7:07 am, April 10, 2021
This week on the Car Dealer Podcast we talk about all of the important stories as dealerships prepare to let customers back into their showrooms.
Our guest this week, joining myself and editor-in-chief James Baggott, is Jon Reay.
On the weekly Car Dealer quiz, we try and choose the best stories of the week and ask our guest to decide who’s were the best.
As we start the quiz, I’m finally catching up after James’ winning streak – and the scores sit at 8 – 6 to him.
With showrooms busy preparing to open and many enjoying the more buoyant times compared to other lockdowns, there was plenty to talk about even in a shorter week.
You can listen by searching for ‘Car Dealer Podcast’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other players or you can hit play below.
If you’d like to feature on a future episode of the postcast you can get in contact with the team.
And if you think we’ve missed any great stories let us know. (Not if it’s about David Peel at Pentagon though, as that broke as we signed off the recording.)
To find out more about all the stories we mentioned though, you can find them all linked below.
Ask for reservation fee instead of deposit to avoid distance-selling obligations, say legal experts
Rolls-Royce posts highest-ever Q1 sales in its 116-year history
Lookers share price jumps again as analysts upgrade forecasts for previously-struggling dealer group
Brits saved £18bn during coronavirus pandemic – and they now want to splash the cash on new cars
More than half of car dealers believe Q2 sales will be higher than pre-Covid levels
BMW Group posts record Q1 sales in 2021 – up a third compared to same period last year
Lookers trading ‘ahead of expectations’ in first quarter despite drop in new and used car sales
Car dealers advised to remove names from used car service history or face expensive court cases
Caterham Cars bought by Japan-based VT Holdings
Investigation: How Brexit has led to a parts crisis for independent garages in the UK
10,000 furlough fraud investigations now open as government funds special task force to tackle cases
Number of young people with a driving licence falls to a record low
