9:00 am, January 30, 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 delves deeper into the Chinese car makers’ rampant rise in the UK.
Also this week, there’s news the CMA has given a tentative nod to BCA’s takeover of rival auction house Aston Barclay and Autotrader has put up prices again.
Plus:
- Group 1 to axe more jobs
- Supercar dealer to be liquidated
- Tom Hartley’s profits dip
- Car manufacturing slips
- Wild Genesis concept
- Dealers want used EV help
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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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