Press

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

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

Recent press coverage:

• As used car sales soar, chip shortage puts brake on UK new car sales despite a jump from 2020
  FT, July 2021
• Motorway raises £48m from Index Ventures and others, as pandemic boosts used car market
  Sifted, June 2021
• Motorway’s used car marketplace raises $67.7m Series B led by Index Ventures
  Techcrunch, June 2021
• BMW joins £48m Motorway Series B funding round to take on Cazoo
  Telegraph, June 2021
• The cities that will have new emission taxes by the end of 2021
  iNews, June 2021
• The global semiconductor crisis continues to push drivers to used cars
  Express, June 2021
• Are you affected by a clean air zone? Motorway research ‘CAZ awareness’ amongst UK motorists, as Birmingham gears up to intro an £8-per-day pollution tax next week
  This Is Money, May 2021
• As used car sales ‘go supernova’, Motorway share how dealers have fared since showrooms re-opened
  Car Dealer Magazine, May 2021
• Motorway sees revenues more than triple in size
  Motor Trader, April 2021
• Motorists in London ULEZ areas and other clean air zones sell diesels to the shires to avoid punishing daily charges
  The Sunday Times, April 2021
• The Nissan LEAF is Motorway’s most popular electric car to sell in the last year
  Nissan Insider, April 2021
• Motorway CEO, Tom Leathes and Sales Director, James Bush explain why they believe physical car auctions have had a ‘Blockbuster moment’
  Car Dealer Magazine (YouTube), March 2021
• Lloyd Page joins Motorway as CMO to grow our brand and help ‘build a household name’
  Marketing Week, March 2021
• Motorway win ‘Highly Commended’ in Car Dealer Magazine’s ‘Used Car Awards 2020’
  Car Dealer Magazine, February 2021
• UK new car sales fell by close to 30% in 2020
  Sunday Times Driving, January 2021
• Electric car sales higher than diesel for the first time as hybrids soar
  Express, January 2021
• Plug-in hybrids overtake diesels in race to 2030 switchover
  The Times, December 2020
• More UK car buyers are purchasing electric and hybrid cars
  City AM, December 2020
• Motorway data shows Land Rover seeing used price surge
  AM Online, November 2020
• Used car sales likely to soar ahead of fossil fuel new-car ban with used car prices ‘showing buoyancy’
  Express, November 2020
• New car sales hit a nine year low as electric continues to rocket
  Sunday Times, November 2020
• Drivers can sell their car for £1,000 more with these tips from Motorway experts
  Express, October 2020
• As used car sales remain buoyant, new car sales fell by 4.4% in the month of September
  Sunday Times Driving, October 2020
• The new car market is expected to remain ‘fragile’ for the rest of the year
  This Is Money, October 2020
• UK ‘car auction fever’ continues, as used car stock is snapped up by both trade and consumer buyers
  Car Dealer Magazine, September 2020
• Premium used cars can be considered ‘pandemic proof’ according to Motorway
  AM Online, September 2020
• Motorway has signed a car selling deal with Confused.com
  Telegraph, September 2020
• Luxury used car prices have gone up by more than 10% over the past year
  Car Dealer Magazine, September 2020
• Car industry is breathing a sigh of relief, as UK sales bounce back in July
  Sunday Times Driving, August 2020
• Motorway has celebrated record online stock sales with its free collection offer
  Car Dealer Magazine, August 2020

Recent Motorway press releases:

• Motorway raises £48m as sales triple, reinventing how consumers sell used cars
  14th June 2021
• CAZ update – one in five UK motorists does not know what a clean air zone is
  28th May 2021
• Motorway generates over £2m in used car sales a day
  23rd April 2021
• Volkswagen Golf revealed as the most popular car to sell on Motorway during the COVID-19 pandemic
  18th March 2021
• Motorway hires MoneySuperMarket marketing chief as CMO
  2nd Feb 2021
• 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

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