9:13 am, October 31, 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, there’s a catch-up with Vauxhall boss Steve Catlin who tells us he’s still got some concerns about electric car sales. Find out what the problem is in the newsletter.
Elsewhere, he’s been chatting to Derren Martin about the latest used car prices (up once again) and he said he’d spotted a rise in pre-reg once again. Find out which car makers are at it.
Also featured this week are:
- Group 1 ditches JLR
- EV prices rocket
- Motor trade salary survey
- Chinese car most in-demand
- Used car market investigated
- Santander cancels results
- Aston Martin losses widen
- Group 1 cleared of wrongful dismissal
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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.
