The Rest of the World Wants Teslas?
Which are the most wanted and quickest-selling cars in the UK? What about the rest of the world. A few shocks and surprises here!
Britain’s Most Wanted Cars are BMWs!
Used Car Sales [& Prices] Booming Now!
Values have been growing year-on-year for 16 months running!
Used car sales and prices in the UK are exploding. According to Autotrader the average price of a used car in July was £14,781 up 14.1% up on last year. And values have been growing for 16 consecutive months.
Continue reading “Used Car Sales [& Prices] Booming Now!”My latest motoring spread in Asian Leader – 17 February 2021
Newspaper out in Manchester today!
Click here to read this issue now – Previous issues here Contact me if you require car reviews, news and other features! See my full review of the Honda E here
Love & Cars – More than Half of you have been up to Sexy Shenanigans in your Motor
Valentines day research data confirms high incidence of amorous activity with automobiles
As many as 55% of drivers surveyed by Auto Trader admitted to getting ‘intimate’ in their cars and giving the suspension a bit of a workout. Bizarrely, when broken down by gender, this rose to 61% of men – hang on, were they alone?
Continue reading “Love & Cars – More than Half of you have been up to Sexy Shenanigans in your Motor”Jim Murray Jones: Secrets of the Automotive Digital Media Evolution
Jim’s experienced includes DriveTrive, Autotrader, PistonHeads, WhatCar? and more!
‘Brown Car Guy & Buddies’ – Automotive media started to embrace digital platforms in the UK in the 90s, Jim Murray Jones has been at the centre of it since day one – AutoTrader, Exchange & Mart, SunMotors, Sunday Times Driving, Autocar, WhatCar?, PistonHeads and DriveTribe to name a few of the organisations he’s worked at.
Continue reading “Jim Murray Jones: Secrets of the Automotive Digital Media Evolution”What is going on with the UK’s used car market?
Whilst most areas of the economy are suffering, the used car market is buoyant
The second quarter sales of used cars in the UK is down 48.9% – almost half compared to last year with only 1m cars sold – this is according to SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders). Having said that the overall decline for the year is 28.7% – that’s 2.9m sold compared to about 4m by this time last year.
Continue reading “What is going on with the UK’s used car market?”Car sales in the UK plummet 97.3% in April
Coronavirus killed car sales, but could there be a bounce-back?
New car sales in the UK crashed a staggering 97.3 in the month of April as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown. Only 4321 cars were sold, compared to 156,743 in April 2019. The only time fewer cars were sold in a single month was during World War II.
Continue reading “Car sales in the UK plummet 97.3% in April”Learners in the South of UK pay double for driving lessons
Cost of getting your driving licence varies from £965 to £1,717
According to research by Autotrader.co.uk, drivers in Reading and London pay almost double to learn to drive compared with other cities in the UK.
Continue reading “Learners in the South of UK pay double for driving lessons”
10 Cool Convertibles for under £2k
Topless fun in the sun for a couple of grand? Oh yes, it’s possible!
Summer is coming and you’re thinking it would be pretty dope to roll around in a roadster, look cool in a convertible, revel in a ragtop and cruise to calypso in a cabriolet!
Top 5 cars to buy this weekend
Friday Fantasy Car Shopping – Here’s my Top Picks for this week
I’ve been browsing the classifieds and these five caught my eye as very tempting purchase prospects.
Check them out.
