Peter Vosper

When I started driving more than 60 years ago there were few enough cars and drivers to allow motorists to cope with many of the challenges facing them on the roads. Nevertheless, there were still many deaths and serious accidents causing an increasing workload on government, councils, police and ho...

The new car market bounced back in March but business and fleet sales were the big winners with the private market still nervous about inflation and interest charges. Plug-in hybrids were up 36.7% as business and private drivers continued to take advantage of big benefit-in-kind savings. Manufacture...

Following my comments about manufacturers and how they may sell their products in the future, I have been reading how many towns and cities are proposing to revitalise their shopping centres. Unfortunately, shopping online was well underway before Covid struck but with customers not being able to go...

The UK government has rejected calls from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) the National Franchised Dealer Association (NFDA) and even the recommendations in the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee’s “Electric Vehicles Report” to bring back t...

So, what’s going on? Are the private buyers just not buying, moving to used cars or is there something else that’s influencing the market? Those of you who read my column regularly will not be surprised to find Motability sales are over 50% up in the first four months of the year and thi...

It seems that new Chinese cars are in the news almost every day. The USA has announced an increase to the tariffs on electric vehicles from 25% to 100% in 2024 as a result of unfair policies and to protect jobs. Brussels claims massive state subsidies are artificially depressing prices to the detrim...

Following a surprise announcement from the current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of an election to take place, are there major differences between the two major parties in the way motorists are likely to be affected? With the polls showing a likely change of Government the main parties are concentratin...

With Europe expected to introduce tariffs of between 20 and 25%, what is the likelihood of the UK following suit in the future? In September last year the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, announced an investigation into Chinese imports. “Global markets are now flooded with ...

Whether or not you have been reading the parties' manifestos one thing is certain – changes are coming and this will not just be about emissions. It is now apparent that if Labour are elected they will revert to 2030 for the end of the internal combustion engine and electric is the main likely...

Some mortgage lenders have reduced fixed rates in anticipation of an interest cut at the beginning of August. However, the amount of the cut is unlikely to be significant enough to have any significant change in borrowing costs for vehicles. Why? Because several manufacturers are already offering lo...