Life for one of the world’s leading car manufacturer’s, Toyota, has been a little tough recently. After hitting the news recently in relation to their India factory strikes and employments issues (please see our blog), they are unfortunately back in the world’s eye. This time Toyota have been required to settle an on-going issue in […]
Toyota’s India Production Stalls
Many of the world’s leading car and van manufacturers utilise factory and production capabilities around the world in order to benefit from cost-savings and economies of scale. This is unlikely to be news to anyone, as over recent years many local production facets have closed to move further afield; for example the Vauxhall Mokka is […]
New car launches to get excited about in Winter 2013 and Early 2014
The outgoing XC90 is not a bad car at all and to expect the replacement to be staggeringly better would be to miss the point. As is the modern way with building cars, Volvo have designed and engineered a modular platform for a host of new vehicles to be based on. The benefits are weight […]
A Backlash on Whiplash?
Motor Costs – Going in One Direction (the wrong one…) It seems like motoring costs have forever been increasing, whether it is the cost of the vehicle, the cost of finance, fuel prices, servicing or insurance, each seems to be encroaching on the unaffordable for many people. In the world of fleets and company cars, […]
Used Car Prices Continue to Grow
According to research from the National Association of Motor Auctions (NAMA), average auction prices of ex-fleet vehicles (i.e. ex-lease cars) rose by 2% between August 2013 and September 2013. Based on ex-fleet vehicles aged between 2.6 and 4.5 years old, the average price was £8,250.00 per vehicle according to the statistics. As part of the […]
Clamping – Why should luxury cars miss out?
Let’s face it; no one likes a parking ticket or even worse, to be clamped. Thankfully legislative changes in 2012, resulted in wheel clamping on private land being banned, thereby removing the generation of “cowboy clampers” who were unfairly targeting and charging UK motorists. At CarLease UK, we received a number of fines on behalf […]
The New Audi A3 Cabriolet – Yours to Lease from 2014
Audi have now released details and pictures of the new Audi A3 cabriolet. Sharing the sharp attractive qualities of the other Audi A3 models, the new cabriolet is envisaged to be a big success for Audi. Unlike its predecessors, this A3 will share the same size and design of the other A3 models (which have […]
Prestige Car Leasing Dealer Hunters Start Your Engines For the New BMW M4
Sometimes a car comes along which simply takes your breath away; enter the new BMW M4 Series Coupe. The BMW 4 Series has only recently been launched by BMW; this range of cars is essentially the Coupe and Cabriolet version to the existing 3 Series range. With enhanced standard equipment including Xenon headlights, Dakota leather […]