NEWS

USED 4×4 prices hit record levels at BCA car auctions last month due to the extended snowfall. Demand for the vehicles saw a rise in values of 5.2 percent over December. This means values have almost doubled over the last year and a half! The January average value of an SUV was £12,918 – a [...]

LAND Rover sales shot up 58 percent in January thanks to the bad weather driving off-roader sales. The new Discovery 4 range actually performed even better by clocking up a 92 percent sales rise at car dealers! ‘Heavy snow and icy conditions last month meant car buyers were looking for a vehicle that provides them [...]

SNOW is no longer a hindrance to car dealers as online tools mean businesses can still be all-white. Forecourt sales may have plunged by 60 percent in January’s heavy snowfall – but online sales were as much as FOUR TIMES higher! Web experts autotorq.com says many of its dealers recorded web traffic increase of 75 [...]

IT seems helping doctors in the snow wasn’t an unusual event with another car dealer telling us how it came to the rescue. Brunel Ford, in Weston, stepped in to assist medical staff during the heavy snow last week which brought the town to a standstill. Weston General Hospital sent out an emergency plea for [...]