Press
Motorway regularly provides comment, data and information on car buying and selling trends to UK and global news publications.
For further information, please contact:
Alex Buttle (Director & Industry Spokesman)
020 3369 1747
press@motorway.co.uk
Recent press articles with Motorway comments:
- Best time for car buyers to take advantage of big discounts
This Is Money – April 2018 - Car tech that went from being revolutionary to mainstream
The Daily Mail – April 2018 - UK car sales fall for 12th month running after 15.7% slump in March
The Guardian – April 2018 - Government diesel bashing takes its toll as sales fall 37% in March
This Is Money – April 2018 - Diesel tax, snowstorms and Brexit ‘tripple whammy’ hits car market as sales slump 15%
The Sun – April 2018 - Government diesel bashing takes its toll
The Daily Mail – April 2018 - Cars buck falling CO2 emissions trend
BBC – March 2017 - The death of diesel: can struggling car industry woo back customers?
The Guardian – March 2018 - Decline in car sales eases, but diesel sales collapse
The Telegraph – March 2018 - Britain climate change targets will be missed after diesel backlash
The Express – March 2018 - Green machine! Sales of environmentally friendly cars set to soar [PRINT]
The Scotsman – March 2018 - New car sales continue to drop as diesel buyers fall by a quarter
The Daily Mail – March 2018 - Diesel drags down sales of new cars as industry suffers ninth month of declines
The Telegraph – February 2018 - Car sales slump for ninth month as drivers turn their back on diesels
Evening Standard – February 2018 - New car sales decline into 2018 as diesel registrations collapse
This Is Money – February 2018 - Death of diesel car has caused problems for used petrol buyers
The Express – January 2018 - The average price of a petrol car rose 9.4% in 2017
The Guardian – January 2018 - Petrol prices rise 10% as ‘demonised diesel’ declines by 5%, says Motorway.co.uk
AM Online – January 2018 - Cost of buying a second-hand petrol car rises 10% as price of diesels plummets following backlash against the fuel
The Daily Mail – January 2018 - Diesel car industry dilemmas explained
BBC – January 2018 - Diesel’s days are numbered [Motorway comment]
The Guardian – January 2018 - New car sales sink for first time in six years
The Telegraph – January 2018 - Car sales fall in UK
The Express – January 2018 - Weak consumer confidence hits new car sales
Capital.com – January 2018 - Tumbling UK car sales will lower the value of your Irish car
The Irish Times – January 2018 - UK car production sees first annual fall for the first time since the financial crisis [Motorway comment]
The Guardian – January 2018Press from 2017
- Number of cars being made in Britain drops to the lowest level in a year as diesel tax and uncertainty hit the market
The Daily Mail – December 2017 - Car industry hits out at government as sales of diesel cars fall 30% in one month
The Telegraph – December 2017 - UK car sales fall for 8th month running; anger over rail fares rise
The Guardian – December 2017 - Diesel bucks the trend for stalling used car sales
AM Online – November 2017 - Instant View – Motorway comments on the Autumn Budget
Reuters – November 2017 - Budget 2017: what it means for your wallet
The Independent – November 2017 - Budget 2017: diesel car tax increase
The Express – November 2017 - New diesel sales might be in free-fall, but second hand demand is not
The Daily Mail – November 2017 - Confusion blamed for car buying slump as drivers shun new ‘cleaner’ diesels
The Times – November 2017 - UK new car sales fall for the seventh consecutive month
FT – November 2017 - Car sales decline deepens as diesel models plummet
Sky News – November 2017 - Diesel downturn proves a drag as new cars sales plummet
The Scotsman – November 2017 - Ferrari on course for €1bn annual profit as supercar demand rises
The Guardian – November 2017 - Diesel sales drop by a THIRD in a year as new car market declines for seven months in a row
This Is Money – November 2017
Older press from 2017:
- ‘Recession’ fears for new car market
The Scotsman – October 2017 - 40% more supercars as UK car sales slump: more supercars have been bought in 2017 than all of 2016
This Is Money – October 2017 - Lam-Boom-Ghini: Supercar sales soar as super-rich Brits rush to buy Ferrari, Aston Martin and McLaren models
The Sun – October 2017 - UK car sales might be slumping… but there are 40% more supercars on our roads than there were 5 years ago
Daily Mail – October 2017 - Toxin taxes and green deals: is it worth buying a diesel car?
Your Money – October 2017 - Car registrations’ 9% September slump ‘a considerable cause for concern’
AM Online – October 2017 - UK car manufacturing continues to dip as overseas demand for British-built motors shrinks in August (despite registrations in Europe being up)
Daily Mail – September 2017 - Diesel cars defy ‘demonisation’ with steady price rises
The Telegraph – September 2017 - Used diesel car values are HIGHER than last year, claims Auto Trader, as it says prices were up 6% in August 2017
This Is Money – September 2017 - Diesel vehicle sales are declining not rising, says car buying comparison website motorway.co.uk
Scottish Business Insider – September 2017 - UK diesel car values dive by up to a quarter amid pollution crackdown
The Guardian – September 2017 - British people have suddenly stopped buying cars
Business Insider – September 2017 - REVEALED: The diesel cars you’ll want to sell before ‘toxin tax’ hell
The Daily Star – September 2017 - Diesel drivers see thousands wiped off value of their cars due to a string of scrappage schemes
The Sun – September 2017
More press from 2017:
- Prices of used diesel cars take a 26% tumble
Auto Express – September 2017 - Used diesel cars have lost up to a quarter of their value since the start of 2017
The Telegraph – September 2017 - How some used diesel cars have lost 25% of their value in eight months as the Government prepares pollution crackdown
The Daily Mail – September 2017 - The diesel cars losing quarter of their value in just eight months revealed as motorists fear government crackdown
The Mirror – September 2017 - Values of used diesel cars have fallen since the start 2017
AOL – September 2017 - Second-hand diesels lose quarter of value
The Times – September 2017 - Diesel car owners urged to SELL NOW as new ‘toxin tax’ will shred value of motors
The Daily Star – September 2017 - Diesel car price value PLUMMETS as Government wages war on air pollution
The Express – September 2017 - Used diesel car values drop by almost 6% in Q3
AM Online – September 2017 - Car makers look to 67 plates to ressurect sales
The Daily Mail – September 2017 - What’s going on under the bonnet of car sales?
The Telegraph – September 2017 - Diesel drivers face being hit with huge bills as first figures show used car prices are flatlining
The Telegraph – August 2017 - Used car market experiences sharp decline as sales tumble
Honest John – August 2017 - UK car sales in free-fall as figures show 14% decline in second-hand purchases and 8% drop in finance packages
The Daily Mail – August 2017 - UK car buyers turn to secondhand vehicles as finance deals boom
The Guardian – August 2017 - Brexit uncertainty blamed as UK car sales fall for fourth month
The Guardian – 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
The 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…
The Daily Mail – August 2017 - Brexit: New car registrations still down signalling strong sign of weakening consumer confidence
The Independent – August 2017 - ‘Mechanics will have to learn quickly!’: How the motor industry is reacting to the 2040 petrol and diesel car ban
The Daily Mail – 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 - 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
The Daily Star – May 2017 - Britons put a record £3.6m worth of new cars on finance
The 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 - Should you ditch diesel?
The Daily Mail – May 2017 - ‘Toxin tax’ is making diesel drivers flog their cars in droves
The Sun – April 2017
That’s all folks! No more press. Motorway launched in April 2017…