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James Baggott

James is the founder and editor-in-chief of Car Dealer Magazine, and CEO of parent company Baize Group. James has been a motoring journalist for more than 20 years writing about cars and the car industry.

John Veichmanis, chief operating officer at carwow - 2023

News 21 hours ago

Carwow losses increase to nearly £24m as revenues surge past £100m for the first time

Cargiant - picture via Google Maps

News 1 day ago

Cargiant reveals decision to shut up shop after car dealership fell to £4.1m loss

VW Tiguan

News 1 day ago

Volkswagen Tiguan named least reliable used car in huge survey of 40,000 owners

Diesel stock picture from Newspress release (2024)

Exclusive 2 days ago

Searches for used diesel cars plummet as fuel price hits £2 per litre

Used Car Awards 2025 James Baggott

News 4 days ago

Used Car Awards nominations close today – here’s why I think you should get involved

Car Dealer Live 2027 Launch Slate

News 2 weeks ago

Car Dealer Live 2027: Our exclusive event for the motor trade is back!

Exclusive 3 weeks ago

Video: We spend New Plate Day inside a brand new Chinese car dealership

Inside Tesla's huge used car operation

Exclusive 1 month ago

VIDEO: We go behind the scenes of Tesla’s huge used car operation

Cazoo Dealer Trust survey

News 1 month ago

How trusted are car dealers? Tell us what you think in our exclusive survey

BYD slate

Exclusive 2 months ago

How did China’s BYD conquer Britain’s car market in just three years?

Toyota Vellfire

News 2 months ago

Why I’ve fallen in love with a Toyota Vellfire – a family car you’ve probably never heard of

Matt Vigurs

News 2 months ago

Motor trade manager makes incredible 411-yard hole-in-one that could be English record

electric cars

News 2 months ago

Consultation on slashing 2030 ZEV Mandate target for electric cars ‘as soon as next week’

Mazda Eden

News 2 months ago

Eden Motor Group expands Mazda representation with new Exeter dealership

Autotrader AI Week

News 2 months ago

AI is only powerful when it helps you act with confidence

Quiet car dealerships

Exclusive 2 months ago

Are all used car dealers quiet – or is it just you? We ask the experts what’s really happening out there

The AI Revolution Podcast Part 2

News 2 months ago

AI Week Podcast: Car dealers give their practical tips for using AI right now

Solera Cap HPI Check Chris Wright

News 2 months ago

Calls to crackdown on fake HPI Checks as bosses write to the CMA

Jaguar I Pace

News 2 months ago

JLR put aside £50m to fight bad publicity after fake report electric Jaguar was faulty

AI Week Impel

News 2 months ago

AI Week: What if we’ve been asking the wrong questions about AI all along?

The AI Revolution Part 1

News 2 months ago

AI Week Podcast: From car buying to dealership job losses – how AI is reshaping the motor trade

AI Week James Baggott welcome

News 2 months ago

A welcome to AI Week from Car Dealer editor in chief James Baggott

Peter Waddell

News 2 months ago

Peter Waddell vs Big Motoring World – What the High Court judgement revealed

Lifetime Achievement winner Robin Luscombe

News 2 months ago

Family car dealership shares £170,000 bonus pot with every employee

BYD hits 100,000 sales

News 2 months ago

Chinese firm BYD tops 100,000 UK car sales just three years after launch

James talks on a real phone in a used car dealer

News 2 months ago

Four in 10 motorists still refuse to use AI when chatting to car dealers

vauxhall charging

News 2 months ago

Vauxhall finds three quarters of councils still have ‘no accessible on-street EV chargers’

Auto trader CEO Nathan Coe

News 2 months ago

Autotrader ‘paused’ Deal Builder roll-out and is tweaking price flags following dealer feedback

Motorway Tom Leathes

News 3 months ago

Motorway boss commits to reserve prices in wake of Carwow’s radical shake-up

Carwow Auctions

News 3 months ago

Dealers perplexed as Carwow radically shakes up its daily auctions removing reserve prices

Chinese cars

News 3 months ago

Are Chinese cars spying on us? The uncomfortable Chinese car rumours

Gridserve Braintree charger, Oct 2022

News 4 months ago

‘Dramatic cut coming to ZEV Mandate targets’ after PM’s intervention

Battle of the Buyers 2

Video 4 months ago

There’s an unusual winner in our Battle of the Buyers 2.0 competition…

Audi Uk boss

News 4 months ago

Audi UK boss reveals five £500k Nuvolari supercars sold in first 24 hours

Car Dealer Weekly Briefing slate V8

News 4 months ago

Weekly Briefing: Just what does Constellation want with those Vertu shares?

Bulletproof cars

News 4 months ago

Video: Car dealers pick the bulletproof vehicles they LOVE to sell

Robert Forrester

News 4 months ago

Who has bought £20m stake in listed car dealer group Vertu Motors?

Thomas Schäfer

News 4 months ago

We’ve got to defend our territory, says VW boss as Chinese car brands soar

Nathan Coe, Auto Trader

News 4 months ago

Autotrader profits near £393m but admits Deal Builder roll-out hurt numbers

Dealerway

News 5 months ago

Why do some part exchanges fly and others flop? We hear from the experts

Available Car Castle Donington June 2021

News 5 months ago

Used car supermarket Available Car sees profit surge in 2025

Motorway

News 5 months ago

Motorway now charging sellers a fee to sell on used car auction platform

Ghost Car Fraud

News 5 months ago

Exclusive: Police investigating huge £10m ‘Ghost Car’ finance fraud after dealers ‘go rogue’

Cars dealers don't like buying

News 5 months ago

Revealed: The used vehicles that even car dealers avoid buying at all costs

News 5 months ago

Hendy Group falls to huge loss as late accounts finally posted – plus 2025 will be bad too

Cargiant - picture via Google Maps

News 5 months ago

Former record holding used car dealership Cargiant begins process of shutting for good

Lookers Nissan Gateshead 1-1

News 5 months ago

Staff at car dealer Lookers claim they ‘face fresh threats of redundancy’

Used Tesla Model 3s

Video 5 months ago

Is now the perfect time to start selling used Teslas?