Category Archives: Industry News

CAA Nagoya and LAA Kansai 8th June

Posted on 06/10/2011 by MD
CAA Nagoya and LAA Kansai 8th June

Things are still slow in Japan and unless a lot of sales are being negotiated after the auction then the figures must be way back. Heres some cars from Caa Nagoya on wednesday. 4000 units entered. 2010 Subaru STI GVF(saloon) Blue met 5K Y2,763,000.   01 Celica SS-2 Red Y303,000.  00 Grand Hiace V6 Grey 139K Y108,000. 96 Granvia 3.0D brown 145K Y138,000.  98 Regius Windtourer Blue met 41K Y301,000. 98 Glanza V White 100K Y144,000.  99 Sprinter Trueno AE111 BZ-R(6) Black 97K Y140,000.  2010 Toyota Vellfire 2.4 Silver  21K Y2,762,000.  2009 Honda Civic Type R 4dr FD2 White 38K … Continue reading →

U.K Auctions Monday 6th/Tuesday 7th June 2011

Posted on 06/07/2011 by MD
U.K Auctions Monday 6th/Tuesday 7th June 2011

A quick round up of noted on our travels:  2008(08)Vauxhall Corsa Club 1.2 16v 5dr 35K £5100.  2005(05)Audi A4 Avant 2.0 TDi 140 147K £3875.  07(57)Toyota Auris 1.6VVTi T3  5dr Red 37K £4950. 07(07)Passat 1.9TDi 105 S Silver 101K £3900.  07(57)Toyota Rav 4 2.2D4D XT4 Manual Black(leather) 62K £9100.  08(08)Passat 2.0TDi CR140 Highline Red(leather) 62K £7550.  07(56)Audi A6 2.0T Fsi SE M/Tronic CVT Silver 94K £5700.  08(57)Saab 9-3 1.9Tid 180 Aero Black 30K £9400.  08(08)Ford Focus Estate 1.6TDCi Style(90) Silver 98K £4000.  08(09)Corsa 1.7 CDti Design Grey 5dr 45K £5825.  08(08)Passat 1.9Tdi Highline Silver 50K £7500.  08(08)Mazda 6 2.0D … Continue reading →

Recession for the Win !

Posted on 06/07/2011 by MD
Recession for the Win !

New car sales have hit the rocks for the 11th month running.  This is not exactly news to (A) anyone who is working in the industry and  (B) Anyone that’s been accosted on the showroom floor and offered a massive deal.  The apparent good news is that the figures suggest that the slap,  which the industry took this month,  was in fact lesser than the previous 10 months slapping. Therefore this points to possible growth. The figures (not just in the car trade) are being manipulated such that we are getting good and bad news concurrently from the same … Continue reading →

BCA continues its push into Europe

Posted on 06/06/2011 by MD
BCA continues its push into Europe

British Car Auctions continued its expansion into Europe last week by opening their third auction site in France. BCA Nimes:  1945 Avenue Mar Juin 30900 Nîmes,  is a 5 acre trade only site that will operate alongside its existing French operations in Lyon and Bonneuil(near Paris).  We are looking at the catalogues to see if we can justify the expense of a fact finding mission and are dying to ascertain if your average French punter puts up with the school dinner buffet ?  We suspect otherwise. BCA currently runs European auction centres in Spain(4 Centres),Sweden(1),Portugal(3),Nederlands(1),Italy(1),Germany(8),France(3),Denmark(1), Belgium(1),Austria(1) Although it is … Continue reading →

Cars Selling again

Posted on 06/03/2011 by MD
Cars Selling again

Midweek bargains in London despite it being a Hard week, possibly due to mid-term break 06(06)Vectra 1.9CDTi 120 Design Blue met 83K  £2600.    09(58)Fiesta 1.2 Style(82) 5dr Green met 12K  £5950.   08(58)Avensis 2.2 D4D T-180 Hatch 83K Grey met £5950. 07(07)EX-Taxi S-Max(smaxi?) 2.0TDCi Titanium 162K Silver £3900.  08(08)Astra 1.9CDTi 150 Sri 3dr Black 68K £5450.  08(08) A4 Avant Silver 1.9TDi Blue 101K £6050.  09(09)Volvo V50 2.0D Sport Estate(leather) Black 53K £9825.  07(07)A3 2.0Tdi SE 3dr Blue Met 27K £7950.  08(08)Avensis 2.2D4D TR Estate Red 72K £5300.  08(08)Seat Leon 2.0TDi  140 Stylance Black 5dr 82K £5400. 07(07)BMW 325se Coupe Grey … Continue reading →

Are Car Dealers really Gambling on Adwords

Posted on 06/01/2011 by MD
Are Car Dealers really Gambling on Adwords

  I’ve read from a few sources in the last week that industry insiders believe that car dealers are investing heavily in Google adwords, because of this Key words are achieving high prices and car dealers are effectively bidding each other up. Adwords is an advertising program on google where you effectively buy “keywords” ie the search terms that get entered into the search box. If you pay the right price for the right words then your company will pop up in front of peoples screens when they perform a search. You buy these keywords by bidding. It’s a … Continue reading →

What are Tesco bringing to the party

Posted on 05/23/2011 by MD
What are Tesco bringing to the party

Tesco cars were launched last month. It was hardly a massive global launch; In fact low key would be my appraisal. To be honest if I wasn’t in the trade I am fairly sure I wouldn’t be aware of it.  Tesco’s investment here has been in the greater scheme of things modest. I am sure they are very realistic as to the amount of market share they can hope to capture and by when.  But let’s be honest here, Tesco sell everything, cars are just another link in the retail chain. If you can sell a car you have … Continue reading →

Why did Autoquake fail ?

Posted on 05/19/2011 by MD
Why did Autoquake fail ?

There were rumblings in the trade since February that Autoquake were struggling. They have subsequently gone into Administration, and what was worth salvaging was last week purchased for £350,000 from the receiver by Carshop.  Who are one of the companies in the trade that appear to be getting stronger through good practise. So What could have gone wrong ?   I remember the first time I came across Autoquake, I believe it would have been about 2004/05.  All I know is I found three of my sales staff huddled around a computer looking at Autoquake listings on eBay. It would … Continue reading →

My Pick of the best Contract deals

Posted on 05/13/2011 by MD
My Pick of the best Contract deals

Shop around for car contracts.  There are hundreds of companies offering deals, but they are generally all eating  from much the same pot.  Some offer deals that are too good to be true and have expensive add ons.  Here I’ve listed my picks from a trusted source. I wont list contact details but if you get in touch I can  forward details on. Citroen C1 VTR+ 1.0 VTR+ 5 Door Business users £106 plus VAT per month Personal users £127 incl VAT per month 6 Rentals in advance plus 23 monthly rentals. Contract hire, non-maintained, 5,000 miles per annum. … Continue reading →