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Pendragon/Sytner, BCA Bridgewater28 July Click here to comment

Pendragon/Sytner, BCA Bridgewater

Down west to see someone, but checking up on the over-age/didn't sell section. Much as at the VWFS sale, there was a goo... more

GO ON BEING LUCKY28 July Click here to comment

GO ON BEING LUCKY

Over the past 2-years, luck played its part in preventing a top-to-bottom financial meltdown that would have had calamit... more

AVOIDING NASTY SHOCKS26 July Click here to comment

AVOIDING NASTY SHOCKS

Those needing to transport loads over short distances on congested roads, typically at crawler speeds with the occasiona... more

GETTING PLUGGED IN26 July Click here to comment

GETTING PLUGGED IN

Even the sceptics amongst us must surely now accept that, over the coming years, electric-powered LCVs are destined to b... more

VWFS, BCA Measham22 July Click here to comment

VWFS, BCA Measham

Back to Measham - I'll soon have my own mug behind the counter - for the VWFS sale, and to meet a couple of dealers that... more

Summer Traction21 July Click here to comment

Summer Traction

An early start to the day had me driving through some of our finest counties to Herefordshire and Brightwells 4x4 auctio... more

Pendragon/Lex, BCA Derby21 July Click here to comment

Pendragon/Lex, BCA Derby

Being made unexpectedly available, I fetch up at Derby to see how the general market is faring. There's a reasonable ... more

BCA Measham LCV sale - 20/7/201021 July Click here to comment

BCA Measham LCV sale - 20/7/2010

Nice early start for the trip over to Derbyshire and the weekly light commercial vehicle auction at Measham. Get the... more

IT HAPPENED BEFORE - IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN16 July Click here to comment

IT HAPPENED BEFORE - IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN

The economic downturn of the early 1990s created lean, recession-proof businesses that traded profitably through some ve... more

Prestige Market Update - The Summer Lull Continues...16 July Click here to comment

Prestige Market Update - The Summer Lull Continues...

The market has seen a continuation of the summer lull. Some dealers have bucked this trend, but the majority have not an... more

BCA Blackbushe LCV sale - 15/7/201016 July Click here to comment

BCA Blackbushe LCV sale - 15/7/2010

Over to Blackbushe for the weekly light commercial sale. Over 400 units this week. Good attendance, bearing in mind we'r... more

All Change For The Isuzu Rodeo16 July Click here to comment

All Change For The Isuzu Rodeo

The current Rodeo line-up gets a facelift for 2010, its first since the current model was launched in 2007. Three ne... more

CHANGING DIRECTION14 July Click here to comment

CHANGING DIRECTION

Following the difficult times our industry faced over the long months of recession, and despite being told that the wors... more

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Kia Closed, BCA Measham
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Prestige Market Update - May/June 2010
Land Rover Closed, BCA Nottingham
Battle Of The Brands - A Prestige Market Snapshot.
General sale, BCA Nottingham
VW Closed, Manheim Leicester
Fleet & general sale, Aston Barclay Westbury and Manheim Bristol
Fleet & general sale, Manheim Bristol
Land Rover Closed, BCA Birmingham
VW Closed, Manheim Bristol
New 5 Series - The Start Of Higher Standard Spec?
Arval/Black Horse/Lombard, Manheim Bristol
Saab Values Update - Panic Over?
Prestige Market Update March/April 2010
Kia Closed, BCA Measham
Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge Open, Manheim Colchester
Ticking The (Options) Boxes For Retained Value.
VW Closed, Manheim Bristol
ING, Masterlease, Ogilvies, Motability, Aston Barclay Westbury
General Sale, Manheim Bristol
The Supply v Demand Equation - A Fine Balance
Chrysler Open, Manheim Colchester
Prestige Market Update Feb/March 2010
Lex/Arval/Lombard, Manheim Bristol
Toyota Recall
Maserati Gran Turismo - In Demand And Ahead Of The Pack...
VW Closed, Manheim Bristol
Ferraris in short supply, 458 big news on the overs market...
Brightwells 4x4, Leominster
Used Car Market Overview
Motability/ING, Fleet Auction Group
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Land Rover Closed, BCA Measham
Prestige Hot and Not - Jan/Feb 2010
Chrysler Open, Manheim Leicester