New Car Sales Up Means Fewer Lease Deals

Tuesday, 17. May 2011

If you thought you were going to get a great deal on a Mercedes or a BMW you can pretty much forget it! Sales for both German manufacturers were up by more than 30% at the beginning of the year. Whilst most of this increase was into fleet buyers it has meant that the crazy deals that we saw in 2007/8 have not had to be repeated to increase sales. Read more »

Top Cars For 2011 Voted On

Sunday, 8. May 2011

What car do you think drivers voted their number one in this years Auto Express Driver Power survey? Wrong! It’s the Skoda Superb. The poll ranks the findings of 23,000 readers. It takes the top 100 models revealing what drivers love and hate about their cars and ranks them in order. For the third year running Skoda has topped the manufacturers list Read more »

Oversubscribed VW Offers Lead To Customer Dissatisfaction

Wednesday, 10. November 2010

VW Passat CC
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Talk about left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing! VW has had some great deals towards the end of this year. Demand was great but they hadn’t realised that when they promote a car they should make sure that they can meet demand – sounds a bit logical to me. But no, that would be far too simple and obvious so now we have some very unhappy customers who are still not being told when they can expect to receive their Passat CC’s or Touareg’s even though they were originally told Read more »

Another In Depth Car Review, This Week Bentley Mulsanne

Saturday, 15. May 2010

Yet another Graham Hill in depth review of a new car. Following the successful review of the new Ford Focus that many people found of great interest I have gone to the far end of the spectrum and this week chosen for my in depth review the new Bentley Mulsanne. Actually the review of the new Ford Focus was a little light on some of the fine detail so whilst the review of the Mulsanne was to be ‘It’s bloody expensive Read more »

The Truth About ‘Green’ Cars

Thursday, 13. May 2010

We are all being forced to consider greener cars and the manufacturers have to be seen to be actively developing more environmentally friendly engines or face some hefty fines. So you may be forgiven for thinking that the cars being marketed as ‘green cars’ are much more fuel efficient than standard cars. Well according to latest research the differences can be minimal. For example the Skoda Octavia Greenline is Read more »

Graham Hill, Car Finance Expert, Asks Should Customers Ignore Less Mainstream Cars

Thursday, 8. April 2010

‘I don’t mind what it is, I’m after something that does the job but doesn’t cost a lot per month.’ Quite a common request that I receive and so I have a bit of a rummage around and find a Kia on a really good deal or maybe a Hyundai or a Chevrolet. Suddenly the customer has become a bit more of a snob than even he thought he was but are we right to dismiss some of these makes? Martin Ward of CAP test drives cars all Read more »