The Car Hub

A shortage in supply of used cars is causing their prices to rise rather than fall, according to an industry research company. It says the government scrappage scheme is contributing to the shortage in supply.

Second-hand cars are gaining rather than depreciating in value due to a shortage in supply, an industry-wide research company has found.

CAP Motor Research Ltd, which provides valuation data to the car industry, said the usual 15%-a-year depreciation of used car prices has been reversed.

From early 2010, Mercedes Benz is launching the Estate version as another highly distinctive member of the Mercedes Benz E-Class family. Like the Saloon and Coupe, the Estate combines its own, elegant design with leadership in safety, comfort, quality and practicality.

A number of technical innovations have entered series production in the Mercedes Benz E-Class which no other car in this class is able to offer - from drowsiness detection to automatic emergency braking when an accident is recognised as imminent, and from Adaptive Highbeam Assist to the active bonnet.

Maybe the title of this blog is a little misleading - the main thing about online uk car-pooling is that there really isn’t that much of it out there (though that’s not to say that there aren’t plenty of Google results for ‘uk car sharing’ just that most of them are not so useful) but let’s forget that minor detail and press on regardless…