8:02 am, August 14, 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 reveals the motor trade firm that industry legend Daksh Gupta – and former Sytner boss Darren Edwards – have got involved in.
Elsewhere, another Chinese car manufacturer has hit the impressive 100,000 car sales statistic and it’s largely thanks to a network of brilliant dealers.
Also this week:
- From failed exams to used car king
- Dealer hit by ‘wrong reviews’
- Consumer Rights Act criticism
- ZEV Mandate changes coming?
- TrustFord profits drop
- Used cars still an opportunity, says dealer
- Motor trade boss’ hole-in-one
- Reza Fardad leaves Big
- Car dealer jailed
- Waylands expands again
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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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