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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- 4 days ago
- 5 min
Shake up your used car performance.
One of the enduring memories of working in the car industry in the UK was the focus on used car performance, especially in franchised...
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- Nov 9
- 5 min
Can New Zealand Post help deliver affordable EVs to Kiwis?
Regular readers of Boost Auto articles know the author has a disdain for EVs with very large batteries. These heavy and expensive...
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- Oct 26
- 5 min
What We Can Learn From Tesla.
There are many things that Tesla does differently; they seem happy to tear up the automotive playbook. The author doubts that they were...
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- Oct 19
- 5 min
Why October is the month that matters for planning your business.
Spring. It brings warmer weather, an election, a change of government, continued stock supply constraints, a softer market, and more...
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- Aug 10
- 5 min
What future business do you want to be a part of?
In September Tesla registered over 1000 cars. That might not sound a large number, but for over 12 months, Model 3 has outsold BMW 3 and...
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kogallermo
- Aug 10
- 5 min
Pushy salespeople repel customers. What are you doing about it?
A recent UK survey of in-market car buyers said consumers will most likely head to a franchised dealer – but that their number one...
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kogallermo
- Aug 2
- 4 min
Where are the new energy commercial vehicles?
August’s passenger vehicle statistics show that pure EVs accounted for 23% of new vehicle sales, and electrically assisted vehicle sales...
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- Jul 26
- 4 min
The five biggest threats to your dealership
We've just passed the winter solstice, and there is a changing temperature coming to New Zealand’s automotive industry. Whether they are...
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- Jul 12
- 4 min
Is retaining front line staff the key to a better customer experience?
At a recent aftersales conference for a market-leading brand, we polled three questions among the participants. These questions are...
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- Jun 28
- 4 min
It's time to get serious about lost leads.
Do you pay for leads and then discard them? No? We think you do. Read on how to turn lost leads into something more.
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- Jun 15
- 5 min
Get Ready For Uncertainty
The recent changes to the Clean Car Rebate were a reminder, if one were needed, that we live in an automotive world where things can...
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- May 5
- 4 min
Shopping Mall versus Retail Store. Which dealership will deliver the better experience?
Recently I visited a car brand exhibiting in a well-known mall, and a dealership across the road. For the sake of this article, we won't...
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- May 5
- 7 min
Clean Car Discount tweaks miss their Goal
Too successful. Fiscal hole. The two reasons given for reshaping the income and expenditure for the Clean Car Discount. But the changes...
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- Feb 2
- 10 min
The Road Ahead. Predictions for 2023
Our annual predictions are now the best read and quoted articles and blogs that Boost Auto produces. They are created and curated from...
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- Jan 9
- 4 min
Are you an offline sales process in an online world?
What was the largest purchase you’ve made online? Whiteware probably, or furniture, maybe a used car via TradeMe or even a Tesla. We live...
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- Jan 6
- 4 min
Automotive Year in Review. Things that happened in 2022, that you should have taken note of.
Before looking at predictions for 2023, it is worth noting a few of the milestones that affected the local market. There are many more...
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- Oct 27, 2022
- 6 min
VBB? We need CEV!
Regular readers of this blog will know that we think that BEVs are too expensive. Local automotive business heads seem to want to specify...
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- Sep 12, 2022
- 1 min
BEV Sales Continue to Accelerate - But LCVs are immune to electrification.
August's registration date continues to show the strong growth of electric vehicle sales, particularly in the passenger vehicle segments....
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- Aug 19, 2022
- 6 min
Be bolder. Lower the EV subsidy cap.
The Clean Car Rebate has been a huge success. There will be opponents who would argue that it is flawed, and at Boost Auto we would...
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Anthony MacLean | Boost Auto
- Jul 8, 2022
- 5 min
The Road to a Sale is a highway to success.
The Road to a Sale sometimes sits in a proverbial forgotten corner. This often mentioned seldom used road is a highway to sales success...
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