A Year in Provenance

Silly title, but serious subject. This from today’s Motor Trader Hot News e-mail. Press release from Experian Automotive regarding cars with finance outstanding. All cars bought and sold through allvehicles.co.uk are checked using the gold standard Experian Gold Check (similar alternative to HPI Check) for any outstanding finance, insurance, condition and DVLA issues. Here’s the press release:

‘The biggest threat to used car buyers is the risk of ending up with a car still on finance, according to research from Experian. Rob Whalley, managing director of Experian’s automotive division, claimed that through the provenance firm’s AutoCheck system, it had found that around 30 per cent of all the cars checked still had outstanding finance. He warned: “Statistically, car buyers face a greater threat of ending up with a car that still has finance outstanding on it, as fraudsters attempt to sell them on without settling the bill.” ‘

Used Cars To Compliment Renault To Go

Many of the allvehicles.co.uk used cars prepared for sale are purchased by Renault dealers for their own stock. I often receive calls from dealers far and wide who are short of niche models and Renaultsport stock – they have often found my cars on Autotrader! Occasionally dispaching a transporter of Renaultsport Clio 182s in an array of colours and specifications, all retail ready renaults to go. My 2003 to 2005, low mileage ready to retail stock compliments the six month old cars available to the network from the Renault To Go system. Of course you can always get there first by bookmarking my website and before a main dealer mark up!

A State of Independence

From my inbox today – ‘Franchised dealers are seeing their share of the used car market stagnate as independents continue to grab a larger proportion of sales. Independents’ market share has risen to 34 per cent over the last decade, according to a new MFBI study by Trend Tracker, while franchised dealers have stuck at 28 per cent. The report also forecast that used car demand would grow by 8 per cent between 2006 and 2011.’

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For Sale: Aston Martin…The Company.

From my inbox today…The chief executive of Aston Martin could be about to launch a management buy-out of the luxury car brand. Reports suggest that Ulrich Bez is preparing to lead a consortium after Ford put the company up for sale last week. But industry speculation suggests that Bez may face a challenge from former Ford chief executive Jac Nasser. He now fronts a private equity group in the US and may be interested in acquiring the Warwickshire-based carmaker.

Used Aston Martin For Sale PCP finance quote available £999pm plus deposit and final payment.