Newsletter
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Issue 43 - 09th November 2018
Welcome Note From Sue Robinson
Dear Colleague, The new passenger car registration figures published this week showed a small decline by -2.9% in October with 153,599 units as the introduction of WLTP continues to distort the market. Sales of alternative fuel vehicles continued to grow significantly with an increase of 30.7%. The light commercial vehicle market grew by 14.1% in October and the market is now down by a marginal -1.6%. Please email louise.woods@rmif.co.uk to...
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09th November 2018
NEW CAR MARKET SHOWS SMALL DECLINE IN OCTOBER
NEW CAR MARKET SHOWS SMALL DECLINE IN OCTOBER October’s small decline in new car sales shows that WLTP continues to distort the market and constrain the supply of new vehicles to the UK. New...
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09th November 2018
OCTOBER DRIVES SALES IN VAN MARKET
Following a downward trend in the Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) market, it was encouraging to see that registrations were up 14.1% in October according to the latest SMMT’s light commercial vehicle...
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09th November 2018
MILS Update: Business to Business contracts
“I regularly buy and sell vehicles from and to other businesses in England and Wales. I have been told that these are sold as seen and there are no liabilities or ability to claim if there is a fault...
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09th November 2018
Diesel: new ACEA data proves that modern diesel cars emit...
New data released by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) provides evidence that latest-generation diesel cars emit low pollutant emissions on the road. This data was measured in...
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09th November 2018
Tell DVLA you’ve sold, transferred or bought a vehicle...
News and updates Tell DVLA you’ve sold, transferred or bought a vehicle has been available since 2015 and includes two services for the motor trade: • bought a vehicle into the trade, tell DVLA...
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NFDA’s sisters association, the National Motorcycle Dealers Association, (NMDA), is pleased to see that this year’s Autumn 2018 Dealer Attitude Survey received a high response rate of 30% made up of...
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09th November 2018
DVSA new changes to evaluate MOT testers & test stations
MOT risk rating From 12 November 2018, a new method of calculating MOT risk of non-compliance will be introduced. This method will assess every MOT testing station and MOT tester. They will be rated...
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09th November 2018
ACEA FUEL TYPES OF NEW CARS IN EU
Fuel types of new cars: diesel -18.2%, petrol +15.2%, electric +30.0% in third quarter of 2018 In the third quarter of 2018, almost 58% of all new passenger cars sold in the EU ran on petrol, while...
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