NEWS

Autoquake offers part-ex

CAR supermarket Autoquake has announced it is now offering a part exchange facility to its customers. The Car Dealer Eward winner says the news is due to it offering customers an easier buying experience: ‘We’re excited to offer car buyers this service,’ said Autoquake’s CEO, Dermot Halpin. ‘If you have an old car to sell, there’s [...]

	Autoquake grows again
AUTOQUAKE.COM has responded to demand from a third of its customers with a new London handover centre. 1 in 3 Autoquake buyers are from the London area. They will now be better served by the new handover centre in Southall. The site was chosen because it’s easy to get to: minutes from the M4, or [...]

	Autoquake’s top honour
AUTOQUAKE.COM has become the ONLY automotive company to appear in an influential Top 100. The Guardian’s Tech Media Invest 100 recognises companies which have shown innovation and creativity in e-commerce and technical media over the past year. This means Autoquake’s name appears alongside Shazam, Tweetdeck and Zoopla! Autoquake’s CEO, Dermot Halpin said: ‘Everyone at Autoquake [...]

	Autoquake joins Twitter
AUTOQUAKE.COM has been honoured as one of the world’s top 250 online firms in a car dealer coup. The firm is the only car retailer to be awarded an AlwaysOn Global 250 prize. It means Autoquake.com sits alongside Facebook, Twitter and Spotify in the worldwide list of AlwaysOn prize winners! ‘The companies certainly represent some [...]

	New car online boom
CAR buyers are more willing than ever before to purchase new cars over the internet says a web giant. Autoquake.com is the UK’s largest online used car retailer – and says 14 percent MORE people are happier to buy online than they were 3 years ago. In contrast, all other conventional used car sources have [...]

		Autoquake’s more cash
		LEADING online used car dealer autoquake.com has secured a big £6 million investment deal to finance further growth. Venture capital financing has been provided by existing investors Accel Partners and Highland Capital Partners. The deal also includes venture debt financing provided by Kreos Capital. Autoquake.com CEO Dermot Halpin said the firm ‘is about focusing on [...]
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		4x4s could save £230m
		EMPLOYEES who can’t get into work due to the current bad weather cost the economy £230m a day. This national cost could be saved if they chose a 4×4 from a car dealer! One canny retailer is thus taking the opportunity to promote value deals on SUVs – autoquake.com is pointing out not only is [...]
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		VAT not up at car dealer
		VAT rise price increases can be beaten, promises one car dealer, with a bold pledge for the new year. Autoquake.com has said it will ABSORB the cost of the VAT increase! But how – it’s an online used car retailer, so surely VAT is not payable on secondhand models? Making the pledge not as bold [...]
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		New CEO for car dealer
		AUTOQUAKE.COM has announced the appointment of former Expedia president Dermot Halpin as its new CEO. The UK’s largest online used car retailer has snared Halpin from the £2.5 billion Expedia Europe business. ‘At Expedia we were the internet pioneers who made travel products available to consumers in an easy and transparent way,’ said new man [...]
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		Drop tops drop 10 percent
		VALUES of used convertibles have plummeted by an average of 10 percent in the past 2 months. Autoquake.com says the usual winter decline is bigger than expected this year. The firm’s founder Fredrik Skantze is thus priming car buyers to take advantage of bargains, by promoting the value-saving idea of buying a convertible in winter. [...]
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		Used car prices FALLING
		USED car prices are beginning to fall for the first time online in 2009, in what’s a significant new trend. Retailer autoquake.com says last month’s first-time price drops indicate the used car bubble has burst. Indeed, used prices are falling faster online than at car dealers: evidence over the past month has seen an increase [...]
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		England FC car shock
		ENGLAND have rounded out their World Cup qualification matches. Now, the players may be turning to cars. Enter autoquake.com, which has put together an ‘alternative’ list of England player motors. ‘Unlike most footballer’s wheels, our starting 11 is great value for money,’ said CEO Garry Hobson. So, as you read news of last night’s player [...]
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		Buyers want Beemers
		BMW is the UK’s most clamoured-for used car, says online used car retailer autoquake.com. Such popularity, coupled with heady demand for used car stock, has pushed BMW to the top of autoquake.com’s popularity listings. The company has a special section on its website, which allows buyers to show an interest in cars that have already [...]
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