A record number of vehicles failed their MOT test last year due to faults relating to exhaust emissions, new data suggests.
Garages across the UK are being advised to communicate with customers that vehicle repair and MOT services will remain open during the latest COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.
Dealers and independent garages could be inundated with MOT bookings before the end of the year as motorists who took advantage of the Government’s six-month extension in June now require a test.
Aftersales departments allowed to remain open during the latest COVID-19 lockdown restrictions will continue to benefit from record MOT bookings, BookMyGarage.com has reported.
The Independent Garage Association (IGA) has welcomed Government’s decision not to offer motorists another MOT extension and allow aftersales operations to remain open during ‘Lockdown 2’.
Car services have been skipped by around 12.5 million UK motorists left cash-strapped by COVID-19, according to research compiled by BookMyGarage.
Dealers should consider extending the operating hours of their workshops to handle the anticipated demand for MOTs, following the end of the six-month coronavirus extension period.
Over 2.6 million vehicles were MOT tested in June as motorists continued to ensure their vehicles were roadworthy, despite the Government’s six-month testing holiday.
BookMyGarage has highlighted the post-lockdown aftersales opportunity open to car retailers with research which states that one-in-10 vehicles have emerged from lockdown with ‘dangerous defects’.
The Government has announced that after August 1 no more extensions will be available for MOT tests of cars, vans and motorcycles.
MOT centres carried out over two million tests during COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown period as many motorists chose not to take advantage of the Government’s six-month exemption.
Almost 1.1 million unroadworthy vehicles are set to return to the roads as lockdown begins to ease, according to new research by Kwik Fit.
Vertu Motors begun trials of thermometers to test for COVID-19 coronavirus at its showrooms as an MoT centre in Belfast started operations as an official virus test facility today (April 7).
MoT centres could be transformed into COVID-19 coronavirus test facilities to help meet Government’s aim to ramp-up its diagnosis of the virus, it has been claimed.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has welcomed the one-month extension to the deadline for MOT Training and Assessment to the end of April 2020.
Cars, motorcycles and vans will all be subject to a temporary six-month MoT exemption in an effort to maintain essential travel during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.
Car retailers could better exploit a “concerning” trend which has seen over 11 million motorists driving illegally with a lapsed MOT certificate by highlighting the potential risks and penalties.
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) has called on the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) to allow franchised car dealers to carry out MoT tests as part of a reform of testing legislation in Northern Ireland.
Fewer cars are failing their MOT test for exhaust issues, despite the introduction of new, more strict, regulations.
Autotech Recruit has partnered with OurVirtualAcademy.com to bring an online training portal for its temporary vehicle technicians and MOT testers.
