9:40 am, September 19, 2025
The Car Dealer Briefing from James Baggott summarises the week’s most important motor trade headlines for you all in one place.
In the Car Dealer Weekly Briefing, his subscriber-only newsletter, he has been out and about chatting to JLR dealers and popped into one to see how they are coping in the wake of the cyber attack.
He reports on what he was told and what he saw at one of the car manufacturer’s biggest showrooms.
Elsewhere, the Car Dealer team has been in Germany checking out the new cars at the Munich motor show, there’s been a plethora of car dealer group results while one retailer’s fight for justice makes the Commons.
Also featured in this week’s briefing are:
- Steven Eagell
- Mackie Motors
- Stellantis sets aside £37m
- FCA’s new campaign
- Gravells
- Listers
- T Wall Garages
- Nissan boss on Micra
- Smart bos on Chinese partners
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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.
