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Car finance scandal: Barclays loses challenge to overturn recompense ruling

Published 17 December 2024
By James Fossdyke
Barclays’ effort to challenge the ruling on motor finance commissions has been dismissed by the High Court.
Fears of mis-selling as car finance booms

PCP final payment options explained

Some nine out of ten new cars bought in the UK are financed through Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) deals; but what should you do when it ends?
Published 18 March 2022
Drive to reopen car dealerships

Car leasing explained

Car leasing is one way to get behind the wheel of a new car without having to fork out the full amount up front to buy the car outright.
Published 16 December 2021

UK motorists spend £1bn per month on car finance

Over 4.7 million motorists in the UK will repay nearly £13bn worth of car finance loans this year, a new study suggests.
Published 26 July 2018
rachel riley does the sums for car buying monthly finance costs

Video: Rachel Riley costs up monthly payments

With finance deals so popular with car buyers these days, car buying website have gone to great lengths not only to make finance options.
Published 01 March 2018
Drivers could win payouts over mis‑selling of former rental cars

Drivers could win payouts over mis‑selling

Hundreds of thousands of car owners could be in line for compensation amid warnings of a mis-selling scandal. Lawyers said that some people could
Published 12 January 2018