THE three online car retailing brands owned by eBay – eBay Motors, Gumtree Motors and Motors.co.uk – are combining into one platform. Called the eBay Motors Group, the platform will provide dealers the chance to maximise advertising to an increasingly digitally-centric customer base. From the start of 2020, dealers will be able to reach in-market buyers across multiple digital touchpoints, while using a…
RENAULT has dropped the option of leasing the battery separately on its electric Zoe supermini. When Zoe was first launched in 2013 it was only available as a Battery Lease. This was complemented in November 2014 by the additional option of battery inclusive Full Purchase. Renault’s decision will help clear up a potential source of confusion for customers in the step change…
HARROGATE broker, Synergy Car Leasing, has made five new appointments. Designed to assist its plans for growth, the appointments have been made across its client services, compliance, IT and marketing departments. These latest appointments come on top of an additional three new account managers engaged this autumn. Paul Parkinson, managing director of Synergy Car Leasing (pictured above with the new recruits), said:…
THE Glasgow-based broker, Intelligent Car Leasing, has scored a first: a broker supplied car subscription service. The new car subscription service has been launched in partnership with Wagonex, the car subscription marketplace platform. The flexible service allows customers to sign up for a subscription that includes all services bar fuel. Subscription periods range from six months to 24 months with no upfront…
THE Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has presented its views on commission models. The views were made at the recent BVRLA Leasing Broker Committee meeting on November 05, 2019 at the BVRLA’s Amersham HQ. The FCA, which is currently consulting on the banning of commission models that offer motor finance brokers and dealers an incentive to raise customers’ interest rates, provided clarification to…
LEASING premium brands at an affordable rental has always been the key preserve of the leasing broker: and the latest lease charts reinforce this. Prepared by the Leasing.com portal, year to date the Mercedes-Benz A-Class has seen the most personal lease enquiries followed by the Range Rover Evoque. In terms of brand, Land Rover has leapfrogged Audi to become the fourth most…
BRIDLE Vehicle Leasing made substantial progress in the annual FN50 table of leasing companies, moving to position 43 in the leasing league table chart. Bridle Vehicle Leasing – part of the Bridle Group which includes a collection of 14 leasing brokers – has been running its own funded book since 2017. It first entered the FN50 leasing table in 2017 with a…
PETER McDonald is the new fleet director at Nissan. The former head of fleet and business sales will lead Nissan’s fleet push as the largest and most comprehensive supplier of electric vehicles. McDonald has replaced Iker Lazzari who moved back to Volkswagen Financial Services as UK sales director. Peter has extensive experience of the UK automotive market, and fleet in particular, having…