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)

Email: press@motorway.co.uk

• 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
• UK new car sales will go EV-only by 2035
  AM Online, 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
• New car market down 7% as market wanes in October
  Mail Online, 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
• Councils fitting the most (and least) EV charging points
  This Is Money, 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
• Electric car demand rises but consumer gloom hits overall market
  FT, September 2019
• Electric car sales surge fails to buoy new car market
  The Scotsman, September 2019
• How to prepare for a ‘no deal’ Brexit: keep calm but take action
  The Times, August 2019
• Convertibles you can buy for less than £1,000
  The Mirror, July 2019
• Top 10 worst train stations for car thefts revealed
  The Sun, July 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
• Car theft in the majority of the UK rose 38% last year
  The Sun, May 2019
• The car crime map of Great Britain
  This Is Money, May 2019
• Eco plea as car sales remain in reverse
  The Scotsman, May 2019
• Car sales slump again
  The Telegraph, May 2019
• Slowing diesel sales dampen demand for new cars
  Daily Mail, April 2019

Older notable press

• New car sales bounce back after five months of decline ahead of Brexit
  Daily Mail, March 2019
• Toxic diesel car sales plummet in value as new taxes cause sales hit
  The Mirror, February 2019
• Britain’s car buyers have high price to pay to go grey
  This Is Money, January 2019
• Dangerous defects prompt over one million MOT failures
  AM Online, January 2019
• Optimism shines through despite drop in new car sales
  Car Dealer Magazine, December 2018
• MOT emission failures double under tougher new test
  This Is Money, November 2018
• Budget: chancellor announces £420 million to local authorities to tackle potholes
  The Sun, November 2018
• New car sales plunge 20% in September
  BBC, October 2018
• Most car-sellers receive less than their initial valuation, new research reveals
  The Independent, October 2018
• Revealed: how three in five motorists who sell their vehicles to car buying sites are offered less than originally quoted online
  This Is Money, October 2018
• New car market moves slowly forward after months in reverse
  FT, August 2018
• Car market continues to decline despite July rise in sales
  Telegraph, August 2018
• Revealed: Britain’s towns and cities with the most homes suitable for electric car ownership – and London has the least
  The Daily Mail, August 2018
• The used car market has 22 years to adapt or die
  Real Business, July 2018
• Car production rises in May as UK market offsets foreign drop
  City AM, June 2018
• Once the butt of every car joke, why the Lada could be having the last laugh thanks to the World Cup 
  The Mirror, June 2018
• Motorway raises £2.75M seed funding to help you sell your car
  TechCrunch, June 2018
• The ‘dirty’ supercars loved by footballers that cost more than £2,000 to tax
  The Sun, April 2018
• UK car sales fall for 12th month running after 15.7% slump in March
  The Guardian, April 2018
• Cars buck falling CO2 emissions trend
  BBC, March 2018
• Decline in car sales eases, but diesel sales collapse
  The Telegraph, March 2018
• Car sales slump for ninth month as drivers turn their back on diesels
  Evening Standard, February 2018
• Budget 2017: what it means for your wallet
  The Independent, 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
• Lam-Boom-Ghini: Supercar sales soar as super-rich Brits rush to buy Ferrari, Aston Martin and McLaren models
  The Sun, October 2017
• British people have suddenly stopped buying cars
  Business Insider, September 2017
• Diesel drivers face being hit with huge bills as first figures show used car prices are flatlining
  The Telegraph, August 2017
• Diesel ‘D-DAY’: Car sales FALL as drivers panic over HUGE TAX fears
  The Daily Star, August 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

Recent Motorway press releases:

• 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
• The surge in vehicles stolen from railway station car parks
  18th July 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
• Only seven police forces managed to cut car thefts in 2018
  20th May 2019
• 25 years of car ownership visualised
  15th April 2019

• Motorway research reveals Bristol drivers have racked up the most penalty points on their licences
  21st February 2019

• Used diesel car prices are down -10% since the start of 2017, as petrol car prices rise
  29th January 2019
• One million cars have been labelled ‘dangerous’ since May 2018 as MOT rules change
  12th December 2018
• Car MOT failure rates have fallen since May 2018
  22nd November 2018
• Car Valuation Reality Revealed: Only 40% Of Sellers Receive As Much As Their Online Valuation
  4th October 2018
• Electri-Cities! UK’s Most ‘Electric Car Friendly’ Towns Revealed
  1st August 2018
• World Cup 2018: Only 179 Ladas On The Road
  15th June 2018
• Motorway raises £2.75m in seed funding from LocalGlobe and Marchmont Ventures to revolutionise selling your car online
  5th June 2018

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