8:30 am, February 7, 2025
If you’re struggling to keep up with the motor trade news, Car Dealer editor in chief James Baggott’s briefing for time poor motor trade bosses is back with this week’s headlines.
His Car Dealer Weekly Briefing summarises this week’s major news on Substack – but you need to be a subscriber to read it.
In his newsletter this week, he looks at listed dealer group Vertu’s shock profit warning after the firm surprised investors with news the ZEV Mandate and cost rises are impacting the business more than feared.
Elsewhere, Evans Halshaw has closed several car dealerships, there’s more shuffling at Stellantis as Vauxhall’s MD makes an exit and Auto Trader has some good news on the used car market.
Also featured in this week’s briefing:
- New car registrations fall
- Record used car demand
- VW’s new compact EV concept
- Why does Mitsubishi work elsewhere?
- Honda Nissan talks could fail
- Arrow Motor Auctions closes
- Fiat boss on ZEV Mandate
- Dodgy dealers faces jail
To read the weekly briefing, you need to be a subscriber on Substack.
Subscriptions to the Substack newsletter cost £10 per month, or £100 per year, and there are discounts for companies who want multiple subscriptions for their staff.
You can sign up to read your first newsletter for free today – visit the Substack website and subscribe.
There’s also a list of the top 10 most popular stories on the CarDealerMagazine.co.uk website this week which always makes for interesting reading as you can see what has piqued everyone else’s interest too.
Find it on the Substack website now.
