Thursday, 1. August 2013
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If the financial problems weren’t enough it would seem that Citroen and Peugeot need to sort their cars out, or more importantly their electrics, according to a new report prepared by BBA Reman – a specialist in remanufacturing problematic electrical components (no I don’t know what that means either), based in Rochester, Kent.
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They say that they dealt with more Citroens than any other make of car among its 43,500 UK customers. The most common fault was within the ECU’s fitted mainly to C4’s and C5’s.
The same issue caused Peugeot to fall into 2nd place with the same problem occurring in 206, 307 and 407. Whilst some would say that this isn’t surprising given the difficulties faced by the manufacturers, they may be surprised to learn that contrary to belief that Germans are the most reliable VW and Audi were 3rd and 4th respectively. Maybe a bit of a wakeup call there! By Graham Hill Car Finance
Saturday, 22. October 2011
You may be led to believe that manufacturers were simply concentrating on fuel consumption and CO2 output these days to the point of obsession, when designing cars, leaving everything else to simply tick over. And to an extent you are right with many manufacturers moving from full spare wheels to skinny spares and now the totally impractical Read more »
Monday, 1. August 2011
I have commented previously on the excuses made by the manufacturers about the drop in car availability and the increased prices as a result of the Japanese tsunami. This was pretty much backed up by Peugeot Citroen when they issued a profit warning which they put down to the tsunami and earthquake in Japan and problems with component Read more »
Friday, 22. July 2011
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I am often asked how the lease rates on some cars can be so low compared to the cost of the car? Take for example the deal we had last year on the VW Passat CC (their new 4 door coupe). If you had taken the car on a 2 year lease you would have paid the equivalent of 26 payments x £229.99 + VAT. That’s a total of £7,175 on a car that cost around Read more »
Thursday, 7. July 2011
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You will recall that I reported a couple of weeks ago that some cars that were designed as left hand drive cars and converted as right hand drive (these are normal main dealer supplied cars not botched conversions), had insufficient protection over the brake linkage on the passenger side of the car allowing drivers to apply the brakes whilst driving. Read more »
Monday, 4. July 2011
Banks are lending less to leasing companies making life even more difficult for small businesses to secure funding. As of 31st March 2011 lending to the leasing companies was down by 16% from £28.4 billions the previous year to £23.8 billions. Leasing is seen by many small businesses as an alternative way to fund their vehicles and equipment as Read more »
Monday, 26. April 2010
We expect to see some changes in ownership of car manufacturers as we come out of recession, the latest of which is the increased ownership of Chrysler by Fiat. The deal will include Jeep and Dodge. Fiat took a 20% stake in ailing Chrysler last summer and have announced an increase in their stake to 35% if targets are met over the next 2 years. Chrysler registrations were down by 42.8% last year over 2008. Future Read more »
Thursday, 28. January 2010
I’m not sure how useful this information is or what real conclusions can be drawn but I found it interesting so am passing it on. Under the Freedom of Information Act the BBC obtained data regarding MOT failures and Business Car analysed the figures to identify which cars had the highest pass rates and which cars had the highest fail rate. The statistics are based on 2004 registered cars that were MOT tested for the Read more »
Sunday, 21. December 2008
A warning has gone out from representatives of the car manufacturers about the use of Morrisons’ Bio Fuel called B30. It would seem that using this fuel could invalidate the manufacturer’s warranty. The warning was issued by service maintenance and repair expert Motorconsult about the new 30% biofuel. For those who don’t understand the expression biofuel this is Read more »
