8:25 am, August 21, 2026
The Car Dealer Briefing from James Baggott summarises the week’s most important motor trade headlines for you all in one place – and this week has some exclusive results.
For the latest edition of the Car Dealer Weekly Briefing, he reveals the results of our recent survey asking dealers how business has been for them this summer. You’ll only be able to find out what others are saying in his Substack.
Elsewhere, we’ve been told AI has been helping customers ask the awkward questions they’ve always wanted to know about EVs – but he asks: Surely that was really the motor trade’s job all along?
Also this week:
- From failed exams to used car king
- Dealer hit by ‘wrong reviews’
- Consumer Rights Act criticism
- ZEV Mandate changes coming?
- TrustFord profits drop
- Used cars still an opportunity, says dealer
- Motor trade boss’ hole-in-one
- Reza Fardad leaves Big
- Car dealer jailed
- Waylands expands again
To read the weekly briefing, you usually need to be a subscriber on Substack, but this week’s post is free to all. You can sign up to the mailing list below.
Subscriptions to the Substack newsletter cost £10 per month, or £100 per year, and there are discounts for companies who want multiple subscriptions for their staff.
You can sign up to read your first newsletter for free today – visit the Substack website and subscribe.
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.