NEWS

New Bluetooth products

A BRAND new range of Bluetooth accessories have been launched aiming to make driving while on the phone safer. Research from motoring organisation the RAC has found that 27 per cent of drivers use a mobile phone without a hands-free kit, and also 27 per cent of drivers text while driving. Nottingham-based In Phase International [...]

	Future Car Challenge Golf
VOLKSWAGEN’s prototype electric Golf blue-e-motion has won the inaugural Future Car Challenge. The car also won its category, Most Economic and Environment Friendly Regular Passenger EV. Driven by Jim Holder, Editor of What Car? and Volkswagen engineer Folko Rohde, the Golf blue-e-motion won the event in which participants had to travel from Brighton to London. [...]

	New RAC Garage Tool
THE RAC has joined forces with Motor Codes and has announced plans to assist UK motorists with car repairs and maintenance. The firm will now offer its two million monthly online visitors a ‘Garage Finder’ tool that identifies the nearest reputable garage to a user’s postcode or town – bringing garages more customers and business. [...]

	Dealers must focus
MAXIMISING the profit made on every car sold should be the top priority for car dealers in the coming months. This is because availability of 2- and 3-year old cars is beginning to decline. A plunge in new car sales due to the recession of 2008 and 2009 is now having an effect on the [...]

	Used seeking honesty
USED car buyers are prioritising reliability more than ever when making their secondhand buying decisions. RAC Warranty says ‘safe’ choices that will not have big bills in store are becoming the order of the day. It’s because buyers are more anxious than ever about the effects of the recession, said sales and marketing director Ian [...]

		Warranty reporting errors
		CAR dealers are failing to calculate profits from warranties correctly which is costing them big returns. RAC Warranty reckons many dealers fail to realise the uplift in aftersales that warranties bring. By only analysing Point Of Sale profit potential, the importance of warranties is not being correctly emphasised during the sales process. RAC Warranty reckons [...]
		Read More..

		Top 10 car garages
		BRITISH motorists have voted for their 10 best garages as the Golden Garages scheme enters its final stages. More than 8000 garage uses voted for the final 10, which Car Dealer Magazine can list here: • A1 Motorcare, Cardiff, Wales • ABP Motorsport, Crewe, North West • Anglo Continental Cars, Milton Keynes • Arnold Clark [...]
		Read More..

		Indys miss warranty ops
		FRANCHISED car dealers are beating independents when it comes to maximising sales opportunities for car warranties. RAC Warranty says there is huge untapped potential for independent car dealers to sell both more comprehensive and longer-term car warranties. It’s a situation that shouldn’t arise either, says sales and marketing director Ian Simpson: ‘There is no reason [...]
		Read More..

		Dealers warrant more
		CAR dealers are starting 2010 with a big competitive review of their current car warranty suppliers. RAC Warranty says the search for extra revenue means dealers are asking more from warranty providers. And they are more than willing to change if they think their current supplier is not providing good value. Director Ian Simpson said [...]
		Read More..

		Recession’s 20% rise
		WARRANTY sales by RAC Warranty have increased by a fifth compared to this time last year, says the firm. This is because car buyers are showing renewed interest in taking out warranties, due to the recession. It is not just plain cover-all warranties that are driving demand, either. Warranties of all types are being signed [...]
		Read More..