for UK used cars abroad
Black Book Live editor, Lee Norbury, writes about the burgeoning export trade for cars that is seeing sale prices of up to 200% of CAP Clean.
There but for the grace of God?
Last week (Thursday 21st February) the OFT announced that Mercedes Benz and three of its CV dealers had been fined £2.6 million after admitting infringing competition law. The transgressions apparently varied in nature but ‘market sharing, price coordination or exchange of commercially sensitive information’ were all allegedly involved.
Reflections on NADA 2013
Truth by repeated assertion, it’s very common phenomenon, politicians and marketers use it all the time, for example “US dealers are more advanced than UK dealers”, I don’t believe this view of the dinosaur UK dealers, at least fully.
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