All articles by Richard Irvine-Brown
Richard Irvine-Brown
Wide selection of first-quarter new car finance packages
Q1 UK new registrations and finance deals offered by brands.
On the Move, March 2012
Appointments at Seat, Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen UK, Autorola, BEN, Honda (UK), Infiniti and BVRLA.
Teslas hybrid finance for electric car
Tesla Motors, the US-based electric vehicle manufacturer, has announced a partnership with Wells-Fargo and US Bank to create a hybrid finance programme combining leasing and ownership of its latest electric car.
Stoneacre and Marsh launch subprime finance JV
Stoneacre, the 29-site new and used car dealer group, has launched Stoneacre Financial Services in partnership with Marsh Finance.
Automotive data is what we do
With CrushWatch about to reach its third anniversary, Richard Brown catches up with Darren Greenyer and Barry Shorto of HPI, which provides the car recovery alert and information service.
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ACF London showroom as south east subprime grows
ACF Car Finance, the used-car dealership network of non-prime lender The Funding Corporation, has opened its third retail outlet in south east England as subprime applications rise in London and the surrounding area, and confirmed plans to open further UK dealerships in the next 18 months.
DSG Scotland to be standalone business
The Glasgow branch office of DSG Financial Services has been made an independent business by the Stockport-based car finance broker.
European car retail slide continues, Q1
New car registrations across the 27 EU nations, excluding Malta, slipped for the 18th consecutive month in March, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association.
FinanceAcar: 21% research but reject finance
Further to its findings last month that 46% of car finance customers were unhappy with their choice, FinanceAcar.co.uk has produced statistics pertaining to those consumers who chose not to take up finance offers.
Vauxhall and Santander launch Network Q offers
Network Q, Vauxhalls national used car programme, has launched a 6.9% APR PCP deal through Santander Consumer Finance, among other offers.