8:28 am, November 6, 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, he has been chatting to automotive experts from across the industry about what impact Chinese cars are having on the used car market.
Just how many buyers are deciding that a cheap new Chinese car is better than a used model and which age ranges are most affected? He’s got some answers.
Also this week as November is Men’s Health Month he has looked at the importance of motor trade men looking after themselves and each other.
Plus:
- Autotrader half year results
- Peter Waddell court case
- October car sales
- Barclays to pay out
- Vauxhall’s EV sales hit 100k
- Men’s Health Week
- Tiggo 8 fastest seller
- Family run car dealer closes
- OAP’s car sales con
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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.
Find it on the Substack website now.