Introduction from Peter Grøftehauge

Another season arrives and in Europe the used car market finally seems to be settling down according to our latest Indicata Market Watch report, but regional trends do persist.

Northern Europe benefits from a healthier turnover and renewed consumer confidence, while Southern markets still struggle with affordability. There is a fast rotation for young petrol and hybrid vehicles, and slower movement for older diesels and electrics.

Our Indicata data continues to provide the automotive industry with valuable insights to help asset owners make more strategic remarketing decisions. That’s the case with UK dealer group Dales Central Motors which has reduced its used car stocking days from 51 to 40 days with the help of Indicata.

We feature comments from the general sales manager who shares the local and national benefits of Indicata supporting its pricing to improve its competitiveness in a busy used car market. And sometimes that means increasing forecourt prices not just reducing them.

The Danish market is the biggest for Autorola and the business continues to grow and provide highly professional and innovative services to its customers. We have interviewed Thomas Friis Perdersen Denmark who discusses how Autorola Denmark is coping so well with the growth in new and used BEV sales and how it has set new de-fleet standards for zero emission cars.

One of the last exhibitions that we have attended in 2025 was Leaseeurope. It hosts Future Group each year which encourages young professionals to develop new ideas for the EMEA leasing industry. Job Boons who works for Autorola Netherlands represented Autorola in this year’s program having been chosen from 400 people in 40 countries. He shares with us about the new idea his team presented to the Leaseeurope board.

And another month and another award for Autorola Group. I was excited to collect PwC’s Theme Award “Competitive Edge” for the Funen region of Denmark. We were praised by the judges for developing solutions that create real value – in a global market defined by intense competition. We look forward to attending the national finals in November.

It is great to finish with good news. We hope you enjoy our newsletter.

Best regards 

Peter

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