8:23 am, May 15, 2026
The Car Dealer Briefing from James Baggott summarises the week’s most important motor trade headlines for you all in one place.
For this week’s edition of the Car Dealer Weekly Briefing, he has been in Birmingham to hear about Motorway’s plans and learn how AI is radically transforming its business and many of the dealers who use the platform.
Elsewhere, the rising cost of motor oil is causing concerns for dealers too after Vertu cited the impact of the Iran War on its stock piles.
Also featured:
- Peter Vardy sells up
- Vertu profits fall
- Arnold Clark expands into Wales
- Available Car profits surge
- FCA warns of ‘no scheme’ scenario
- Greenhous results
- Used EV prices rise
- Used car market ‘flat’
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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.
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