Ten Years And Still Going Strong For UK Car Discount

May 5, 2014 - PRLog -- UK Car Discount has recently hit their 10-year anniversary as one of the UK’s leading online new car dealers.

Since its humble beginnings in 2003 the company has grown significantly and sold nearly 100 million pounds in new cars to satisfied customers. From smaller low-budget new vehicles to more expensive luxury new cars, the company has a diverse client base.

“During our 10+ years as an online new car dealer we’ve seen other online dealers disappear through some difficult economic times while we’ve managed to keep a full sales book. We put our longevity down to our excellent, friendly customer service and generous discounts giving our customers as much as 30% in discount,” said Managing Director Brian Bennett.

“At UK Car Discount  you won’t find any stereotypical fast talking car sales person or high pressure sales, we just offer a knowledgeable, friendly service and let the big discounts and attractive new car deals do the talking for us.”

New car buyer trends have evolved since UK Car Discount sold its first new vehicle over ten years ago. The typical cost of a brand new car back then was around £15,000. In contrast demand in recent years has shifted towards small, cleaner and more economical cars.  The typical cost of a small new car being sold now is in the region of £12,000-£13,000.

These vehicles offer big reductions in running costs when compared with the ‘dated technology’ of some older vehicles.  These new cleaner and more economical cars are proving a ‘big pull’ as drivers can offset the cost of a brand new vehicle against the savings they will make in running costs. Small ‘city cars’ and especially the ‘super-mini’ new cars have topped the list of many motorists with the new Ford Fiesta consistently the best selling new car in the UK.

Manufacturers continue to introduce clever new technology and ingenious ways to build lighter, more efficient cars and engines plus the additional of clever technology like stop/start systems. The result is very attractive figures for fuel economy and CO2 emissions.  Diesel powered small cars led the revolution but the trend has bucked somewhat in the last 12-18 months with the introduction of new vehicles driven by more efficient petrol engines like Fords Ecoboost technology.

While petrol and diesel engines continue to be the ‘mainstream’ option, hybrid powered vehicles are becoming much more commonplace on UK roads. Toyota is the UK market leader of Hybrid passenger cars with the flagship Toyota Prius and they also now offer a close alternative, the Auris Hybrid which is about as near as you can get to a Prius with a slightly lower price-tag.  Full electric vehicles are steadily making progress and the next 10 years expect to see a lot more of them on UK roads as the technology is developed and further support like more  availability of charging stations is there for motorists.

The rapid advancement of technology and much cheaper running costs of today’s new vehicles has definitely helped the new car sales industry in recent years despite a tricky UK economy. Would-be new car buyers have been able to justify the cost of a brand new car because of the significant savings they will make on running costs with a brand new vehicle.