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Dealers urged to seize opportunity presented by ZEV mandate

By |2023-11-06T15:53:23+00:00November 7th, 2023|Aftermarket and workshop, Dealer Insights, News|

Under the new legislation more than a fifth (22%) of new cars sold by each carmaker must be fully electric in 2024, with the quota rising each year to meet the government’s target of 100% by 2035. Under the rules manufacturers face a £15,000 fine for each non-compliant vehicle they sell over the quota. 

Industry should view values in real-time in a fast-moving market

By |2023-11-06T15:48:10+00:00November 6th, 2023|Dealer Insights, News, Used cars|

The market is in realignment, with values dropping by a cumulative 13.6% in seven months since April. It looks like November will see another reasonably large drop. However, values could also start to stabilise, particularly if dealers and car supermarkets start to stock up, with an eye on January.

New car market on target for best year since before pandemic

By |2023-11-06T15:43:56+00:00November 6th, 2023|Dealer Insights, News|

The latest market outlook has been revised upwards to reflect market growth higher than expected. Overall new car registrations are anticipated to reach 1.886 million by the end of the year, a rise of 2.1% on July’s expectations. However, expectations for BEV uptake have been downgraded again slightly, by -1.7% to 324,000 units resulting in an expected market share at year end of 17.2%.

Cool cruiser: Audi A6 Avant 50 TFSI e quattro S tronic 220 kW (299PS)

By |2023-11-02T11:06:17+00:00November 2nd, 2023|News|

The A6 PHEV brings together a 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine with an electric motor integrated into the seven-speed twin-clutch transmission. The e-motor draws power from a 14.1kWh lithium-ion battery which is good for a claimed 34 miles of electric-only running at speeds of up to 84mph. This largely depends on driving conditions. Recent trips in the dark and pouring rain knocked about 10 miles off that range, but at least you have the comfort of a good old ICE engine to rely on getting you where you want to go.

Sandown secures additional aftersales revenue following recall campaign

By |2023-10-31T11:36:38+00:00November 1st, 2023|Aftermarket and workshop, News|

Mercedes-Benz agency dealer group, which has locations across the south of England, worked with Marketing Delivery to identify 5,558 vehicles with an apparently unresolved recall that were owned by customers who had not visited a Sandown site within the past 18 months. Marketing Delivery then managed a personalised email campaign encouraging each lapsed customer to visit the government website to check their vehicle’s outstanding safety recalls and book an appointment with their local Sandown service department, using a tailored link.

Fleet use of independent garages rises by a quarter between year one and four

By |2023-10-31T10:28:38+00:00October 31st, 2023|Dealer Insights, News|

New data from epyx shows that buying of service, maintenance and repair (SMR) shifts from 30% independent garage and 70% franchise dealer at 1-2 years old to 35%/65% at 2-3 years old, 40%/60% at 3-4 years old and 38%/62% at four years old and over. The information is taken from transactions during 2023 for epyx’s 1link Service Network platform, which is used by car, van and truck fleets totalling more than four million vehicles to manage and process SMR

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