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Catch this week’s big car retailing stories on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS!   🚘 Nissan wants 'urgent' action on ZEV mandate after this week’s government talks with the automotive industry 🚘 Used EV market falters in wake of the Budget 🚘 Ford cuts 800 UK jobs claiming weak demand for electric cars 🚘 Jaguar reveals new look and attracts plenty of flak…as its network confirmed to shrink to ‘around 20’ showrooms 🚘 Bowker acquires Porsche site from Lithia Motors 🚘 And we reveal the last new car to be fitted with a handbrake   Plus, ICDP’s Steve Young is talking about the latest Top 50 European Dealer Groups.     #AllTheChatterThatMatters with your co-hosts Curtis and Phil. #automotive

🚗WEEKDAY POD🚗   This week on Motor Trade Radio, powered by MOTORS, we’re in conversation with industry guru Steve Young discussing ICDP’s latest European Top 50 Dealer Groups.   Every year, the Top 50 provides an analysis of the financial standing of the biggest franchised groups by turnover, and it has been doing so for 10 years. This means Steve is in a unique position to track the ebbs and flows of individual groups and the ongoing impact of consolidation on the sector as a whole—which is certainly a major theme of the latest Top 50.   Plenty of changes this year, especially in the Top 10. Check out who’s up and who’s down. How UK groups performed. And why Switzerland always punches above its weight.   #AllTheChatterThatMatters on Motor Trade Radio. #automotive

🚨THIS WEEK’S HEADLINE PACKED POD🚨 Another busy week for the car retailing sector with more finance selling developments, the return of #dieselgate and AM Live! We’ve got it all covered for your listening pleasure on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS!   🎙️FCA urges Supreme Court to act as mega million-pound finance scandal looms  🎙️ Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis warns scandal is moving closer to PPI claims levels  🎙️ BMW UK’s finance arm allocates more than £70m to compensate customers  🎙️ Dieselgate returns as the Department for Transport assesses claims that up to 200 diesel models in the UK could be fitted with cheat devices  🎙️ The latest news on representation plans for LeapMotor, Xpeng and Dacia  🎙️ Alan Day Motor Group acquires Kia’s flagship London showroom  🎙️ An extract from our conversation with industry guru Ian Godbold   Headlines this week from Reuters, Car Dealer, AM, Motor Trader, Auto Retail Agenda and The Times.   Plus #AllTheChatterThatMatters with your co-hosts Curtis and Philip

📢WEEKDAY POD SPECIAL📢 We’ve just caught up with industry guru Ian Godbold for our latest weekday Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS.    Ian’s been running his own consultancy business for over two years and in that time has been working with some of the best known and biggest dealer groups in the UK, giving him a unique insight into the trends impacting the sector.   Plenty to talk about from AM Live, the recent Court of Appeal ruling on finance commissions and the impact of the budget on dealer businesses to current new and used car retailing trends and thoughts on 2025.    Available now in your podcast feed!    #AllTheChatterThatMatters with Philip and Curtis on Motor Trade Radio.    #automotive

🗞️THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES! 🗞️ Philip and Curtis round-up the week’s big car retailing stories on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS!   🚗 New car registrations drop across fleet and retail in October, as EV sales rise 🚗 New van market hits three year high in October, but EVs need boost 🚗 Hybrids and EVs take their highest share of used car market in October, reports MOTORS 🚗 The car finance scandal will be the death of dealerships like mine – says Swansway’s Peter Smyth 🚗 Marshall Motors profits plummet in full year results 🚗 Lloyd Motor Group acquires BMW/MINI Tyneside Stratstone site 🚗IMDA celebrates its seventh anniversary!   Plus our latest [M]enable Moment focuses on mental health with Stephen Whitton     And #AllTheChatterThatMatters with your co-hosts Curtis and Philip

📢PACKED POD ALERT📢    Unprecedented doesn’t even begin to cover what’s happened in the car retailing sector over the last week or so! That’s why the Motor Trade Radio podcast (powered by MOTORS) set itself the challenge of covering as many of the big stories as possible, including (deep breath!):   ➡️ What the Autumn Budget means to dealers and car buyers   ➡️ How the finance selling story broke, the ramifications for dealers and what’s next   ➡️ cap hpi’s Derren Martin on October trade values   ➡️ Vertu grows Toyota representation with the latest acquisition   ➡️ Strong Q3 results for Group 1, while Lookers falls into a loss for its full year   ➡️ OEM news – VW factory closures, Ford strike and BYD’s new European boss   Headlines this week are from AM, Car Dealer, Fleet News, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Sky News, and Automotive News Europe!   Plus, #AllTheChatterThatMatters with your co-hosts Curtis and Philip   #automotive

🎙️WEEKDAY SPECIAL POD🎙️    We’ve just caught up with cap hpi’s valuations guru Derren Martin for his take on how October’s trade values performed.   Although values dipped -1.1% (c£210), there’s plenty to chat about across age bands, vehicle segments and fuel type, with EVs the strongest performing fuel.   Spoiler alert. Cap HPI reports October’s retail activity was healthy, with respectable demand and dealers feeling relatively upbeat - more so than where they were last year.   Catch the full story on this Motor Trade Radio weekday special powered by MOTORS.   #automotive

🚨STREAMING NOW🚨  This week on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS…

Philip’s on holiday this week so we’re joined by guest co-host and industry guru Karl Davis!

Headlines up for discussion this week from AM, Car Dealer, Motor Trader and Autocar, include:

➡️ FCA compliance failing costs Volkswagen Finance £27m

➡️ The appetite to make the switch to EVs remains strong as barriers diminish, finds new MOTORS consumer research

➡️ Warranty Solutions Group reveals the highest warranty claims it has paid out on BEVs

➡️ We have two acquisitions stories, as Ancaster Group buys Allams of Epsom

➡️ And long-standing UK DMS company Dragon 2000 is snapped up by a French automotive tech business

➡️ Plus not one but TWO new Chinese brands plan their UK debuts

Plus #AllTheChatterThatMatters with your co-hosts Curtis and Phil.

STREAMING NOW! All the big car retailing headlines and special guests on this week’s Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS.   📢 Vertu delivers strong H1 and announces axing of Bristol Street Motors and Macklin Motors branding 📢 EV discounts are now double those of ICE cars finds new research from JATO 📢 Gloucestershire-based Completely Motoring group seeks buyer to rescue it from administration 📢It’s the Paris Motor Show this week. Guess what? We’re not there! But we have a couple of BIG industry stories from the show!   Headlines this week from Car Dealer, AM, Motor Trade News, Automotive News Europe and Financial Times.   Plus #AllTheChatterThatMatters with your co-hosts Curtis and Philip

🚨EXCLUSIVE POD INTERVIEW!🚨 The latest in our series of Motor Trade Radio Supplier Specials showcases CarCare, the Swedish automated vehicle inventory specialist. We’re joined by John Miele who heads up the UK operations following the start-up’s debut here in 2023. In our wide-ranging interview, John discusses how the business launched in the UK and shares some of its early successes with Waylands, Vindis, Sinclair and HPL Motors. He also explains how the app-based system integrates with DMS platforms to provide smarter inventory management of new and used vehicles, improving visibility and stock turn.   With the system already being used by some of Europe’s biggest dealer groups, John shares how its success in Sweden (where it is used by 50% of the country’s dealers) has enabled it to hit the ground running in the UK.   Listeners wanting to know more about CarCare can email John Miele at  [email protected]