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Weekly Briefing: Why Daksh Gupta thinks another dealer giant could be created

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Time 9:57 am, March 21, 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 explains why Daksh Gupta thinks another dealer giant could be created.

He’s also been chatting to Dacia bosses at the launch of the new Bigster where he asked what they thought of the divisive name – and do they really are how people pronounce their brand?


Also featured in this week’s briefing are:

  • Arnold Clark’s chargers
  • Another SMMT warning
  • Renuault unveils the R5 Turbo
  • HMRC names and shames dealers
  • Tesla still in demand
  • Close Brothers losses
  • Paul Brayley steps down

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