Car Service & Repair Trend Tracker 2009/2010

The Castrol Professional Car Service & Repair Trend Tracker 2008 is the most comprehensive study available about a market sector of vital importance to the retail motor industry during the present downturn. Running to 188 pages with 206 tables and charts, quite simply you will not find a more complete treatment anywhere.

It had been our intention to bring out a brand new Car Service & Repair Trend Tracker every two years, but it seems that events have overtaken us. The severe downturn is driving change in the retail car industry and in the last few months we have had over one hundred phone calls and emails - the majority from buyers of the 2008 report - looking for current data and information on the market for SMR.

We have, therefore, decided to complete an update of the 2008 Trend Tracker, which will be published in March or April 2010. We emphasise that this will be an update focusing on (* contents subject to change):

• Executive summary
• Market background and trends: summarising the present state of the market including important background factors. We will revisit our 2008 market sizing analysis and examine any significant impacts.
• Market supply structure: In this section we will review the competing supplier channels in a similar way to our previous, long-established Service Trend Tracker, as well as recording our observations on recent trends.
• Servicing retention: All new data has been researched for this section - Section 7 in the 2008 report - with all the usual breakdowns by marque.
• Retention of servicing, maintenance and repairs: Section 8 of the 2008 report will be totally updated including all the results by marque.
• Strategic outlook and forecasts: We will revisit the forecasts we made in 2008.

Clearly the Car Service & Repair Trend Tracker 2009/2010, as an update, will be much shorter than the 2008 report and this will be reflected in the published price - £995 + VAT.

The pre-publication special offer price is £795 + VAT and you can download the order form clicking on it above. Once you have completed the order form either fax it to us (0870 421 4351) or post to Trend Tracker Limited, 116 High Street, Chapmanslade, Westbury, Wiltshire BA13 4AW. Please note that we will only charge/invoice you when your report is despatched.