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Max Berry: My most anticipated new car releases of 2020
Max BerryAs we all well know, contemporarily, we find ourselves in strange times - never before has the world been so concerned and well-informed about it’s environmental health and prosperity. As far as I can see, up until the end of the last century, everyone was...
Volkswagen converts more Google searches into car sales than any other manufacturer
When it comes to car manufacturers converting Google searches into vehicle registrations, it's Volkswagen that leads the way. Last year, the German manufacturer managed to convert 4.3% of its 4.65 million Google searches into sales! New car registrations fell in 2019,...
Three motor dealers appear in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For list for 2020
Three car dealerships have made it into the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For rankings, an annual list compiled by the newspaper to rank the best employers in the UK. Porsche Retail Group, TrustFord and Motorpoint were all recognised as being among the top...
A quarter of UK drivers would still opt for diesel cars
According to a recent survey, commissioned by InsuretheGap.com, one in four drivers in the UK would still opt for a diesel car when purchasing their next vehicle. Of the 2,000 drivers included in the survey 29% said that they would buy a diesel, despite the...
InAutomotive report shows dealership salaries up 11% in 2019
Specialist recruitment company InAutomotive has released its annual report for 2019, revealing an 11.13% increase in salaries at motor dealerships last year. The report showed that the average salary advertised on their site during 2019 for dealership jobs was £39,406...
Max Berry – The best and worst cars of the decade
January is quite an uninteresting and un-loved month, I think. The hangovers established over Christmas and New Year’s Eve have worn off, you keep writing the wrong last two digits when dating documentation, and it’s that annoying temperature outside where it’s not...
Government to double funding for residential electric vehicle charge points
The government has announced that it will double its funding of residential, on-street electric vehicle (EV) charge points next year. This will see it add £10 million to install more charge points on residential streets, which could add a further 3,600 points across...
Best selling cars of 2019
There you have it. Another year has come to a close, and with it we move onwards into a brand new decade. What the future holds for the UK automotive industry, only time will tell, but for now we can take a look back at 2019. It wasn’t a stellar year for the...
UK new car market hits six year low in 2019
As we come to the start of a new year it’s time to look back at the figures for 2019. Recent data, released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), has shown that 2.3 million new cars were registered in the UK last year, which is a 2.4% decrease on...
40.5 days – the average time a buyer spends searching for their next car
According to new research carried out by the eBay Motors Group, car buyers take an average of 40.5 days to find their next vehicle. The results revealed that a total of 33% of buyers took over six weeks to make a purchase. The eBay Motors Group Digital Touchpoints...
SMMT calls for ambitious BREXIT deal to protect automotive industry in the build up to the election
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) last week released a statement in the wake of the imminent election calling for all parties to ensure that UK Automotive was a big part of their economic and trade policies. The organisation made it clear that...
Max’s Monthly Column: Lamborghini Huracan vs BMW M4 CS – What difference does £100k make?
Max Berry Welcome to Max’s Monthly Column, which will turn one-year-old in January. That means that this, my 11th edition, tops an ever-rising pile of 11 months worth of automotive literature (if you can call it that). Welcome, to the November 2019 edition. Last...
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