What a year it’s been! As the end of 2022 arrives and us elves here at 67 Degrees wind down for the year, albeit briefly, we’re taking the opportunity to look back across twelve months that have seen us welcome many new dealers across the UK to our family.
By helping our car dealers future-proof their business regardless of the turbulent economic conditions (we’ve all seen plenty of that this year), we’ve had one of our most satisfying years yet – here are some of our best bits as we reflect on 2022…
Our favourite websites of 2022
Last week, we talked about the websites that have really wowed us this year; while we’re proud of every single site we’ve put live this year, there are a few that have stood out in particular for our team. It’s always a pleasure to design and build websites that really excite us; here are our favourites from the last twelve months.
The year in numbers
If you know anything about us here at 67 Degrees, you’ll know that we get a bit nerdy over the numbers, so it’s no surprise that we’ve done a bit of a data download from our platform. By taking a look at the trends from the 35,079 cars on our platform in 2022 (yes, you read that right, over 35,000!), we’ve been able to see what manufacturers, colours and fuel types have come out on top.
Here is the full roundup of stats, including some pretty impressive totals of our own, such as total value of the vehicles sold, and the total number of reservations made through 67 Degrees websites…
Most popular vehicle marque of sold vehicles on our platform in 2022
1st Ford
2nd Mercedes
3rd Audi
4th Volkswagen
5th BMW
6th Kia
7th Vauxhall
8th Nissan
9th Land Rover
10th Porsche
Most popular model of sold vehicles on our platform in 2022
1st Ford Fiesta
2nd Volkswagen Golf
3rd Kia Sportage
4th Ford Focus
5th Mercedes Benz A Class
6th Mitsubishi Outlander
7th Mercedes Benz C Class
8th Nissan Qashqai
9th BMW 3 Series
10th Vauxhall Corsa
Most popular body type of sold vehicles on our platform in 2022
1st Hatchback
2nd SUV
3rd Estate
4th Coupe
5th Saloon
6th Convertible
Most popular fuel and transmission type of sold vehicles on our platform in 2022
1st Petrol
2nd Diesel
3rd Hybrid
4th Electric
1st Manual
2nd Automatic
Most popular colour of sold vehicles on our platform in 2022
1st Black
2nd White
3rd Grey
4th Blue
5th Silver
6th Red
Total value of vehicles on our platform in 2022 (a total of 35,079 vehicles)
£656,026,354
Total value of vehicles sold on our platform in 2022 (a total of 17,999 vehicles)
£289,226,678
Total value of reservations made on our platform in 2022 (a total of 2014 reservations)
£205,047
Our awards highlights
Some of our proudest moments this year have been related to award wins, in part for our Website Provider Of The Year 2022 award at Car Dealer Power, but mainly the fantastic wins for some of our customers at the Used Car Awards 2022. Check out the full list below – these dealers absolutely smashed it!
Dealers’ Dealer
Highly commended: Jamie Caple from Car Quay
Service & Repair Outlet
Winner: Spencers MOT and Service Centre
Used EV Dealer
Winner: R Symons
Social Media User
Winner: Premier GT
Use of Video
Highly commended: Targa Florio Cars
Used Car Website
Winner: Wilsons of Epsom
Highly commended: Fratelli Cars
Used Car Online Sales Experience
Highly commended: DCC
Specialist Used Car Dealership
Highly commended: Premier GT
Used Car Sales Team
Winner: Car Quay
Used Car Dealer Principal
Highly commended: David Trigg from Premier GT
Future Star
Highly commended: James Castleton from Spencers Car Sales
Used Car Dealership – up to 50 Cars
Highly commended: Jim Reid Vehicle Sales & Service
In particular, we were over the moon to see our friends at Wilsons win Used Car Website of the Year. Building a website on the scale that this successful franchise dealer needed is a huge source of pride for us here at 67 Degrees, and it’s a pleasure to see it, and the team at Wilsons, get recognition in such a big way.
Looking ahead to 2023
We’re so excited to see where the next year takes us, and we’ve already got some beautiful designs in the pipeline for launch in the early part of 2023. We’re committed to further improving our platform, remaining hungry for knowledge and expertise, and meeting many more fantastic business owners within the automotive industry. See you there!
