Press

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

For further information, please email: press@motorway.co.uk

• Motorway launches proxy bidding for dealers on its Motorway Pro platform
  Motor Trader, November 2020
• Land Rover sees used car price surge, Motorway finds
  AM Online, November 2020
• Used car sales likely to soar ahead of petrol and diesel ban with used car prices ‘buoyant’
  Express, November 2020
• Used car market decline reversed as more than 2 million used cars are sold
  Car Dealer Magazine, November 2020
• New car sales hit nine year low, but electric continues to rocket
  Sunday Times, November 2020
• Car auctions to sell exclusively online during ‘lockdown 2’
  Car Dealer Magazine, November 2020
• Drivers can sell for £1,000 extra with these tips from Motorway
  Express, October 2020
• Motorway reveals its hottest used cars of a bumper September
  Car Dealer Magazine, October 2020
• As used car sales remain strong: new car sales fell by 4.4% in September
  Sunday Times Driving, October 2020
• New car market to remain ‘fragile’ for the rest of the year
  This Is Money, October 2020
• Weakest September in two decades as UK new car sales drop 4%
  Yahoo! News, October 2020
• ‘Auction fever’ continues as used car stock is snapped up by trade and consumer buyers
  Car Dealer Magazine, September 2020
• Why revenge buying is oiling the car dealer’s wheels
  Telegraph, September 2020
• Premium used cars ‘pandemic proof’ says Motorway
  AM Online, September 2020
• Maserati, Land Rover and Lexus spike despite the virus crisis
  London Loves Business, September 2020
• Used car start up signs deal with Confused.com
  Telegraph, September 2020
• Luxury used car prices go up 10% over the past year
  Car Dealer Magazine, September 2020
• Car industry breathes sigh of relief as UK sales bounce back in July
  Sunday Times Driving, August 2020
• Motorway celebrates record online stock sales with free collection offer
  CarDealer Magazine, August 2020
• Motorists snubbed the 6 months MOT extension
  This Is Money, July 2020
• UK public transport fears drive more online demand for used cars
  The Guardian, July 2020
• New car registrations down 35% in June
  This Is Money, July 2020
• What is happening to used car prices right now? We ask 10 experts
  Car Dealer Magazine, July 2020
• Motorway celebrates record £1.39m of used car sales in a single day
  AM Online, June 2020
• Selling your car? Why now is the perfect time to put it on the market
  The Express, June 2020
• Motorway restarts car auctions with ‘contactless’ logistics service
  AM Online, May 2020
• Motorway restarts daily online auctions
  Car Dealer Magazine, May 2020
• Motorway resumes daily auctions and offers no-contact transport
  Motor Trader, May 2020
• Motorists warned against buying and selling used cars under lockdown
  The Express, May 2020
• Can you buy a car during the coronavirus lockdown?
  The Sunday Times Driving, April 2020
• Interview with Tom Leathes, CEO of Motorway
  Techround, April 2020
• Debate: Is 2035 too soon to ban petrol and diesel new car sales?
  City AM, February 2020
• Lessons learned when entrepreneurs hit a bump in the road
  Forbes, January 2020
• Exeter tops UK hotspots for electric and hybrid vehicle sales
  AM Online, January 2020
• Plug-in postcodes: Locations where demands for electric cars rose 
  This Is Money, January 2020
• New car sales in 2019 sunk to lowest level for six years
  Mail Online, January 2020
• HeyCar add car buying function with Motorway partnership
  AM Online, December 2019
• UK car production in October decline
  This Is Money, November 2019
• Used car market in ‘encouraging’ rise for the first time in 27 months
  Car Dealer Magazine, November 2019
• Electric and hybrid jump to 10% of total
  FT, November 2019
• UK: new car market down 6.7% in October
  Al Jazeera, October 2019
• Electric and hybrid car sales jump to 10% of total
  FT, October 2019
• ULEZ has added £41m to TfL coffers since April
  City AM, October 2019
• Revealed: the driver with the most ULEZ fines
  Evening Standard, October 2019
• Top 10 in Tech: London’s most valuable transportation startups
  Prolific London, October 2019
• Stark figures show car crash for Scottish car dealers
  The Scotsman, October 2019
• New car sales edge up after torrid year
  City AM, October 2019
• Number of driving licences revoked since 2014 revealed
  Mail Online, September 2019
• Electric car sales charge ahead with record monthly demand
  City AM, September 2019
• UK sales of new plug-in cars slump in first half year
  FT, July 2019
• Sales of hybrid cars plummet after subsidy cut
  The Times, July 2019
• Motorway’s £11m funding round fuels ‘Pro’ marketplace
  AM Online, June 2019
• Used car marketplace Motorway picks up £11m Series A
  TechCrunch, June 2019

Recent Motorway press releases:

• Motorway sees Land Rover defy lockdown blues with used car price surge
  16th November 2020
• Motorway sees average price of used electric vehicles cars rise by +34% in 12 months
  22nd October 2020
• Motorway’s research proves prestige brands are ‘pandemic proof’ in the current used car market
  29th August 2020
• Motorway announce surging used car sales, recording £1m of sales a day in June 2020
  17th June 2020
• Motorway’s research into MOT tests in April 2020
  21st May 2020
• Motorway re-starts its daily online auctions after pausing trade due to the coronavirus pandemic
  11th May 2020
• The cities seeing surging ULEV ownership since 2018
  13th January 2020
• 200,000 penalty notices given since ULEZ launched in April 2019
  28th October 2019
• 360,000 driving licence revocations in the last 6 years
  25th September 2019
• Motorway raises £11m in Series A funding from Marchmont Ventures & Local Globe
  25th June 2019
• Motorway TV ad launch: the comparison site to sell your car
  24th May 2019
• The new Motorway
  21st May 2019
• 25 years of car ownership visualised
  15th April 2019

You can see all our recent press releases in our blog.