Category Archives: Used car prices

Top 5 Tips : Selling your car on Ebay.

Posted on 07/31/2012 by MD
Top 5 Tips : Selling your car on Ebay.

  Five Things you should do to make selling a car on Ebay easier and more profitable. (1) Provide a clear and accurate description. Seems like common sense but the amount of people who people who frame their listings as “2008 Audi for sale. Good car call Tony” Amazes me.  Tony here will be answering emails and taking phone calls for the rest of the week.  He will also have to do a load of viewings and his car will not meet its reserve. Take the time to provide all the detail you can. Think of questions you would … Continue reading →

Top 5 Tips:Lower your Insurance Costs

Posted on 07/02/2012 by MD
Top 5 Tips:Lower your Insurance Costs

Five Things you can do to try and save some money on your car Insurance renewal. (1) Use the online Aggregator websites. Its a little bit time consuming but worth the effort. Once you have filled in one you will be able to copy and paste your details into the others. We have had good results from confused.com but you can also try comparethemarket, moneysupermarket,go compare etc. (2) Get quoted for Fully comp. Sounds like an anomaly but most Insurance companies want to insure fully comprehensive only so you may actually end up paying a premium when you try … Continue reading →

Top 5 Tips:Part exchanging your car

Posted on 07/02/2012 by MD
Top 5 Tips:Part exchanging your car

A Car dealer is not providing a public service. They are not obliged to offer any set rate for your car and they are perfectly entitled to make a profit. Heres how the transaction works.. (1) Give your car a wash and a vacuum. If you are serious get it valeted or give it a coat of wax. Why do this ? See how keen you would be on buying the dealers car if it wasnt looking smart and shiny on a forecourt. Imagine how interested in the car you would be if the boot was full of shopping … Continue reading →

Tesco Find There was no Fat left to Trim.

Posted on 04/05/2012 by MD
Tesco Find There was no Fat left to Trim.

I wrote an article about Autoquake when they went belly-up a few years back which brought me a lot of positive feedback. When Tesco cars got into bed with the struggling Carsite operation, I again wrote a brief piece about how they should be able to bring some fresh knowledge to the market and how using Carsites experience of a tough few years of online retailing might be able to make it work. I did point out at the time that I believed Tesco only viewed Cars as a gateway product to Finance,Servicing,Insurance etc,  this was based on my … Continue reading →

UK Used Car Market Jan-Mar 2012

Posted on 03/21/2012 by MD
UK Used Car Market Jan-Mar 2012

If ever the gulf between trade auction prices and forecourt retail prices was closing then the current period is increasingly tight. So tight in fact that many Retail supermarkets have actually stopped the buying of usual stalwards such as Corsas,Insignias, Golfs and even Ford products. Many of these sellers were finding that unless a suitable Finance package was being sold with the car the deals were not adding up. Despite record numbers of cars being available at auction the recycling of cars which we have seen since mid period 2011 continues and vendors are just unwilling to wash out … Continue reading →

Japanese Used Commercials 2011

Posted on 03/21/2012 by MD
Japanese Used Commercials 2011

Total Export figures for Commercial vehicles from Japan in 2011′ Ranking Destination Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Total 1 UAE 1,987 2,847 3,068 3,014 2,543 3,116 3,070 2,061 1,869 2,364 2,123 2,324 30,386 2 PHILIPPINES 1,034 1,613 1,264 1,695 1,667 1,376 1,019 884 825 1,044 1,645 1,814 15,880 3 SOUTH AFRICA 819 1,586 1,222 1,193 802 1,005 1,210 1,067 1,004 1,226 1,429 1,129 13,692 4 RUSSIA 544 931 1,219 1,310 1,059 1,207 751 975 1,010 942 1,226 1,097 12,271 5 SRI LANKA 454 920 720 819 714 1,413 1,310 858 1,206 1,356 … Continue reading →

UK Auction Results 20th-30th August

Posted on 08/29/2011 by MD
UK Auction Results 20th-30th August

The number of people attending auctions at the moment is testament to the school holidays and hopefully normal service will resume next week. Low mileage retail stock continues to make over book, but sellers are being unrealistic with older stock and we are seeing a major recycling of unsold cars.Many popping up optimistically in various auction centres. 57  Mini cooper S Black chilli pack 1/2 leather 23K £9500. 08  BMW 330i Msport Coupe Auto 66K £11500. 08 Nissan Quashqai 2.0Dci Tekna 5dr 30K £11550. 09  Honda Civic Type R 30K Red £9700. 07  Nissan Note 1.4SE 5dr Red 20K … Continue reading →

Auction Results 10th-19th August

Posted on 08/20/2011 by MD
Auction Results 10th-19th August

Prices are up at the moment which can be Attributed to the school holidays. Commercial prices are also very strong which is not so easy to explain. 2009: Seat Leon 2.0CRD tdi 170(FR) Gunmetal 15K £11,300.2006: Porsche Cayenne Turbo S Semi Auto Black,full spec 73K £17500. . 2007: BMW 320D SE Black, Full leather 42K £9000. 2008: Renault Clio 1,5DCi Dynamique Mauve 30K £5700. 2007: BMW 120D M-Sport Black with white leather+Sat 71K £8700. 2008: Jag X-Type 2.0D S Gunmetal with grey Leather 85K £5800. 2008: Audi A3 Sportback 5dr 2.0TDi 143 Blue met Cream interior 29K £9800. 2007: Vauxhall … Continue reading →

Auction Results 1st-9th Aug

Posted on 08/09/2011 by MD
Auction Results 1st-9th Aug

Although there has been an upturn in the market for Sports and High spec Exec models, In general prices are still way off book and its a buyers market for meat and veg cars. Heres a look at some examples from  the last week.  2008(08)Toyota Auris 1.6VVTi TR Hatch 5dr Grey 16K £5800.  2010(10)Vauxhall Insignia 2.0CDTi 130 Exclusiv Hatch Carbon Black 9K £10,950.  2008(08)BMW 116i 122 ES Silver 27K £7425.  2008(08)Vauxhall Zafira 1.6VVT 115 Exclusiv Black 16K £5000. 2008(58)Nissan Micra 1.2 Acenta Auto  Red 8K £4950.  2008(58)Ford C-Max 1.8TDci Zetec Black 21K £7600. 2008(58)Renault Megane 1.6VVT Dynamique Cabrio Red … Continue reading →