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Would you buy a new car??
December 5, 2008 by Gareth Crew
As we said in an earlier blog, and with everyone cutting back, buying a new car seems to not be the trend at the moment. As stated here and here it seems the bottom has fallen out of the new car market and no one is willing to risk a 30 – 50% depreciation of their new vehicle in the first year. On one hand, you have the richer(?) people saying that at least you Read more…
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UK car registrations down 20% for the new ’58′ plate
September 4, 2008 by Gareth Robinson
It’s that time of the year again when, as a lad I used to go to the roads, with a pen and paper and note down how many ‘new cars’ I could see. I still remember the excitement when I say my first H reg car. But that’s going back a bit! Unfortunately the times are changing and the latest figures from The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) that new car registrations were down Read more…



