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Briefing: Angry car firms, Volkswagen Finance fined and a car dealer bucks the trend

  • Our editor in chief looks back over 200 issues and recounts stories of ruffled feathers
  • His subscriber-only briefing gives time poor car dealers the need-to-know news in one place
  • Subscribers receive update every Friday with exclusive comment

Time 9:55 am, October 25, 2024

In this week’s Car Dealer Weekly Briefing – the subscriber only newsletter – James Baggott reports on just some of the car firms that have taken umbrage to our stories over the years.

As we celebrated publishing our 200th issue this week on the website, Baggott recounts some stories of car manufacturer bans and angry executives.

It’s not all been bad news over the years though – we’ve also made a lot of people smile with our monthly updates for the motor trade.


Also in this week’s briefing is our editor in chief’s take on Volkswagen Finance being fined, the car dealer results that bucked the trend and why the ZEV Mandate is still causing headaches. Can you guess why?

The weekly newsletter is published every Friday to subscribers and delivered directly to your email inbox. You can also read it on the Substack app.

Also featured in this week’s briefing and getting our editor-in-chief’s take:


  • Williams Motor Group
  • Vauxhall 
  • Motorpoint
  • Fake parts crackdown
  • MG hottest brand

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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.

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