Sunday 5th September, 2010
Automotive Consultancy, UK
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Automotive News
CAR owners face a £300 million hit in car repair costs as 1 million motors come out of their warranty period.
A 2007 boom in new car sales – 2.4 million new cars were sold – means the 3 year warranty period will be ending for many.
Warranty provider Warrantywise estimates these owners risk a spike in [...]
HONDA will show a hybrid version of the 5 door Jazz supermini at next months’ Paris Motor Show.
This will see it become the first hybrid petrol-electric supermini in the world – and it’s one that will soon come to market.
Honda will sell the Jazz Hybrid in the UK from early 2011.
The speed to market [...]
PRIVATE car buyers have been told they’re missing out on bargains through a fear of car auctions.
Manheim ways this wariness results in 85 percent of all car buyers not even considering going to a car auction.
Why? Well, for more than half of them, it’s through the puzzles of the auction process intimidating them.
A ‘common misconception,’ [...]
GARAGES are taking a hit on profits as well as customer safety says dealer management experts Pinewood.
This week’s Which? survey into car garages has indicated some low safety standards at garages, says Pinewood.
However, this is directly leading to missed profit opportunities too!
Any garage undertaking a good vehicle health check would have found these problems – [...]
CAR dealers are enjoying a continuation of record profitability but are warned not to be complacent.
ASE has looked at car dealer profitability stats, and discovered first half 2010 net profit averages at 1.4 percent.
As an average per car dealer, that equates to a profit of £76,645; that’s a £12k improvement on the same time [...]
CAR dealers have until 31 January 2011 to implement the new Consumer Credit Directive – CCD.
For those who haven’t the first idea where to start, the FLA has come to the rescue.
It has revised its Specialist Automotive Finance test to include all the latest knowledge – and also updated all the SAF Reference Material to [...]
CITROEN car dealers are preparing for a flurry of interest following confirmed prices for the DS3 Racing.
The MINI Cooper S rival will cost £23,100 when it goes on sale next month.
UK stocks are, however, limited to just 200 cars!
The idea is to provide a production car base for next year’s Citroen DS3 WRC rally car. [...]
WOMEN from various sectors outside the bodyshop arena have been given a crash course in paint spraying.
The event, run by Southgate College and the IMI, was aimed at showing women employment opportunities they may not have considered.
It is an attempt to overcome the gender bias in the car industry, where men almost universally outnumber women.
One [...]
SEAT has never operated more car dealers than it is right now as it warns potential recruits to move fast.
Open points for the Spanish brand are now almost all filled, following a series of recent openings.
Vertu Motors, for instance, has just paid £500k for GK Motors Derby. Lookers and Arnold Clark have also strengthened SEAT [...]
WHEN you think of product placement successes in the automotive world most people think of Bond and his Astons.
But by far and away one of the best in recent times was BMW’s decision to support Jedi Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman on their trip around the world.
The pair rode the ‘Long Way Round’ the globe [...]
