Press

Motorway regularly provides comment, data and information on car buying and selling trends to UK and global publications.

For further information, please contact:

Alex Buttle (Director & Industry Spokesman)
020 3369 1747
press@motorway.co.uk

Latest press articles

• Brexit uncertainty blamed as UK car sales fall for fourth month
  The Guardian – August 2017
• New cars sales fall for fourth month in a row
  iNews – August 2017
• Doomed diesel takes another hit
  Cambridge News – August 2017
  
• Car sales continue to crash as Brexit economic uncertainty weighs
  The Telegraph – August 2017
• Diesel ‘D-DAY’: Car sales FALL as drivers panic over HUGE TAX fears
  Daily Star – August 2017
• New car sales down nearly 10% in a bad month for Ford and Vauxhall as motor industry boss blames it all on Brexit…
  Daily Mail – August 2017
• UK new car sales fall and ‘could be headed for deep recession’
  Digital Look – August 2017
• UK car market down 9.3% in July; diesels down 20.1%
  Just Auto – August 2017
• Brexit: New car registrations still down signalling strong sign of weakening consumer confidence
  Independent – August 2017
• ‘Mechanics will have to learn quickly!’: How the motor industry is reacting to the 2040 petrol and diesel car ban
  Daily Mail – July 2017
• Adverse reaction from Motorway.co.uk to the UK government’s plan to do away with petrol and diesel cars by 2040
  Wheels Alive – July 2017
• Electric cars: everything you need to know
  The Guardian – July 2017
• Diesel and petrol ban will never happen by 2040, and this is why
  The Express – July 2017
• Compare The Car-ket: How YOU can net up to an extra £1,000 when you sell your car online
  The Sun – July 2017
• Motorway.co.uk car buying comparison service launched
  AM Online – July 2017
• Bank of England moves to head off pre-crisis signals
  Deutsche Welle – June 2017
• Mark Carney is right to worry about the boom in car loans (Motorway comment)
  The Guardian – June 2017
• UK diesel sales slump could spell disaster for Irish car values 
  Irish Times – June 2017
• Sales of ‘dirty diesel’ cars fall by a fifth
  The Times – June 2017
• Will your diesel car be hit by a crackdown or scrappage scheme?
  This Is Money – May 2017
• Liberal Democrats manifesto 2017 – Diesel cars would be banned if Farron elected
  The Express – May 2017
• Negative equity time bomb for owners of diesel cars
  The Telegraph – May 2017
• Average diesel family car could plummet in value
  The Sun – May 2017
• Diesel cars news update
  Daily Express – May 2017
• Drivers face $17bn loss as value of cars falls
  Yahoo! Finance –  May 2017
• Blow for diesel drivers as average car worth 15% less
  Daily Star – May 2017
• Britons put a record £3.6m worth of new cars on finance
  Daily Mail – May 2017
• New car finance deals hit record £3.6bn
  This is Money – May 2017
• Consumer car finance grows despite falling diesel values
  AutoCar – May 2017
• Thousands ditch diesel cars for cleaner alternatives
  London Loves Business – May 2017
• Industry reacts to Government’s air quality
  Fleet News – May 2017
• Diesel demand plummets
  Body Shop Magazine – May 2017
• Car owners rush to dump dirty diesel vehicles
  Punchline Gloucester – May 2017
• Should you ditch diesel?
  Daily Mail – May 2017
• ‘Toxin tax’ is making diesel drivers flog their cars in droves
  The Sun – April 2017