Opinion & Analysis

To their credit

Fri, May, 11 2012

Six months into his role as managing director at Experian Automotive, Alistair Scullion explains his company is helping dealers to retail cars, not sell them.

Dear diary: Aloha in absentia

Fri, May, 11 2012

Richard Brown has to watch the New York and Beijing car shows from much further away than usual. If only he had a flying car, or the help of Charlie Sheen...

Whatever happened to...

Fri, May, 11 2012

Following the failure to materialise of the paperless office, Ian Dewsnap considers five ideas in car finance heralded as 'game-changers' but which never came to be.

M&A activity in the contract hire market

Fri, May, 11 2012

Professor Colin Tourick says hedge funds and corporate financiers are eyeing deals in the vehicle leasing sector.

Savings of £112m a year predicted in push to address vehicle inconsistencies

Fri, May, 11 2012

Only 28% of car purchases are made upfront, with an overwhelming 72% of buyers relying on finance, according to research by Alphera Financial, the motor finance division of BMW Group Financial Services.

Editor's letter: The rain returns

Fri, May, 11 2012

Looking out of the office as this issue of Motor Finance goes to press, the drizzle has come back. No more of that freakishly hot and sunny weather we had in March. Put away the parasol and put on the Mackintosh.

Fraud prevention and data protection

Wed, Mar, 28 2012

Gateley asset finance partner James Baird considers the latest EU fraud regulation proposals and highlights the key issues that need fine-tuning to ensure an effective pan-European fraud prevention legislative framework.

The big question

Wed, Mar, 28 2012

Are women better equipped than men when buying a car and car finance? BMW Financial Services' Sophie Grimshaw says yes, while her colleagues Joe Pattinson disagrees. Read on to decide who wins the argument.

Motor Finance Round Table: What about the future?

Wed, Mar, 28 2012

This month, Motor Finance, in collaboration with Frontline Solutions, invited 12 car finance professionals to attend a round table discussion on the subject. This article highlights the afternoon’s debate, which focused on the use of social media for marketing and CRM, direct online sales, and the ways in which finance companies work with dealers on the web to generate more business.

Dear diary: all mouth and no trousers

Wed, Mar, 28 2012

The cliché says clothes make the man. This is untrue; attitude and behaviour make the man. Unfortunately, my attitude and behaviour are made of the same colour-clashing, itchy hessian as my officewear.