Keeping on top of the market and knowing how to react to different conditions can be hard. Market Insight makes that easier by presenting you with supply and demand trends, as well as average market prices. We spoke to the team at Global Moto to find out how they use the tool to improve their business processes.

We share seven top tips curated by our team of experts that are designed to help you succeed through these challenging market dynamics.

Find out how the Office for National Statistics are utilising our data to make its official measures of inflation more robust.

In our latest blog, we examine how you can get the most from your reviews and share an update on Auto Trader Highly Rated 2022.

Discover what the the latest data from our Retail Price Index tells us about used car price trends and whether we are seeing a slow down in the market.

Although an infantile market, electric bike interest is growing rapidly. Could it be that rocketing fuel prices and the implications of the potential fuel crisis are bringing it to the front of people's minds whilst people search for a more economical vehicle?

Used car prices have seen incredible growth over the last two years as a direct result of the pandemic. But are we seeing them start to fall?

Once again, we are seeing world events having an impact on many markets, and the GfK consumer confidence index continues to drop as the cost of living continues to rise. However, this drop is much more dramatic than the confidence we’ve seen on Auto Trader Bikes…

The latest findings from our Retail Price Index revealed that the average price of a used car increased 32% on a year-on-year and like-for-like basis in March. But are we seeing signs of the growth rate beginning to slow?

In his latest update, our CEO Nathan Coe shares our latest market analysis, including what we are seeing in terms of consumer demand and shares more around our intentions behind our recent acquisition of Vanarama.

As fuel prices rocket, we’ve seen a resurgence in consumer demand for electric vehicles (EVs) on our marketplace, with the volume of enquiries for both new and used EVs reaching record levels over the weekend. But as the electric revolution gathers pace, the UK’s largest automotive marketplace’s data shows that it is Kia and Hyundai that have been the most successful brands to make the transition to electric, leaving their premium European counterparts lagging in the popularity stakes.

In late 2021 we partnered with the leading automotive research agency, ICDP, and the NFDA, for a research programme designed to understand whether retailers that are enabling consumers to complete some or all of their buying journey online believe they are selling more cars, more efficiently and to more satisfied customers. Discover the findings now.

Automotive retail is changing faster than ever before. But one thing that will never change is our commitment to empowering our partners. Find out more about ‘Together, we do more’ Our promise to our partners.

Pricing behaviors have changed a lot since the start of the pandemic with prices of vans seeing unprecedented change over the last two years. As we are now 2 months into 2022, you might be wondering what pricing behaviours we’re observing currently and what you could expect as the year progresses.  

The level of discounts offered by retailers on new cars has steadily declined over the last 12 months, in fact we saw the average discount on volume-brand new cars drop from 10.71% in March 2021 to 6.5% in February 2022.

Our Data & Insight Director, Richard Walker shares our latest market insights and why retailers can still afford to hold firm on prices.

There is no question that climate change is one of, if not the greatest challenge facing humanity right now.

But does this affect the automotive industry?

In January 2022, we saw the number of views per new car advert on our platform soar 145% year-on-year, indicating the huge consumer appetite for a shiny new car ahead of the March plate change.

Find out more and how you can prepare for the March plate change in our latest blog.

AT Market Insight is a powerful tool to help bike retailers use up-to-date market intelligence to identify key trends in the market, understand how it may impact their performance, and inform how to adapt accordingly.

Discover the latest insights into used car prices based on the Auto Trader Retail Price Index and whether we are still seeing prices continuing to rise.