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Briefing: Is Jaguar’s rebrand PR genius? Plus Arnold Clark results and car makers’ warnings

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Time 7:21 am, November 22, 2024

Car Dealer’s editor in chief James Baggott gives his take on the latest motor trade headlines in another packed subscriber-only newsletter.

The Car Dealer Weekly Briefing summarises this week’s major headlines for time poor executives.

In his Substack, he looks at Jaguar’s rebrand – was it PR genius or a marketing misstep? 


There’s a look at Arnold Clark’s annual accounts which show profits fell last year as a result of the devastating cyber attack and there are warnings from car makers that electric car targets could result in job losses.

Also featured in this week’s briefing:

  • Nissan warning
  • Ford to cut 800 jobs
  • FCA delays again
  • Peter Waddell back in court
  • Xpeng heading to UK
  • Marsh Holdings administration
  • Bowker’s Porsche purchase
  • Car dealer banned

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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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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.



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