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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.

Auto Trader COO Catherine Faiers

News 3 years ago

What do dealers really think of used car giant Auto Trader? – Car Dealer Investigations Video

How did Auto Trader get so big 2 (1)

News 3 years ago

Just how did Auto Trader get so big? – Car Dealer Investigations

Schumacher F1 car

News Round-Up 3 years ago

July 24: More Dover chaos; Odesa under fire; Monkeypox emergency; Schumacher F1 car sale

Used cars inside the Carshop showroom

Columns 3 years ago

Are buyers really scared to walk into a car dealership?

Nathan Coe, CEO of Auto Trader

News 3 years ago

Chance of used car price crash small – but prices will level out, says Auto Trader boss

Dr. Herbert Diess

News 3 years ago

VW boss Herbert Diess to leave the company three years before end of contract

Cars queuing as Dover travel chaos continues

News Round-Up 3 years ago

July 23: More Dover chaos; Covid-19 cases rising; Ukraine grain deal; Red Arrows grounded

HPL Motors Preston, Google Streetview image

News 3 years ago

Used car supermarket HPL Motors sees profit rocket 50 per cent to nearly £6m

Snows Motor Group dealerships

Podcast 3 years ago

Snows Motor Group director Neil McCue on managing long new car lead times, agency and online sales

Jim Tyrrell

News 3 years ago

Car industry colleagues welcome to attend funeral for senior executive Jim Tyrrell

Carshop car showroom

News 3 years ago

Consumers will ditch holidays and still buy used cars if economy slips into recession – Auto Trader boss

David Beckham Maserati

News Round-Up 3 years ago

June 26: Killer drivers’ life sentences; Boris’ stay-put plan; No immediate Covid concern

Jim Tyrell

News 3 years ago

SsangYong GB executive chairman Jim Tyrrell has died

News 3 years ago

For sale: Selling our Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9 on Collecting Cars

Cazoo feature image

News 3 years ago

In detail: Cazoo founder lays out savage cuts to online used car dealer in investor call

Cazoo Southampton

News 3 years ago

Troubled used car dealer Cazoo to slash jobs and cut costs in huge money-saving initiative

Carzam founder Peter Waddell

News 3 years ago

Carzam founder Peter Waddell lays blame for online used car dealer’s failure at Cazoo’s door

Waddell and Bailey

News 3 years ago

Carzam calls time: Online disruptor placed in voluntary receivership

James Vaughan, Ben Mitchell, Daksh Gupta and Mike Brewer UCA 2021

News 3 years ago

Daksh Gupta has left Marshall Motor Group with immediate effect

Cinch and Carzam graphic

News 3 years ago

Have online car dealers Cazoo, Cinch and Carzam already had their day?

New Range Rover sold

News 3 years ago

Range Rovers commanding £30,000 premium as buyers look to jump huge waiting lists

Alfa Romeo Stelvio

News 3 years ago

What are the fastest selling used cars? Find out in our exclusive Top 20

Fan of banknotes in purse wallet, via Bank of England

News 3 years ago

Consumer confidence in their household finances hits record low

Land Rover Defenders

News 3 years ago

Land Rover Defender adverts banned after two viewers complain about cliff-edge scene

Cazoo delivery truck

News 3 years ago

Cazoo delivery driver crashed into wall while dropping off used Porsche to customer

Unsellable used cars

News 3 years ago

Here are the top 10 used cars that take the longest time to sell

Barons BMW from Google Streetview

News 3 years ago

Group 1 Automotive says its UK car dealerships made £82m profit in just three months

Darren Edwards, Sytner CEO

News 3 years ago

Sytner owner’s record £396m quarterly profit thanks to soaring new and used car margins

MOT testing

News 3 years ago

Will MOTs move to once every two years? Idea blasted as ‘dangerous and unwanted’ by motor trade

Carzam truck arriving with a used car on board

News 3 years ago

Carzam CEO Kirk O’Callaghan removed as director of online used car disruptor

Ferrari 296

News 3 years ago

Ferrari and Porsche dealer Helston Garages posts £33.9m profit for 2021

Elon Musk, tesla CEO

News 3 years ago

Tesla boss Elon Musk’s $43bn Twitter bid fended off by ‘poison pill’ defence strategy

New car forecourt

News 3 years ago

Rise in loan defaults expected as the cost-of-living crisis begins to bite

Hyundai Ioniq 5

Car News 3 years ago

Hyundai Ioniq 5 named World Car of the Year as it scoops two other categories

Milton Keynes store Motorpoint wants to convert

News 3 years ago

Car supermarket Motorpoint applies for permission to transform B&M store in Milton Keynes

Peter Waddell and John Bailey of Carzam

News 3 years ago

Peter Waddell resigns from Carzam as Big Motoring World gets venture capitalist backing

New cars at a port

News 3 years ago

Consumer confidence tumbles as more now worried about cash than catching Covid

used car dealership

News 3 years ago

Used car price rises see slowdown in March but there’s ‘no crash on the way’

Cazoo Southampton

News 3 years ago

Used car dealer Cazoo comes under fire on BBC’s Watchdog over its 300-point checks

The Smyth family celebrate 18 years in business

News 3 years ago

Car dealer group Swansway repays furlough cash as it chalks up record £25.2m profit for 2021

Paul Brayley

News 3 years ago

Brayleys Cars’ profit rockets 336 per cent as it rakes in £4.8m of earnings

Daksh Gupta from Marshall Motor Group news site

News 3 years ago

Daksh Gupta says it’s ‘been an incredible seven years’ since Marshall Motor Group listed

Neil Smith, Imperial Cazoo

News 3 years ago

Former Imperial director reveals why used car dealer Cazoo bought supermarket group

Will Cazoo change used car sales forever

News 3 years ago

Used car dealer Cazoo: The people, the money and its plans – Car Dealer Investigation Video

Car Dealer Investigation Cazoo Peter Smyth quote

News 3 years ago

What is Cazoo? Will it change used car sales forever?

A Cazoo handover centre

News 3 years ago

Comment: Why does Cazoo wind the motor trade up so much?

Inchcape dealership

News 3 years ago

Inchcape acquires Porsche, Land Rover and Volvo distribution business

Tesla supercharger network

News 3 years ago

Minister: Tesla set to open supercharger network to all EV drivers ‘within weeks’