Ib Kimose, Autorola Solutions global business unit director provides an update on our exciting new Al Futtaim partnership in the Middle East six months after its launch

  The joint venture between Autorola Group and Al-Futtaim Automotive was announced in December 2022 providing us with our first presence in the Middle East. It was the result of many months of conversation between our two companies culminating after six months of setting up an entire integrated platform for used vehicle handling and running…

Kia Austria celebrates using Autorola’s Fleet Monitor workflow management system for 10 years

Kia Austria was one of the first OEM customers in Austria to use Autorola’s Fleet Monitor workflow monitoring tool that supports vehicle fleet owners of all sizes to process their volumes in the most efficient and structured way – from acquisition to disposal.   Managing the whole vehicle life cycle Kia has now been working…

More Italian dealers and OEMs are using used car data according to head of INDICATA Italy Pietro Sportelli

INDICATA Italy saw a big increase in demand for its used car data insights during the Covid pandemic. That demand contributed to a good business performance in 2021 with many dealer group customers coming on board during that time. Italian dealers use INDICATA to check how competitive their used cars are against local rival dealers….

INDICATA has published its latest Market Watch report which tracks insights on how EVs are performing in the used market in 13 European countries

Used petrol and diesel cars dominated the European market in May taking 42.7% and 42.1% of sales with hybrids and EVs creeping up to 11.7% and 3.4% respectively. But the most interesting trend currently is the balance of Market Days’ Supply (MDS), which represents available used car supply divided by its current sales rate. Used…

Fleet Europe interview: Autorola grows together with its customers

Europe’s leading magazine Fleet Europe has interviewed our group CEO Peter Grøftehauge where he discusses our fantastic business performance in 2022 and looks forward to an exciting 2023. This includes the growth of the Al Futtaim partnership in the Middle East, the launch of INDICATA’s new Residual Value forecasting tool and what the future looks…

Vendors are making more money by selling used cars cross border according to Frank Tanke, The Netherlands country manager

  The quest for data from remarketing decision makers in The Netherlands continues to grow as they use it make strategic decisions as to what they sell, where and for what price. The Netherlands has multiple customers now buying bulk data over the past two years including banks, leasing companies and dealer groups. Leasing companies…

Jon Bulloch INDICATA’s European Business Development Director discusses how big data will help dealers, fleets and OEMs deal in a rapidly changing used market

The European motor industry continues to change at breakneck speed with each new development set to have a massive impact on the used car market. The new agency model for instance will see franchised dealer groups focus more time on used vehicles as they create their own used vehicle brands and move away from the…

Demand for used ICE cars remains strong as market prices start to fall

While there is much talk about used BEVs the demand for used petrol and diesel cars remains strong, but it does depend on which country you are in. There is a north-south divide by powertrain, with all countries north of Austria seeing used petrol cars dominating, whilst Austria and all nations to the south, plus…