All articles by Richard Irvine-Brown
Richard Irvine-Brown
Cold spring dents soft top auction prices BCA
Recent unfavourable weather has brought a dampening in the average value of convertibles at auction, as recorded by British Car Auctions.
CO2 tax could scrap thousands of cars CAP
CAP has warned thousands of good cars could be scrapped as changing CO2 emissions limits could raise the cost of their tax disc to an unsustainable proportion of their worth.
First EV finance deal for Car Loan 4U
Web-led car finance broker Car Loan 4U has arranged finance for its first electric vehicle, securing the first personal ownership of a Mia-Electric in the UK.
Met recovers three supercars worth £464k in May
A Ferrari recovered by the Metropolitan Police Service has become the most-valuable single vehicle ever recovered by the Finance & Leasing Association Vehicle Recovery Scheme.
Smaller cars performing well G3 Remarketing
Small engine cars, such as the Hyundai i10 and Peugeot 107, performed well in May, hitting as much as 104% against CAP, according to latest data from G3 Remarketing.
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ACF first city-centre site as non-prime grows
ACF Car Finance has opened its first city-centre premises on the back of rising demand for subprime credit, having usually sited dealerships near motorway exits on city outskirts.
Renault adds free insurance to PCP deal
Renault is offering free insurance, for up to two drivers, to those buying the Twingo and 1.2-litre petrol Clios on PCP from RCI Financial Services, its captive finance partner.
Qashqai HP and PCP update
The Nissan Qashqai +2 variant has been made available on PCP or 0% hire purchase by RCI Financial Services, the UK captive finance provider to the Renault-Nissan Alliance.
Used car average returns to £7,000-plus BCA
The average price of a used car at auction in May was £7,045, reported by British Car Auctions, up by 8.35% month-on-month and 15.53% year-on-year.
Private new car sales beat pre-2007 levels SMMT
New car registrations rose by 10.98% year-on-year in May to 180,111 units, with private sales up by 20.85% to 84,202 registrations, higher than the pre-recession figure recorded in 2007.