8:14 am, May 29, 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 has been looking into the many partnerships being forged between legacy car brands and their Chinese rivals.
At a time of stress for the establishment, are these deals the way to stave off the Chinese challengers?
Elsewhere, Ferrari has caused a stir with its first electric car, but this isn’t the first time the car maker has caused controversy.
Also featured:
- Cazoo administration to last to 2028
- Dick Lovett profits hold firm
- ZEV Mandate review plea
- Car production falls
- Citroen brings back 2CV
- Nissan’s ‘Micra-wave’
- Arnold Clark’s crazy giveaway
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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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