Abolish VAT on public transport tickets
The prices of many necessary amenities are skyrocketing as a result of inflation and the energy crisis. It is becoming increasingly difficult for many people to make ends meet due to the sharply increasing...
Increase in net profit for car dealers in the first half of 2022
The BOVAG Industry Barometer of BOVAG Car Dealers shows that the average net profit per location in the first half of this year was exactly 2 percent. In the first half…
Chip shortage hits car industry hardest
No sector has been hit as hard by the chip shortage as the automotive industry. This resulted in approximately 18 million fewer vehicles being produced worldwide. European automakers in particular are being hit hard.…
FOCWA and BOVAG sound alarm about costs
On behalf of the damage industry, FOCWA and BOVAG are sounding the alarm about the sharply increased costs for damage repair companies, as a result of which they will no longer be able to carry out damage repair properly and safely...
Car sales up in August
Last August, 23.638 new passenger cars were registered in the Netherlands. That is an increase of 9,2 percent compared to the same month in 2021. This is evident from figures from RAI…
Car rental continues to watch out for consumers
You rent a Mercedes Vito and you get an Opel Vivaro upon delivery. Anyone who occasionally rents a car or van now knows the tricks of the trade…
ANWB believes that excise duty reduction should continue
Despite the excise duty reduction, high petrol prices continue to influence car use by Dutch people. This is evident from the most recent ANWB member poll. A quarter of members give…
Positive results for KLM in the second quarter
KLM achieved a positive operating result for the fourth time in a row in the second quarter of 2022: a profit of €262 million compared to a loss of €185...
Fewer new cars sold in July
Compared to July 2021, 17,6 percent fewer new passenger cars were registered in the Netherlands last month, according to the official figures from BOVAG, RAI Association and RDC. 22.068 cars…
LPG leaves Euro96 and Diesel further behind
Consumer collective UnitedConsumers notes that the Average National Recommended Retail Price (GLA) of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) has reached a lower point compared to the GLA at the beginning of 2022. With a price of…
Successful BOVAG National Car Wash Day
On behalf of BOVAG Car Wash and Cleaning Companies, sector manager Erik Stern recently presented a check worth € 28.308,00 to Leontine Heisen of the National MS Fund. The festive ceremony took place on…
Wrong estimate of current mobility costs
Private leasing has now become an indispensable part of the automotive industry's offering. No fewer than 78% of Dutch people are familiar with the private lease concept in 2021.…