A rogue car dealer has been jailed for four years after he made a staggering £300,000 selling cars that had previously been written off. Zana Ahmed Muhammed ran an illegal operation selling insurance write offs out of a base at The Old Ambulance Station, Flint. The 42-year-old used Facebook Marketplace and eBay to advertise the illicit motors and but … [Read more...]
Cloned cars’ rising crime rate
Motorists must guard against unscrupulous car cloning criminals to avoid fines and penalties for offences they’ve not committed, warns leading vehicle data and valuation specialist HPI. Criminals use cloned registration plates to avoid detection via police automated number plate recognition (ANPR) systems, which can have serious financial implications for … [Read more...]
Getting a grip on 4×4 prices
As Britain faces a cold snap, motorists are considering an SUV or 4x4 to handle the bad weather. The SUV sector alone makes up almost a third of all vehicles on UK roads, accounting for 60% of all new car registrations in 2023. Experts at automotive data company HPI have picked ten used models which, at under £11K, offer great value for money … [Read more...]
Romania and Bulgaria centres of car theft
The National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service has prevented the theft of or returned 320 stolen finance vehicles across Europe since 2021 with the support of HPI Check data. The NaVCIS is funded by the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) to recover stolen finance vehicles. The dedicated team has recovered cars from across Europe, with Romania and … [Read more...]
Newslines 4 October
Welsh Government has increased the number of traffic officers on the M4 around Newport since plans for an alternative route were abandoned this summer after a £114M enquiry recommended the go-ahead of the controversial Black-Route over greenfields. More recovery vehicles were allocated during the summer months and these will now be deployed for major … [Read more...]
Newslines 7 May
The Hyundai Ioniq has been upgraded and given new connectivity and wifi improvements. These come along with a new battery pack in the ev versions and subtle cosmetic changes inside and out. Smell and colour changes caused by smoking in a car could wipe off £2,000 at its trade in, says valuation specialists HPI. The cost is taken off the value … [Read more...]
Newslines 2 April
Dacia has launched its new top-of-the-range Techroad special editions, with deliveries from April. It’s available on All-New Duster, Logan MCV Stepway and Sandero Stepway. exclusively in two new colours: Fusion Red and Highland Grey. Car makers are struggling to make money in the world’s biggest market, China, reports Automotive News Europe. A … [Read more...]
Cost conscious drivers have a new tool to use
Cost-conscious motorists are set to benefit from a new online tool that reveals the total cost of ownership (TCO) of cars. TCO Check created by automotive data and valuations expert HPI is a new online calculator which allows drivers to take costs into account and tells them how much they can expect to spend over the next three years of ownership. The … [Read more...]
Latest data reveals reasons motorists sell their cars.
Almost one in 10 motorists aged between 45 and 54 believe that they no longer need a car according to automotive data experts, HPI. They say this age group cited no longer needing a car as one of the main reasons for selling a vehicle and over a third (39%) of 18-24-year-old drivers sell their car because they’ve grown bored of it and want something more … [Read more...]
Luxury cars escape the crusher, but only just
Nearly £122M of uninsured vehicles were saved from potentially being crushed in 2018 - the highest it’s been for ten years - including supercars such as Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Bentleys and Aston Martins. High-value vehicles that had been confiscated from uninsured drivers were among those saved from being auctioned or scrapped last year, according to the … [Read more...]
