Motor Trader

JANUARY 28, 2025

New research from Close Brothers Motor Finance looked at the 55% of motorists planning to buy a car in the next 12 months and found The research, which looked at what car buyers check when purchasing a second-hand car, found that one in five (22%) dont check the mileage, and a similar number do not check the MOT history of the vehicle (29%).

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Carscoops

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Which means that in the more than 800 days the current owner has had custody of the Honda, he’s managed to add just seven miles (11 km). Almost two and a half years after changing hands via Bring a Trailer when it had a mere 123 miles (198 km) on the clock, the yellow S2000 is once again being offered on the same auction website.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

BMW (+33.1%) confirms it is the favourite of Belgian car buyers for the third year running with an improved 10.6% Model-wise, the BMW X1 (+105.6%) deliver an outstanding performance, managing to take the crown off the Tesla Model Y which was #1 after 9 months. Discover over 65 years of Belgian Historical Data here. market share.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

MAY 20, 2024

Toyota Land Cruiser 32,887 new vehicles found a buyer in Kuwait over Q1 2024. Hyundai, Lexus and Honda also manage a Top 10 spot with Geely knocking at the door at #11. Toyota remains the favourite with 27.7% share, way above Nissan at 10.7%. Mitsubishi rounds out the podium at 7%, just ahead of Ford at 6.8%.

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Carscoops

DECEMBER 18, 2024

While recently speaking with members of the Australian media, local Kia general manager of marketing Dean Norbiato said surveys sent out about the Tasman since its unveiling show there’s been a shift in how people feel about it. However, the company says consumers are coming around to the interesting styling.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

AUGUST 1, 2024

According to data by our Central European partner CE Auto , 802 new light vehicles found a buyer in Moldova in June, a sturdy 18.3% The Dacia Duster (+12.1%) manages a positive result but drops three spots on last month to #4. year-on-year improvement. This way, the H1 2024 volume is up 14.4% to 4,394 units. 2 312 7.1% + 64.2%

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Best Selling Cars Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

9,531 new passenger cars found a buyer in Hungary in May, a 5.9% Leader year-to-date, Suzuki (+6%) drops to #3 but still manages to match the market growth. Toyota is the most popular brand in Hungary in May. year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date volume is now up 9.6% share vs. 9.3% for the #2, Volkswagen.

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Motor Trader

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Autofinity has launched ViSOURCE, a tool to aggregate wholesale vendor stock and information to provide buyers with an extensive view of the used car market. ViHUB enables automotive retailers to pool vehicle data, automatically populate online marketplaces and manage stock with up-to-date inventory details.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

MAY 13, 2024

Shift in Buyer Preferences During the pandemic, many people began prioritizing reliability and comfort in their vehicles, as safety became a paramount concern. Tyrell Evans , a seasoned sales manager in the automotive industry, observed a surge in interest in used luxury cars. Despite these challenges, opportunities abound.

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Carscoops

JUNE 24, 2024

Buyers across the continent have been cooling on the idea of buying EVs, and the removal of state subsidies in addition to a dockworker’s strike in Sweden affecting Tesla deliveries hasn’t helped. New figures show the Model Y dropped from first place in the table in May 2023 to 18th last month.

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Autocar

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Despite total new car sales increasing 6% for the year to date, those to private buyers are down 11.8%, figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show. Meanwhile, of the 34 million cars on the roads, 16 million – almost one in two – are more than a decade old. I have never seen the part-exchange market as divided.

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Carscoops

AUGUST 15, 2024

Australian buyers never got their hands to the new generation of the C3 and C3 Aircross, which recently introduced a new styling language and the updated double chevron emblem in Europe. Citroen has been present in the Australian market since 1923, striking the longest uninterrupted streak in the region. ”

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Carscoops

AUGUST 7, 2024

Managing director Rawdon Glover provides some details about what that shift looks like. The automaker will target more affluent buyers and more luxurious segments. Glover is Jaguar’s managing director. It seems that the brand is going to target more affluent buyers with a higher-end sales experience.

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Carscoops

AUGUST 18, 2024

During July, buyers spent an average of $111,018 on it, but it still managed to outsell every other six-figure vehicle. What’s perhaps most interesting is that the Cybertruck managed to outpace traditional gas-powered trucks along with everything else in this price segment. “The thing about the U.S.

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Carscoops

JUNE 24, 2024

Read: Fisker Files For Bankruptcy After All Rescue Attempts Fail Fisker owes more than $850 million to two groups of bondholders, Resnick said the firm had reached a tentative deal with a single buyer for all of its 4,300 vehicles. However, liquidating the company and paying back the two groups may not be easy.

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Autocar

MARCH 6, 2024

Vauxhall managing director James Taylor said the budget "has not delivered the acceleration needed to stop the UK’s transition to electric vehicles from stalling". Car makers argue that private buyers should get the same incentives as fleet buyers.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

JULY 2, 2024

Moreover, even if its price is lower than when you thoroughly select a buyer and wait for pricing fluctuation in the market until it increases and meets your expectations, you still will profit as time is also money. Today, most Toronto car owners manage to do that online. Yet, it’s quite possible to sell an old car fast.

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Autocar

JUNE 4, 2024

The ID 7 GTX gains a sportier steering set-up, too, and buyers can add Dynamic Chassis Control (DCC), which uses a revised dynamics manager to offer customisable handling. As with the estate, the saloon’s chassis and dynamics have been tweaked in order to deal with the increase in power.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

JUNE 10, 2024

127,128 new passenger cars found a buyer in Russia in May, a 76.2% Lada (+81.9%) remains the uncontested leader in the brands ranking and even manages to outpace the market to 31.5% Jaecoo is now among the 10 best-selling brands in Russia. year-on-year increase just as the year-to-date volume improves 86.4% to 594,917.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

JULY 8, 2024

1,600 new cars found an Icelandic buyer in June, a harsh -37.6% Toyota (-61.1%), Dacia (-56%) and most strikingly Tesla (-81.6%) all freefall below, while Suzuki (-31.7%) manages to keep its year-on-year loss just below the market rate. The Kia Ceed is up to #3 in Iceland in June. year-on-year fall. The H1 2024 tally is off -38.1%

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CarExpert

JANUARY 28, 2025

The infrastructure just isnt there to support that product, Luke Todd, the managing director and executive chairman of EVDirect, told CarExpert. While Mr Todd noted BYD clearly has the capability to build an electric ute, he said buyers are well-served by the plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Shark 6.

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Carscoops

JANUARY 13, 2025

One of the highlights is the Macan EV, which managed to outsell its internal combustion engine (ICE) counterpart in the fourth quarter of the year. On the flip side, the fully electric Taycan struggled to find buyers, with sales nearly halving compared to the previous year. Meanwhile, in the U.S.

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Autocar

JANUARY 28, 2025

Clearwatts tech will give buyers a fuller picture of how an EV is performing Smartphone app generates report on range and degradation, making it easier to check the health of a used EV A British company is launching a smartphone app that can calculate the state of health of an electric car 'sdrive battery. per year, compared with 2.3%

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Autocar

MARCH 29, 2024

Alfa Romeo's first all-new car under Stellantis ownership challenges in the fearsomely competitive 'compact premium' SUV class Much as the thought may bring traditionalist devotees of this famous old Italian racing brand out in spots, Alfa Romeo is - under the auspices of its current Stellantis Group management overlords - slowly turning its corporate (..)

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Carscoops

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Many buyers feel that plug-in hybrids don’t offer enough value compared to traditional hybrids or full EVs. The need to manage both fueling and charging makes plug-in hybrids less appealing to potential buyers. share of the total market, while conventional hybrids managed a respectable 10.7%.

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Carscoops

JANUARY 30, 2025

Kia says buyers are coming around to the Tasman’s looks, but we’re not convinced. Yet, despite its obvious appeal to truck buyers, the Kia Tasman won’t be making its way to American dealerships. For now, at least, American truck buyers will have to admire (or mock) it from afar. After all, the U.S.

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Autocar

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Tavares is also unhappy with the fact the mandate has not been backed by incentives from the government to help stimulate demand that isn't there from buyers. "If And as a consequence, I need to restore the profitability by a certain number of decisions in terms of making things more efficient in the UK."

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Carscoops

JULY 23, 2024

Koenigsegg also managed to squeeze the 5.0-liter “There were so few left that asked for the three-cylinder, we managed to convince almost all of them [to switch engine orders].” Unfortunately, the temptation of a more powerful V8 has proven too strong for buyers. ” Koenigsegg Gemera with the 2.0-liter

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Carscoops

JUNE 17, 2024

ICE car buyers never give it a second thought, but when it comes to EVs everyone wants to know what the official range is – and more importantly, how much of that range is genuinely available in real-world driving. percent of its claimed WLTP range, and its 3.8 mi/kWh efficiency score was the second-worst here.

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Carscoops

JANUARY 7, 2025

Despite being BMW M’s flagship and its only standalone model, the XM has failed to gain traction among American buyers. for the year, excluding discontinued “zombie” models like the i3 and 6 Series, which each managed to sell exactly one unit.

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Carscoops

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Protestors reportedly stormed a meeting between union officials and management at Audi’s Brussels plant. The move comes after Audi announced Q8 e-tron production would end early next year and stopped looking for a buyer to purchase the plant.

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Autocar

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Bernhard Blattel, BMW’s compact class product management chief, told Autocar the focus of the redesign was to push the design to make the car “more sporting”. And buyers can option a contrasting high-gloss black roof for the first time. At the front, there's a revamped kidney grille that will be offered with a light-up LED surround.

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Carscoops

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Adding to this positive trend is an increase in incentives, creating a more favorable environment for potential buyers. This influx is contributing to a more diverse range of options for buyers. New vehicle inventory has stabilized across the United States, with prices experiencing a slight decline. million vehicles.

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CarExpert

JANUARY 23, 2025

Polestar is planning on doubling the size of its global electric vehicle (EV) lineup in the next handful of years, but its decided to stay on the side of caution by prioritising a model buyers want rather than one its championed. These are identical figures to the Polestar 5, which means itll be about as potent as a Porsche Taycan Turbo S.

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Autocar

DECEMBER 8, 2024

It would implement lessons from GMs Nummi venture with Toyota in California, regarding quality assurance and a collaborative, not confrontational relationship between labour and management. The incumbent management also wanted Saturn to start doing things the conventional GM way.

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Autocar

JANUARY 16, 2024

She continued: “It becomes less about procurement and procuring supplies and more about supply chain visibility and management to distribute the accountability across the whole thing.” The [car buyer] gets to see the general information, maybe some of the supply chain information and certainly the state of capacity and state of health.

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Best Selling Cars Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

25,701 new cars found a buyer in Austria in March, a -2.3% Suzuki (+185%) manages by far the biggest year-on-year lift in the Top 10, with Toyota (+21.3%), Dacia (+3.9%) and Mercedes (+2%) also up. The Mitsubishi ASX (a rebadged Renault Captur) cracks the Austrian Top 10 in March. year-on-year drop. to 63,263 units.

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