the business of selling and buying cars and other road vehicles
See full dictionary entry for motor trade
Examples of 'the motor trade' in a sentence
the motor trade
The motor trade body is not alone in thinking this.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The motor trade has been transformed by the internet.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I thought she was meeting a man from the motor trade.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The motor trade turnover is up by 18%, profits are up by 11%.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I was less pleased to hear from an insider in the motor trade on what he says is the way the business works.
The Sun (2010)
Sales of new cars are returning to pre-financial crisis levels after the motor trade confessed it significantly underestimated the continued strong demand.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Last year was a tricky one for the motor trade, with car sales coming in 4 per cent lower at 1.94 million.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But car workers have been getting as much as seven per cent as the motor trade begins to boom.
The Sun (2012)
I speak as the wife of a mechanic of more than 50 years in the motor trade, many of them as a small garage owner.