10:10 am, January 23, 2026
The Car Dealer Briefing from James Baggott summarises the week’s most important motor trade headlines for you all in one place.
In this week’s edition of the Car Dealer Weekly Briefing, his subscriber-only newsletter, he reports on the sudden collapse of supercar dealer Targa Florio Cars. Was it a sale or return model that pushed it over the edge?
Also this week we hear evidence of the extent to which consumers are using AI in their car buying journeys – what does this mean for the motor trade?
Plus:
- Stellantis on EV demand
- Dealer owner beaten
- Geely’s delight
- WBAC’s weird offerings
- Chop shop busted
- New EX60 revealed
- Tax dodgers uncovered
- Dealer’s arson attack
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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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