8:32 am, April 17, 2026
The Car Dealer Briefing from James Baggott summarises the week’s most important motor trade headlines for you all in one place.
For this week’s edition of the Car Dealer Weekly Briefing, he hears from colleague James Batchelor what it was like at luxury car brand Denza’s huge lunch in Paris.
BYD’s arm is aiming to take on Porsche with its posh range of cars, but can it manage it? And will buyers be able to swallow a £100k price tag for a Chinese EV?
Elsewhere, he reports on what staff were told at Cargiant after the used car supermarket confirmed it will be closing its doors for good on April 24.
Also this week:
- Best ad platforms rated
- Losses double at Norton Way
- FCA bans fake ads
- Doncaster dealer sell off
- Salesman faces jail
- Elton’s Roller for sale
- New Nissan Juke
- Used car prices stable
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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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