Auto Trader is celebrating retailers who deliver exceptional customer service with the launch of its Highly Rated 2024 initiative.
The Dacia Duster has claimed the top spot as Britain’s best car to own in the 2024, according to a leading car satisfaction survey.
The car retail sector’s vehicle supply issues look set to be compounded by a cost-of-motoring crisis and growing moves to discourage car usage across the UK.
The cost of cars is the top-priority for car-buyers as the cost-of-living crisis bites, according to Close Brothers Motor Finance’s Dealer Satisfaction Survey.
Quality, performance and style are more important to owners than value for money according to the latest Auto Express Driver Power car brands survey.
The Kia XCeed emerged as UK motorists' favourite car to own with a top-ranking finish in the annual Auto Express Driver Power 'Best Cars To Own' survey.
One-in-five new and used car buyers are putting off their next purchase as they feel the pinch of the cost of living crisis, eBay Motors Group research suggests.
Navigation and safety technology already freely accessed by motorists emerged as the services that the majority were most willing to pay for in a connected car study conducted by YouGov.
A decline in the availability of cars during a year hampered by COVID-19 and supply constraints has been blamed for record automotive customer complaints in 2021.
More than four-in-10 people (41%) of those looking to purchase a car would like to buy a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV), according to research by EY.
The number of cars on UK roads that have missed their MOT by more than three weeks has tripled during the last six months.
Car buyers have described Government’s plug-in grant as “very important” driver of the shift to electric vehicles (EV) as 79% said they disagreed with Government’s recent changes to the scheme.
CarGurus’ 2021 Buyer Insight Report has found that the 63% of car buyers are now open to the idea of buying a vehicle online as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A What Car? survey of 2,359 in-market car buyers has found that 59% are now poised to purchase on April 12 following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement on the re-opening of retail after COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 3’.
Franchised car dealers emerged as the automotive retail sector’s most trusted operators as 95% of car buyers told What Car? they were comfortable with the prospect of visiting showrooms when ‘COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 3’ is lifted.
Car retail bosses have voiced concern that a failure to re-open car showrooms in-time for the March number plate change will impact jobs and the economy, claiming “MPs fundamentally do not understand business”.
Auto Trader has reported a 1.6 million uplift in the volumes of visitors to its online car marketing platform and record consumer confidence amid KPIs which could indicate another post-lockdown sales boom.
Over half (52%) of motorists in the UK believe their next car is likely to be a hybrid vehicle, but 68% of petrol and diesel drivers feel they do not know enough to buy one.
Over three-quarters of car buyers have increased their use of car search websites to inform their next purchase during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, according to research by eBay Motors Group.
Motorists in the UK are aiming to budget for a £20,000 list price before making the switch to an electric vehicle, according to research conducted by Deloitte – highlighting an affordability void.
