Used Car Industry News and Resources

Plans for a fully nationwide network of charging points for electric cars have scaled it's first obstacle, with two existing networks linking up in Eastern England. In an effort to make it easier for drivers of electric vehicles to make longer journeys, two major schemes in Eastern England and in London have announced the linking up of their networks of car charging points. The team-up was...

The recent relevation from the motor giant Ford that it will be closing two of its manufacturing plants in Dagenham and Southampton, means that up to 1,500 jobs will be cut. The site at Dagenham is due to be closed in summer 2013, and it is thought that more than 1,000 jobs will be affected here, according to claims from union officials. The factory in Southampton, which produces the Ford T...

This week sees the launch of a petition aimed to outlaw firms that deal with car clocking. Car clocking is a method of 'rewinding' a vehicle's odometer. This practice is used by numbers of dishonest used car dealers to enable them to artificially inflate the prices of their vehicles for sale. Estimations by the Trading Standards are that there are as many as 50 'mileage correction firms' th...

According to the AA (Automobile Association) in a recent regular study, during the third quarter of this year we saw a fall in car insurance premiums in the UK. The last few years have seen a number of high increases in car insurance premiums. However, the first half of this year saw prices stabilise, and they have now started dropping. Most car insurance policies in the UK are bought throu...

In the recent 'Used Car of the Year 2012' awards held by What Car? magazine, it is the Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec 5 door model that is crowned with the title of overall winner. This year's awards were very fruitful for Ford, with their Mondeo 2.0 TDCi 140 Zetec being named the best used family car, and the best used MPV award bein...

As part of the spruce-up of the Micra range, an new entry-level model, the Visia, allows drivers a Nissan vehicle for less than £8,000. The feature-packed Visia is available for only £7,995, or for those opting for a Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) a paltry £99 a month. Even at this price it still comes with inputs for MP3 players and Bluetooth access. For those wanting a...

BMW are being optimistic with their sales forecast, and are predicting that they will smash their sales records in 2012. The first nine months of 2012 have been the best for BMW sales year-on-year, with a total of 1,335,502 cars sold during this period. This is a 8.3 per cent increase over the same time in 2011. In September alone, the carmaker (who produce ...

A fault has been identified in certain Honda SUVs, which has led Honda to issue a recall. The affected model is the Honda CR-V SUV, which is made at the company's Swindon plant. The recall covers almost one in three of these vehicles, and is to address a fault in the driver's side door, which can lead to it catching alight. It is thought that 77,000 customers who bought the vehicle...

Today we have made several updates and upgrades to the site. Many more models have been added to the vehicle database, as well as an additional manufacturer, Dacia. We have also upgraded our vehicle recognition system, in an aim to increase valuation accuracy further. As part of these upgrades, our number plate processing system will...

Figures released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change show that although forecourt prices had been lowered, sales of petrol during the first half of this year fell. Compared to the same time period of 2011, petrol sales fell by almost 500 million litres in the first half of 2012. Sales were rising at the start of the year because of the tanker drivers' strike threat, and many peop...