In what must be the most stories we've ever covered in 40 minutes, James and Rebecca are joined by head of Used Car Awards mystery shopping 'Joe' for this week's show.

The stories mentioned this week are...

Time’s up for Go Ultra Low electric car campaign after it fails to secure further funding

Tesla Model 3 paint problems leads Elon Musk to advise people not to buy his cars as production is ramping up

Bank of England boss predicts sharp bounce back to the economy in summer

Van market enjoys positive start to 2021 as sales of new LCVs rise by two per cent

Industry has reasons to be cheerful but challenges still lie ahead

Some car dealers still offering test drives during lockdown 3 despite 90 per cent saying they’re ‘morally wrong’

Vertu Motors issues ‘remarkable’ performance update as it expects to exceed year-end profit forecasts

Businesses are more confident about the future than they have been for seven years, survey reveals

Tesla recalls 135,000 cars in US over touchscreen software faults

Audi director: High levels of savings and low levels of debt could see ‘revenge buying’ customers flood back to market

Rollout of EV charging points ‘must increase five-fold’ before 2030 ban on petrol and diesel vehicles

Are car dealers allowed to offer test drives during lockdown 3? Confusion mounts over legality of test drives

Emergency call fault sees Kia issue recall for new Sorento models

Hendy appoints King of the Jungle Harry Redknapp as Land Rover ambassador

Buyers are comfortable spending more on used cars online in lockdown 3

We're a car magazine for car dealers, but you may have noticed we rarely talk about actual new cars on the podcast. Well, that all changes this when, not only do we talk about at least two cars you can buy, but we also get to talk to a real life Tesla Model 3 owner. James gets very excited.

This week ASE Global chairman Mike Jones is our judge, who takes on one of the biggest roles in the industry - choosing who knows more out of Rebecca and James. 

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Renault Zoe knocks Tesla Model 3 off top spot to become Europe’s best-selling EV

Coventry selected as location for world’s first flying electric car and delivery drone hub

Wheeler Dealer star Mike Brewer to reveal winners of our Used Car Awards in a special video

Tesla posts first ever annual profit and reveals updated Model S and X

Cambria boss: Manufacturers need to give car dealers an easier ride in lockdown and relax their rules

UK car production in 2020 fell to lowest level since 1984 as industry battled with lockdowns, Covid-19 and last-minute Brexit confusion

BMW pulls covers off high-performance M5 CS super-saloon

Customers around the world shun public transport with 1 in 2 intending to buy a new car in next 12 months

Top 20 most searched for used electric cars revealed as Auto Trader predicts EVs to overtake combustion models by 2025

Hyundai creates robot for automated customer services in dealer showrooms

Honda motorbike dealer signs up for fight against Covid as it becomes temporary vaccination hub

Porsche 911 Reimagined by Singer goes to auction and sets new world record hammer price

This week on the Car Dealer Podcast, head of valuations at Cap HPI Derren Martin helps to decide which stories are the biggest of the week - and who wins the challenge out of James and Rebecca. 

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Could Elon Musk take over Honda site in Swindon for Tesla production?

Stellantis is officially here as Groupe PSA and FCA complete merger

Former bosses of West Way Nissan and Jaguar Land Rover launch electric scooter brand in the UK

Car Dealer Live: Ex-bosses of West Way Nissan and JLR SVO on launching new electric scooter brand Silence

Three cars worth total of £60,000 stolen in ‘daring raid’ from Volkswagen dealer after criminals broke in and took keys

Family-run dealer Pebley Beach ends click-and-collect car sales, with boss declaring it’s ‘the right thing to do’

Former Pendragon CEO Trevor Finn joins Hedin Group as firm buys Ford of Sweden and becomes a ‘superdealer’

CCTV shows thieves broke into used car dealer just minutes before stealing three cars from another forecourt

Video: How do you buy a used car online and get it delivered to your house? We put online car dealer Carzam to the test

Future of Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port factory in doubt with decision expected within weeks

Vauxhall appoints former Nissan GB MD Paul Willcox as new boss

Electric cars are too expensive for most people, new survey finds

Most people can’t see a time when they won’t own a car, study finds

Nissan Sunderland factory future is safe after manufacturer hails Brexit deal as ‘positive’ and commits investment

Here are some of the biggest headlines from the past week, hosted by Rebecca Chaplin with editor-in-chief James Baggott from Car Dealer.  To find out more about any of these stories, click the link below on head to our website. 

Watch: Sony’s Vision-S concept car takes to the road and shows off interior for first time

Groupe Renault announces model offensive including new electric Renault 5

Car Dealer Live: Top tips for car dealers to keep business and spirits high during national lockdown

Arnold Clark and other major Scottish dealers plan to continue offering click and collect from Saturday

Comment: Can or can’t car dealers in Scotland offer click and collect? Why on earth do we still not know for sure?

Click and collect comes under increasing scrutiny as Mayor of London calls for it to be banned amid crisis in capital

Car Dealer Live: Data shows there are buyers out there and they want new cars via click and collect, say What Car? team

Car Dealer Live: What will happen to used car prices in lockdown 3? Will used car prices drop in third lockdown?

Private used car sales ‘against rules’ during third lockdown as police report buyer for Covid offences

Car dealers warned Police and Trading Standards mystery shopping in attempt to catch retailers pushing lockdown rules

Rebecca and James go head-to-head over the biggest stories of the week (apart from lockdown). Play along or read the stories they chose below...

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Elon Musk is now the richest person on the planet with £139bn

Hyundai confirms it is in talks with Apple over electric vehicle development

Car dealers could see half the number of buyers in lockdown 3 – but there are reasons to be cheerful, says Auto Trader

Used car dealer catches arsonist on CCTV who set fire to his stock

Tesla opened six new UK sites in 2020 and plans for more dealers in 2021

Cambria Automobiles reveals painful impact of lockdowns as new and used car sales fall for dealer group

David Peel leaves Peugeot as Groupe PSA UK announces management shake-up

Tesla Model 3 charges to top of December’s best-selling new cars chart

Troubled dealer group Lookers appoints CFO but still no news on interim results

Tesla narrowly misses Elon Musk’s target of 500,000 vehicles delivered in 2020 but celebrates record year

Car dealers and garages named and shamed by HMRC for not paying minimum wage

Rebecca Chaplin is joined by James Baggott and James Batchelor from Car Dealer to find out the most important changes and (hopefully) clear up some confusion. 

We talk about what lockdown means for car dealers, click-and-collect, test drives, grants and whether suppliers will be helping again with discounts. 

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In this pilot episode of the Car Dealer podcast Rebecca Chaplin and James Baggott go head-to-head to find the most shocking stories of the year.

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