The Peston effect
It’s always fascinating to hear the views of senior auto retail bosses like Ken Savage of Perrys and Robert Forrester of Vertu Motors. Not surprisingly, they were in bullish mood about the March...
Read moreI heard an interesting story in the wake of the closure of Tesco Cars this week. Apparently several major fleet operators stopped supplying vehicles to Tesco Cars simply because they were “too...
Read moreInteresting to spend half a day with the senior people at Jaguar Land Rover, driving new product and chatting about the ‘state of the nation’. The new-found sense of confidence at Gaydon...
Read moreFar too many years of covering Budget speeches should have taught me there’s no point in actually listening to what the Chancellor (of any party) has to say. You have to get hold of the full...
Read moreAfter last week’s move by Vauxhall to introduce a second, lower, labour rate for older car servicing, which I was somewhat sceptical about, it turns out I’m not alone....
Read moreVauxhall’s new fixed low-price servicing scheme for older cars has got me thinking. The prices sound fantastic if you own a Vauxhall that’s more than three-years-old, but is it good news...
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