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Time 3:11 pm, April 16, 2012






 

Automotive Influencers

We once again ask the UK’s most influential people to sit down for a chat with us about what they think the next 12 months will hold. Whether they head up car companies, dealer groups or other automotive interests, it’s well worth listening to their predictions.

Car Dealer’s new editor; Nigel Mansell’s dealership and more

There have been some big changes at Car Dealer towers, with the very capable James Batchelor now taking the helm of the magazine. We’ve also chatted to the man heading up Nigel Mansell’s new dealership, and we’ve dreamed up a few other celebrities that we think should enter the motor trade…

Big Mike’s 50 favourite cars

Eagle-eyed readers might have noticed the illusive trader’s column missing from our last issue, and here’s why. He’s locked himself away and come up with his top 50 cars of all time – and we bet his choices aren’t quite what you were expecting…
Driven: new Freelander, 4×4 Jaguar, Mercedes SL350

MD Baggott has been off to Canada this month – half to get a taste of the snow before it hit the British Isles, but mostly to drive a pair of JLR’s new models. Batch meanwhile has been sunning himself on the south coast, testing Mercedes’s 155mph SL350.

£50 Car Challenge

Mike’s been a busy boy, shifting a Mondeo in super quick time. James? Less so – with tales of a Metro’s garage woes all he has to show for his effort this month. Who’s ahead so far? You might be surprised…

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James – or Batch as he’s known – started at Car Dealer in 2010, first as the work experience boy, eventually becoming editor in 2013. He worked for Auto Express as editor-at-large and was the face of Carbuyer’s YouTube reviews. In 2020, he went freelance and now writes for a number of national titles and contributes regularly to Car Dealer. In October 2021 he became Car Dealer's associate editor.



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