Ongoing pressure on quality impacting LCV values in June

By |2023-08-04T10:50:18+01:00August 4th, 2023|Van News|

Sold volumes of light commercials remained positive across BCA’s daily programme of online LCV sales as buyers and vendors remained reasonably aligned on pricing expectations.  Buyer numbers continued to rise month-on-month, as they have for most of this year.Performance against price guides fell to 97.5% (from 98.9% in May), underlining the widening disparity between values paid for the very best condition light commercial vehicles and those realised by more poorly presented vehicles.   

Image vanity reaches the van market according to CAP

By |2015-09-15T16:32:18+01:00July 31st, 2014|Van News|

The latest Ford Transit Custom is one of a number of new launches that appeal on an aesthetic level VANS are now being seen as a ‘smart pair of wheels’ and are almost as susceptible to as much image vanity  as cars, with manufacturers scrambling to keep pace with customer demand for good looking vehicles. The trend has [...]

April used van values boosted by younger vehicles on sale

By |2015-09-15T16:32:30+01:00May 21st, 2014|Van News|

Car-derived vans like the Corsavan accounted for 42% of all the vans sold by Manheim in April USED van values have put on spurt, bouncing back to near-record levels, according Manheim. The average value of vans sold at auction in April reached £4735. A slight decrease in average mileage from 80,302 to 80,191, together with a two-month drop [...]

All-time high for used van values

By |2015-09-15T16:34:55+01:00April 3rd, 2014|Van News|

Time to cash in! Used van prices are on the up, says CAP IT'S good news if you're selling, but less so if you're buying a secondhand van for your business. Used van values are at al all-time high, according to CAP Automotive, the independent vehicle information specialists. rocketing used van values have added almost 50% to the [...]

Where did all the white vans go?!

By |2015-09-15T16:35:02+01:00February 28th, 2014|Reports, Van News|

James Davis is head of commercial vehicles at Manheim: "This idea that we're seeing fewer white vans is something of a mystery..." LATEST statistics from Manheim’s used LCV team highlight some interesting trends where the changing colour of vans on UK roads are concerned. As the biggest player in the global vehicle remarketing industry, approximately 85% of Manheim’s [...]

More miles but higher prices face used van buyers

By |2015-09-15T16:35:14+01:00January 23rd, 2014|Van News|

Used van buyers are having to pay more for older vans that have covered more miles. It all goes back to the dearth of supply caused by the collapse of new van sales during the recession IT'S not just the new van market that’s soaring – many businesses are snapping up used vehicles too, and that’s pumping up [...]

More evidence for a buoyant used van market

By |2015-09-15T16:35:30+01:00January 1st, 2014|Van News|

With few Fiestas and Corsas to be found, small vans like the Peugeot Bipper offer better priced alternatives THE good new for anyone wishing to sell their vans goes on and on. Due to a dip in sales of new vehicles in the troubled days after 2008, stock is short, so most vehicles on the used van market [...]

Vans to sell? Now’s the time to do it

By |2015-09-15T16:35:33+01:00December 12th, 2013|Van News|

Remember 2008 when nobody was buying anything? That's why there are so few used vans now THERE'S more good news for anyone with used vans to sell this week, with the announcement of record used van values from Manheim Auctions. It all dates back to the dark days of 2008 and 2009 when the number of new vans [...]

Auction house reports continued high used van values

By |2015-09-15T16:35:34+01:00December 11th, 2013|Van News|

The lack of good second hand stock is driving up prices MORE good news on the used van values front this month, as auction house BCA announces November’s average value was one of the highest since it began reporting in 2005. This was in spite of a small dip in overall average values - due to the high [...]

Used van values: view from the man with the gavel

By |2015-09-15T16:37:02+01:00August 30th, 2013|Reports, Van News|

Auction centres are full of stock and staging very large sales, in many cases with more than 400 vehicles entered THE used LCV market is likely to remain steady until the end of September, thanks in part to the good weather much of the UK has enjoyed since July, according to Tim Spencer, commercial vehicle manager at Manheim [...]

Used van values stay well ahead year on year

By |2013-08-16T11:50:12+01:00August 16th, 2013|Van News|

BCA Commercial Pulse says the average July figure of £4772 for all LCVs showed a small increase of just £6 compared with June NEW van sales fell back in July but there’s still a call for good used examples. Demand from professional buyers remains comparatively high, despite the market being traditionally slow at this time of year. According [...]

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