Car Dealer Investigations is a new podcast series were James Baggott talks to key figures in the industry about some of the most significant stories of recent years that have changed car sales forever.

This week executive editor at Autocar Rachel Burgess joins the show. Find out more about the stories mentioned below...

This week iVendi CEO James Tew guest judges on the podcast as James and Rebecca go head-to-head. Find out more about the stories below.

James returns for the first time in 2022 and Auto Trader chief operating officer Catherine Faiers is our guest judge. 

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This week on the show we grill Mike Allen from Zeus Capital about what's been happening at Lookers, and what we could see this year. 

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Autoguard group commercial director Ali May-Khalil guest judges the podcast as we talk about about over 65s looking for more economical cars to how agency sales will likely be a good thing for dealers.

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Over 65s are the most interested in talking to car dealers about fuel economy, sustainability and EVs

Cazoo’s share price has fallen to less than half of what it was at initial valuation just five months ago

ULEZ rollout will hit van market in 2022 with more high-mileage ‘pandemic-worn’ Euro 5 models heading to auction

Gigafactory proposal for Northumberland wins millions in government funding

Car dealer is one of four drivers banned after being caught at almost 100mph in the Scottish Highlands

Thief who stole Audi from dealership thwarted by sleeping passenger on back seat

Lotus completes agency sales restructure of UK dealership network

Used car boss found guilty of fraud in row over £99 non-optional fee denies trying to mislead people

This week Rebecca Chaplin, James Batchelor and Jon Reay talk about the top news stories from the first week back in 2022.

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We end the year with a Car Dealer Quiz to end all quizzes (in 2022). James and Batch are joined by Peter Smyth and Jamie Caple to see if they can answer more questions correctly in Rebecca's quiz.

Play along and tell us how many you got right by tweeting @CarDealerMag!

To find out more about any of the stories mentioned - because there's a lot - head over to the cardealermagazine.co.uk and find this in the podcasts section.

This episode we have a panel of judges to decide the winner of our last quiz of the year, featuring Rachael Prasher, Jim Holder and Will Blackshaw.

This week on the Car Dealer Podcast, Lawgistics MD Joel Combes is our guest judge. Find out more about the stories mentioned below: