Jon and Batch are joined by Car Dealer's head of video and Range Rover apologist, Nigel Swan. Family-run dealership to close after 100 years as boss says Cinch and Cazoo have left small firms ‘fighting for scraps’ Revealed: The top 10 most unreliable used cars in the UK ‘Frustrated’ buyers waiting for new cars say they wouldn’t mind paying more to jump queue BMW Park Lane books £4.9m loss for 2021 Jaguar dealers express concern as JLR admits it will open small number of ‘owned stores’ Diana’s Es...
Sep 02, 2022•55 min•Ep 76•Transcript available on Metacast CAP HPI's Director of Valuations, Derren Martin, joined Jon and Batch this week with an update on August's used car prices and much much more. Rising cost of cheaper electric cars ‘could put them out of reach of buyers’ MG taking axe to dealer network with smaller showrooms in firing line Renault and Stellantis confirm return to normal output at plants, easing fears over new car production New Reg Day loses its appeal among car buyers, according to poll The used cars that have dropped the most i...
Aug 26, 2022•56 min•Ep 75•Transcript available on Metacast This week Jon and Batch are joined by Andrew Mortimer – Executive Chairman of car subscription platform Loopit. BMW 1-Series named fastest-selling used model by eBay Motors Group Auto Trader boss Nathan Coe on the biggest threats to car dealers How High Court ruling means all franchise car dealer agreements could be ‘ended in just a week’ Cazoo losses more than double in first half of 2022 to £243m New car registrations fall again in July with SMMT revising expectations Toyota threatens to pull ...
Aug 05, 2022•1 hr•Ep 74•Transcript available on Metacast Batch and Jon are joined this week by one of Car Dealer's motoring journalists, Ted Welford, who brings us the very latest news from the worlds of both automotive and arable farming. BCA remarketing sites in Derby and Peterborough face threat of closure Small Kia dealers claim they’re being ‘culled’ as ‘termination notices handed out’ Pendragon forecasts £2m-plus drop in pre-tax profit for first six months of year First Nissan Ariyas arrive in UK after 43-day voyage from Japan One ‘L’ of a partn...
Jul 22, 2022•57 min•Ep 73•Transcript available on Metacast Jon and Batch are joined this week by James Vaughan, cofounder of vehicle remarking solution Trade to Trade. Revealed: The 10 used models that saw the lowest price growth in June Revealed: The 10 used models that saw the biggest price growth in June Dacia shows off new ‘eco-friendly’ look for dealership interiors Sky-high car prices are ‘number one priority’ for customers as cost of living spirals, dealers tell survey Used car supply may never go back to pre-pandemic levels, warns remarketing bo...
Jul 15, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep 72•Transcript available on Metacast Jon and James are joined this week by Snows Motor Group Chief Operating Officer, Neil McCue. Peugeot UK boss: I want to make buying a car an enjoyable experience Revealed: The EV brands that are falling on deaf ears Cost-of-living crisis having knock-on effect on used car prices, says eBay Motors Group Consumers will ditch holidays and still buy used cars if economy slips into recession – Auto Trader boss New car sales suffer worst June performance since 1996 as supply shortages continue t...
Jul 08, 2022•48 min•Ep 71•Transcript available on Metacast Car Dealer's James Batchelor and Jon Reay are joined by Steve Corwood of Motor Connect, who brings some welcome motor trade insight to our discussion of the week's news. Pendragon expands CarStore offering with launch of We Buy Any Car-style service Is Fisker’s Ocean set to make waves in the UK? Musk says Tesla factories have become ‘gigantic money furnaces’ Mercedes boss sees no end in sight for semiconductor shortage with crisis set to stretch into next year Honda is ‘comfortable’ ...
Jul 01, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep 70•Transcript available on Metacast Joining Jon and Becca this week is Julian Humphreys, CEO of MOTOM – a new entrant in the vehicle remarketing sector. Motom launches to bring low-cost digital platform to vehicle remarketing sector Car dealer loses court appeal over buyer’s claim £140k Bentley couldn’t tow caravan CarShop, Auto Trader and John Clark Motor Group make top 25 of firms with best senior leadership Cazoo’s market value could sink even further this week once shares finally reach Daily Mail investors Dealershi...
Jun 24, 2022•48 min•Ep 69•Transcript available on Metacast This week Jon and Becca compete and James Batchelor judges. MG takes electric cars off sale Customer reunited with hero sales controller who saved his life after suffering cardiac arrest in showroom Used car supermarket chain Motorpoint sees pre-tax profit more than double to £21.5m with 60 per cent of sales made online Ford stops taking Fiesta orders after supply chain issues ‘significantly affect’ production Cars more than six years old attract more attention in May as used values drop f...
Jun 17, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep 68•Transcript available on Metacast This week Cap HPI's valuations director Derren Martin joins the show. Find out more about the stories mentioned below. How a change in business model transformed an already successful dealership into a money-making machine How will agency sales change the look and feel of car dealerships in the future? Audi rolls out more charging hubs In detail: Cazoo founder lays out savage cuts to online used car dealer in investor call Arnold Clark to give away 2,000 kits to youth sports teams, dealer group ...
Jun 10, 2022•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week DSG Finance Group group sales director Mark Gow joins James and Rebecca. 12 cars vandalised with paint stripper and bricks causing ‘extensive damage’ at Land Rover dealership Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated: Dealer says diesel cars remain popular despite apparent drop in interest ‘What’s your nest price?’ Dealer sells car thanks to blackbirds who made its wheel their new home Auto Trader posts best-ever financial results with profits up 91 per cent to £301m Which future cla...
May 27, 2022•50 min•Ep 66•Transcript available on Metacast This week Hendy Group boss Paul Hendy joins James Batchelor and Rebecca Chaplin on the Car Dealer Podcast. Find out more about today's stories below. Tesla Superchargers being free to all could cause surge in EV ownership Consumer confidence falls to lowest level since 1974 Volkswagen’s takeover of Europcar set to move a step closer, say sources close to deal Online retailer Carvana banned from US state over botched paperwork Range Rovers commanding £30,000 premium as buyers look to jump huge wa...
May 20, 2022•50 min•Ep 65•Transcript available on Metacast This week Top Car Inverness boss Craig Walker joins James and Rebecca. Find out more about the stories mentioned in today's show below. Jaguar Land Rover posts £455m loss as chip shortage hits hard Angry customer parks slogan-painted vehicles in front of Land Rover dealership as row makes national headlines Car dealer threatened to petrol bomb man over speedboat row Motorpoint boss urges caution over state of the used car market despite registrations rising by five per cent Paul Willcox to leave...
May 13, 2022•34 min•Ep 64•Transcript available on Metacast This week Motorway's James Bush guest judges the podcast and James and Becca from Car Dealer choose their favourite stories. Find out more about them by clicking below. Here are the top 10 used cars that take the longest time to sell Group 1 Automotive says its UK car dealerships made £82m profit in just three months Transport secretary pledges to digitise DVLA in attempt to clear backlogs Sytner owner’s record £396m quarterly profit thanks to soaring new and used car margins How did Elon Musk b...
Apr 29, 2022•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week James Batchelor judges as Jon and Becca go head-to-head. Find out more about the stories mentioned below. Citroen to discontinue C4 SpaceTourer MPV in July due to ‘changing customer habits’ Drug addict who made off in car while pretending to be dealership customer is jailed over £60,000 wrecking spree Drivers of self-driving cars will not be responsible for accidents Macron and Le Pen unite in condemnation of Stellantis boss’s ‘shocking’ multi-million pay package Exclusive:...
Apr 22, 2022•49 min•Ep 62•Transcript available on Metacast This week Press Association motoring editor Jack Evans joins Rebecca and Jon to talk about the news of the week. Find out more about the stories mentioned by clicking below. Lookers: ‘We’re on the straight and narrow now and looking forward to a very bright future’ Cazoo reports £180m loss in 2021 despite revenue increasing by more than 300 per cent to £668m Last Vauxhall Astra rolls off production line at Ellesmere Port as plant readies for switch to EV manufacturing Used car dealer Cazoo...
Apr 08, 2022•52 min•Ep 61•Transcript available on Metacast This week Will Blackshaw joins Rebecca and Jon. Find out more about the stories mentioned below. Used car dealer Cazoo: The people, the money and its plans – Car Dealer Investigation Video Exclusive: ‘I consider myself a bit of a disruptor’ – Nissan UK boss talks about why he relishes challenges Police arrest two teenagers and recover stolen vehicles used to batter down doors at used car dealership Tom Hartley Jnr sees pre-tax profit drop by quarter to just above £6.5m despite sales rise Lotus r...
Apr 01, 2022•55 min•Ep 60•Transcript available on Metacast This week Joel and John from Lawgistics join Rebecca and Batch. Find out more about the stories mentioned by clicking below. Extinction Rebellion protesters disrupt election campaign launch at luxury car dealership Joe Macari Dealership giant Pendragon throws out secret £400m takeover bid by largest shareholder Hedin Group Undercover report finds DVLA staff lounged in bed watching Netflix while backlogs hit record levels Used car dealer must pay out thousands for selling Subaru that had dodgy br...
Mar 22, 2022•51 min•Ep 59•Transcript available on Metacast This week automotive retail expert Mike Jones judges who is the winner out of James and Rebecca. Find out more about the stories mentioned below: Head to head: Car dealer boss debates online car sales future with founder of Freeserve Nissan: No plans yet to introduce agency sales as it would disrupt our dealer network Car dealership group faces legal action over cyberattack that saw employees’ data hacked Buyers expect car dealers to make around £1,000 profit on a used car sale Gridserve agrees ...
Mar 11, 2022•42 min•Ep 58•Transcript available on Metacast This week Wessex Garages MD Chris Wiseman guest judges the podcast with James and Rebecca. Find out more about the stories mentioned below. Investigation: Will proposed online sales tax hit car dealers? Car dealers face further new car delays as manufacturers announce factory closures Masked raiders smash down car dealership doors with vehicles they’re stealing Ford CEO committed to car dealers for the long term as he takes aim at Tesla Which? survey finds that new electric cars are less reliabl...
Mar 04, 2022•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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.
Feb 28, 2022•1 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week executive editor at Autocar Rachel Burgess joins the show. Find out more about the stories mentioned below... Here are the used cars costing tens of thousands of pounds more than a new model How many car dealerships are there in the UK? Exclusive list of every franchised car dealer in 2022 Car dealers are putting up the prices of new cars – and it’s winding up manufacturers Porsche plots IPO that could value German car maker at £166bn Ford and Peugeot dealership Busseys to close Dereha...
Feb 25, 2022•45 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Embrace change or used car disruptors Cazoo, Cinch and Carzam will steal all your customers Traditional car dealers can win battle against used car disruptors like Cazoo and Cinch EV take-up could be held back by slow roll-out of rapid and ultra-rapid chargers, warns RAC Dealership group Arnold Clark loses Toyota franchise in western Scotland to Vertu Motor...
Feb 18, 2022•46 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast James returns for the first time in 2022 and Auto Trader chief operating officer Catherine Faiers is our guest judge. Find out more about today's stories: Group 1 Automotive profits soar 40 per cent in 2021 as it rakes in £1.7bn Cazoo announces plans to double revenue in 2022 to £2bn as it raises a further $630m from investors Sytner Group’s parent company posts record £1.1bn profit for 2021 Holt Cars staff lose their jobs as administrators called in after prolonged decline in business BT ...
Feb 11, 2022•50 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Find out more by clicking below. New car registrations in January increased by more than 27 per cent but headwinds are constraining recovery Switch to EVs means new motoring tax is urgently needed to avoid £35bn ‘black hole’, warn MPs Specialist car dealer Clive Sutton imports the new Ford Bronco to the UK for the first time Will Cazoo strike next in th...
Feb 04, 2022•55 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Find out more about the stories mentioned by clicking below... 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 m...
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast This week Rebecca Chaplin, James Batchelor and Jon Reay talk about the top news stories from the first week back in 2022. Find out more by clicking below: Ford poaches VW Group veteran Martin Sander to lead electric car roll-out Hyundai achieves largest ever UK market share in challenging 2021 Aston Martin EBITDA profit to take £15m hit because of Valkyrie delays – and it could mean curtains for CEO Stellantis and Amazon partner for next-generation digital cockpit for EVs Ford knocked off top sp...
Jan 12, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast 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....
Dec 24, 2021•39 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Consumer demand for used cars remains high despite government’s ‘Plan B’ announcement Land Rover makes the most unreliable cars with three models likely to develop faults Exclusive: Buyers trust franchised car dealers more than any other – and online disruptors the least BCA and Cinch owner Constellation lays out its plans for Marshall Motor Group fo...
Dec 17, 2021•39 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast This week on the Car Dealer Podcast, Lawgistics MD Joel Combes is our guest judge. Find out more about the stories mentioned below: Auto Trader donates £55k to Ben as charity gets set to host fundraising Ball tonight Used car prices may never return to a pre-pandemic normal, says Cox Automotive New Mazda2 Hybrid arrives with Toyota Yaris underpinnings Bentley Birmingham raises more than £25,000 for Royal British Legion in one night World’s dealers watch as legal battle hots up over Mercedes agen...
Dec 11, 2021•43 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast 
