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Our Most Popular Cars to Source

admin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:40:48 +0000

Total Automotive Solutions offers it top most sourced cars for this week:

Used Cars – Ford Fiesta, Vauxhall Corsa, Peugeot 206 and 207, Mercedes C Class, Ford Mondeo

Prestige and Sports – Mercedes C Class, Audi A6, Audi Q7, Porsche Cayman, Range Rover Sport

Vans – Ford Transit, Volkswagen Transporter, Vauxhall Vivaro, Volkswagen Caddy, Peugeot Bipper

Buy trade price cars?

admin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:46:15 +0000

There are a few but not many ways to buy trade price cars as a dealer. There are various remarketing companies specialising in the sale of ex rental, demo and lease cars. There are a number of companies offering non-committal stock cars at slightly inflated prices and of course you have the good old fashioned auction houses.

Total Automotive Solutions is working on an entirely new solution that offers trade customers access to a variety of stock on an online auction platform similar to that of Ebay but with a sale management process that allows traders to safely buy and sell cars that must be “as described” prior to exchange of funds. A evolutionary concept that combines the best bits of some of the current solutions within the market without the costs and complications.

Best of all with sellers fee’s pitched at around £75 ex VAT only when you sell and buyers fee at £25 ex VAT, it’s one of the cheapest remarketing solutions in the market today. Find out more about our online car auctions .

Used Car Prices still high

admin — Sat, 08 May 2010 07:41:23 +0000

Used car prices are still high primarily due to a lack of used stock within the market place. Owners are keeping their cars longer, they have scrapped them in exchange for a brand new one and currently late plate and pre-reg stock is very thin on the ground with manufacturer production slow downs and reduced daily rental volumes. So overall we see less used cars coming into the market.

This continues to mean that a premium is being paid by the trade to buy used cars and this premium is being passed on to the forecourt to retail customers. Supply and demand being what it is. Total Automotive Solutions by 100’s of used cars a week and have seen this price rise although their extensive range of used vehicle supply channels mean that they have the time to pick out some of the best offers and pass these savings onto their trade customers. Clearly though most dealers don’t have the time to shop around dozens of remarketing companies and auction houses as well traders and leasing companies, the outsourced vehicle procurement option is serving TAS’s customer base well.

UK Car Auctions

admin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:32:09 +0000

Auctions are great places to go, a real buzz and sense of anticipation but getting to them and knowing what you’re doing is another matter. Whether it’s time not being on your side or the risk of buying a dud, a car auction has lot’s of potential but it’s difficult for many to deal with. That’s why you need an auction agent whether you’re a trade buyer or a private individual you can employ the services of a auction agent to purchase a car for you or buy suitable cars for your fleet or forecourt.

All you need to do is tell them what you want and they’ll it for you. They will probably charge a simple handling fee for doing so. To find out more about auction car sourcing why not contact Total Automotive Solutions.

Sourcing for business fleets

admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:18:46 +0000

Total Automotive Solutions has made it’s name in providing sourcing services to the motor industry and to private buyers in finding new and used cars and ultimately supplying the cars people want. TAS is now providing solutions for businesses whether it’s small fleet or 3 or 4 vehicles or 100’s. The services include:

Business car and van sourcing
Used vehicle supply
Fleet funding and finance
Business contract hire
Vehicle disposal and remarketing
Fleet management
Fleet Consultancy

Find out more on our main website – Business Vehicle Sourcing

Automotive Domains launches Leasing Broker Website Design

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:56:42 +0000

Total Automotive Solutions has launched a series of off the shelf websites designed for use by contact hire and leasing brokers. The sites are ideal for use by new start brokerages or even businesses looking to upgrade their current site. With prices starting from £750 and incorporating a full manufacturer by manufacturer deal catalogue, this package which can be up and running with 7 days would save the average brokerage between £2000 and £5000 in development costs.

Find out more about Leasing Broker Websites from T.A.S

Rental Cars – Good Used Stock?

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:39:04 +0000

There has long been this association that ex-daily rental cars are bad news. Comments like “You wouldn’t want the V5 to show a rental company” are common place. But the reality is that daily rental cars make up a huge proportion of the UK car market and more often that not late plate cars are ex rental.

Total Automotive Solutions works closely with a number of rental companies to find late plate stock for some of our franchised dealer partners, we also find that rental is good source of cheap high mileage vans. We find that most of this is well looked after and fully serviced. Also it is one of the few sources of low mileage cars as well.

If you’re looking for late plate stock or are a rental company looking to dispose of stock, why not get in touch with Total Automotive Solutions?

Used Car Prices set to rise and stock levels fall further…

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:13:22 +0000

We’ve seen in the last 12 months the UK residual value market for used cars collapse and then start to improve with the credit crunch taking it’s toll on the UK Automotive industry. In 2010 in we should expect to still see this recovery, in fact it would be our prediction that we will see an all time high in terms of used car prices come middle of the year. Used stock is still difficult to find and there are various factors still impacting on this:

1.) Scrappage has taken out over 300000 used cars not all of which needed to be scrapped, whilst main dealers wouldn’t want to buy this kind of stock, smaller independents have been forced to change their stock profile and opt for higher ticket value cars.

2.) Daily Rental Supply, traditionally daily rental has supplied a large number of used cars into the sector, however, a combination of fewer cars being bought, longer retention periods and some business failures this has mean’t that used car and van supply has been delayed for up to 12 months yet. Typically, this sector has provided 6 month plus old cars as well.

3.) Dealers not generating used cars via demo programmes as a combination of less factory stock being built and squeezed credit lines.

All of this will take time to wash out in 2010 but supply will inevitably not meet demand and basic economics suggests price rises. Not unhealthy in itself but certainly an adjustment for everyone to consider.

Trade Car Sourcing: the options

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:29:09 +0000

Sourcing cars and vans for sale on retail forecourts is the source of enjoyment, frustration and is time consuming. The larger dealer group can afford to employ large vehicle sourcing teams and departments but for smaller dealerships buying used cars and vans is sometimes a problem. Trade vehicle sales is limited often because of the requirement to ensure that marketed vehicles go to trade contacts but many traders rely on the auctions, part exchange stock, remarketing services and one another to supply vehicles.

Total Automotive Solutions can provide an additional option. T.A.S will source cars and vans on your behalf. Our Network allows us to be constantly updated with used stock for sale and forthcoming used vehicle meaning we keep our fingers on the pulse in terms of potential used stock opportunities. So how does it work? It’s really very simple, there are no fees just simple trading transactions by setting up an account with us you and letting us understand what kind of vehicles you typically like to stock as well as telling us what you’re looking for we source those vehicles for you. In addition to this we also give you regular access to our stock lists for you to choose as you wish.

Here’s an example:

Dealer A setup an account with Total Automotive Solutions, we ascertained they like Vauxhall product and buy in batches of 5-10 at a time. They were also looking for a Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec for a customer. Total Automotive Solutions found several examples of the Ford Focus and also offerred them a batch of 10 Vauxhall Corsa which were due to be available within a fortnight. In addition to this Dealer A saw a Volkswagen Caddy Van which would be ideal for their Commercial Vehicle Sales business on the stock list. 12 Cars easily sourced with no effort by Dealer A, it cost them Trade prices, no fees and no time.

What you got to lose? Visit Total Automotive Solutions now.