Welcome to GWA Cars and Finance, GWA Cars & Finance is an independent company specialising in the sale and financing of new and used cars and vans in Chichester, West Sussex and the UK.

The last week has been an interesting one at Ferrari. I found out on Sunday that the weekend marked a historic moment in the history of Ferrari Formula One cars, while a few days earlier the company was forced to recall its new 458 Italia model. 50 years ago this ... Continue Reading »

More news on the electric car front this week: Honda is set to debut a hybrid version of its Jazz at the Paris Motor Show. The new Jazz should be eligible for the government’s Plug-In Car Grant that I mentioned last time. The car will have ... Continue Reading »

Good news about electric cars and the like passed over the GWA Cars & Finance news desk this week. It remains to be seen when, or even if, low-carbon cars will enter the mainstream, but the announcement of government funding is certainly a much-needed step towards making ... Continue Reading »

I know being optimistic is not a very British thing to be sometimes, but a Sunday spent reading the papers and catching up with magazines has left me feeling positive about our car industry. According to one article that I read, van sales in the UK have grown by nearly ... Continue Reading »

What do you think of the fox? As an urban menace, upsetting dustbins, terrorising small children and screeching at a piercing volume in the middle of the night? (Just as two specimens were doing outside my bedroom window very early the other morning). Or, is it an animal under constant ... Continue Reading »

Where GWA Cars & Finance leads, national newspapers follow. The Sunday Times In Gear motoring supplement had a big article on the switching off of speed cameras by Oxfordshire County Council at the weekend. It’s nice to know that we’re blazing the trail for Murdoch et ... Continue Reading »

Decisions. You’re not going to please everyone with them. Just ask Oxfordshire County Council, which is proposing to turn off its speed cameras, or the DVLA, which has just introduced a restyled vehicle registration certificate (the V5C to you and me). Oxfordshire County Council is planning, ... Continue Reading »

Some interesting news landed on the GWA desk this week from the Department for Transport. According to a report commissioned by the department, contrary to popular belief, the load a van carries has remarkably little impact on its CO2 output. The controversial findings from the research ... Continue Reading »

Good news from the car industry this week and, really, good news for everyone: new car sales rose by 20% to 1.1 million in the first half of this year, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). SMMT figures show a rise in company car ... Continue Reading »

Goodwood was the place to be at the weekend. This year’s Festival of Speed was a corker. 100 years of Alfa Romeo was the main theme and I spent plenty of time admiring some of these Italian classics – they looked awesome. New and old, there were lots ... Continue Reading »

I had a very interesting conversation last week. I was talking about business to a chap at a weekly networking event that I go to and he asked me, “Does GWA Cars & Finance do car leasing?” To say I was a little surprised to hear this is ... Continue Reading »

Welcome to the GWA blog! Yes, the Garys (Watts and Young) are grabbing the social media bull by its horns. We’ll be blogging about stuff we find of interest in the media, on the web and occasionally even in real life. It’ll be mostly car related, as you’d expect, but ... Continue Reading »

Welcome to our new website - which is our big news for this week!  Why not watch our welcome video to find out more about us or read about the flexible plans and services ... Continue Reading »