Posts Tagged ‘sales

Sales and return of the car geek

Sales and return of the car geek

Bored with shopping in the Christmas sales? Then let your cargeek heart take over. My good lady and I went sales shopping this year, mainly because we were feeling a ...

The more things change…

The more things change…

TWO decades ago, the car industry was in a recession, too. 1991 was a year of depression, sales shrinkages and dealer drama. Sound familiar? Well, looking at the news of ...

Peugeot car ads give the game away

Peugeot car ads give the game away

I used to run a Peugeot 308 as a long-termer. Fine car, it was. Interior better built than a Golf, peachy HDi engine, and one of the nicest dial packs ...

If Ford played chess, don’t take it on

If Ford played chess, don’t take it on

HEAVENS, I’m admitting something here. That I used to be in Chess Club at College. OK, not for long. And I did used to put Breeders tapes (yes, tapes) on ...

The latest thing to sell cars

The latest thing to sell cars

First it was Honda. Then, Volvo. Then, Renault. With what? Something so brilliant, I’m amazed nobody’s offered it before. Free payment protection insurance for those buying on the car makers’ ...

Why car scrappage is now inevitable

Why car scrappage is now inevitable

It is now a matter of when, not if, the Government introduces a new car scrappage scheme. Because, such is the momentum now behind it, to not go ahead would ...

Just how loyal are the super-rich?

Just how loyal are the super-rich?

Bentley customers are, sometimes, a loyal bunch. 82 per cent of those who bought, back in 2006, an original GTC still own the car. Why the ‘sometimes’ proviso? Because that’s ...

What I learnt… from Fleet News, 20 March 2009

What I learnt… from Fleet News, 20 March 2009

So far, new car sales have fallen by 28 percent. The new car market is predicted to fall from over 2 million new car sales, to 1.7 million sales, or ...

China’s green example to the world

China’s green example to the world

Earlier in the year, I had dinner in London with visitors from China’s motoring media. They were here on a fact-finding mission, and were keen to touch base with like-minded ...