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CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling has revealed details of a delay to fuel duty rates in today’s budget. The announcement means the full price rise originally scheduled for April 1 will not come into force until 2011. But the Chancellor has made no announcement on delaying the controversial ‘Showroom Tax’. Thus, from April 1, there will be [...]

WHAT does the budget mean to car dealers? Here industry experts explain all in our round-up. Chancellor Alistair Darling delivered the Budget yesterday with a hold on fuel increases and more funding for road improvements, but what does it all mean? Here, Car Dealer is publishing the opinion from the industry as and when we [...]

MOTORISTS are going to be put off buying a new car because of the new showroom tax says a survey. 93 percent of those polled by Motorpoint will think twice about buying a new car. It’s set to come into force on April1 – adding up to £515 to the first-year VED road tax of [...]

CAR production in the UK continues to skyrocket with February figures showing a huge 62.7 percent rise. This is the 4th successive monthly rise. Last month, 97,255 cars were built in the UK – and 70,482 of them were exported, which is good news for UK Balance of Payments figures. ‘The 4 month of consecutive [...]