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Weekly Briefing: Has the used car market gone off the boil and what happens to car sales in 2030?

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Time 8:53 am, April 11, 2025

In this week’s Car Dealer Briefing James Baggott rounds up the motor trade news you cannot afford to miss.

In the Car Dealer Weekly Briefing, his subscriber-only newsletter, he has been chatting to used car dealers who have said April isn’t quite as busy as they’d hoped – what’s causing the problems?

And with the government changing tack on its ZEV Mandate plans, he looks ahead to what the car market might be like in 2030.


Also featured in this week’s briefing are:

  • Mercedes’ success with agency
  • Lexus most profitable used brand
  • XPeng dealers open
  • BYD growth
  • Fastest selling March cars
  • Ineos’ cheeky ad

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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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