🗞️Rachel Reeves intervenes on car finance mis-selling, agency U-turn for VW Group & Ian Godbold! (E04 S11)
Release Date: 01/25/2025
🥚 🐰Easter weekend pod! NFDA Dealer Attitude Survey. Motorists plan to save, not buy (E25, S11)
Motor Trade Radio
🐰EASTER WEEKEND POD 🥚 Wishing you all an enjoyable Easter bank holiday weekend! We’ve got the week’s big stories on Motor Trade Radio powered by MOTORS. ➡️ NFDA’s latest Dealer Attitude Survey, the barometer on which car brands are in or out of favour ➡️ Cox Automotive reveals just how much relief OEMs will get from the ZEV mandate changes ➡️ Two-thirds of motorists choose to save rather than buy a new car ➡️ Buyers use four car search engines and spend 48 days in the car buying process ➡️The best-performing used cars by margin ➡️ XPeng opens first UK...
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😱 What a week! March's regs. Trump’s tariffs. ZEV mandate rejigged. (E24 S11)
Motor Trade Radio
📉 WHAT A WEEK THAT WAS! It’s been a busy/crazy/unprecedented seven days but we’ve got it covered on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. ▶️ March’s new car plate-change registrations up, while LCVs decline ▶️ How a surge in EV pre-regs poses used car challenges ▶️ We look at the government’s ZEV mandate changes and ask if the rules are now fit for purpose, or just watered down ▶️ How Trump’s car tariffs are impacting the UK and US ▶️ [M]enable Moment: Stephen Whitton’s theme is embracing change and sharing his experience of a...
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🚘 Welcome stability for March’s used car market. Latest financials. And Sarah Sillars returns! (E23 S11)
Motor Trade Radio
⚠️ WEEKEND HEADLINES PODCAST⚠️ Philip and Curtis discuss the big car retailing stories on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. ✅ Cazoo relaunches as a used car marketplace, we chat to CEO Barry Judge ✅ Used car market steady in March as days to sell improve across all dealer types ✅ 16 OEMs and SMMT fined over vehicle recycling claims ✅ Pre-tax profit fall at Hendy Group for 2023, with 2024 set to turn a loss ✅ Saxton 4×4 posts losses for 2024 as ‘challenging’ year sees profits wiped out ✅ Pinewood turns in £8.5m profit and completes its DMS...
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🎺EXCLUSIVE! MOTORS has relaunched Cazoo as a marketplace. We talk to Barry Judge & Phill Jones for this Supplier Special (E22, S11)
Motor Trade Radio
🚨SUPPLIER SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE🚨 MOTORS has relaunched Cazoo as a dealer-focused used car marketplace, with the all-new website going live on 2 April. We’ve got the full lowdown on the Motor Trade Radio podcast! MOTORS CEO Barry Judge and COO Phill Jones join us to discuss how Cazoo will be positioned as the flagship brand in the MOTORS network and a challenger to the market leader. Listeners will remember how Cazoo was launched in late 2019 as an alternative online used car buying service. It grew rapidly through a series of acquisitions, supported by some heavyweight...
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🎙️ Trump’s car tariffs. Spring Statement…and the return of Daksh Gupta!!!! (E21, S11)
Motor Trade Radio
📣THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES📣 We’ve gathered all the week’s big car retailing stories for you to enjoy on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. Headlines this week from BBC News, Motor Trade News, Car Dealer, Motor Trader and Automotive Management. 🎙️ President Trump announces 25% tariffs on car imports to the US. We look at the impact that will have on the UK and Europe 🎙️ How Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement failed to provide any stimulus for EV sales 🎙️ cap hpi’s Jeremy Yea on March’s trade values...
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🚨 cap hpi’s Jeremey Yea on March and Q1 trade values (E20, S11)
Motor Trade Radio
🚨 WEEKDAY SPECIAL🚨 We’ve got the full lowdown on March and Q1 trade values with cap hpi’s Jeremy Yea speaking exclusively on the Motor Trade Radio pod, powered by MOTORS. Although the headline trade values for 3 years/60,000 for the month recorded no change, or 0%, there’s still plenty of moving parts to discuss, including: ✅ Age profiles/mileages ✅ Vehicle sectors ✅ Fuel type, with plenty of dynamics around EVs. ✅ Check out the full interview now! ✅ Average dealer days to sell ✅ Auction stocking trends ✅ April’s trade values...
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📣Google on why car buyers are “more disloyal than ever”, plus all the week’s big car retailing stories! (E19 S11)
Motor Trade Radio
📣HEADLINES ROUNDUP📣 We’ve got the week’s big car retailing stories on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. ▶️ Automotive consumers ‘more disloyal than ever’ as new brands make their mark, according to Google ▶️ Research by Bumper identifies the affordability of repair work for customers as the biggest challenge faced by service advisors ▶️ Workshop managers share concerns over potential MOT recall rule change ▶️ Close Brothers posts £100m losses as lender looks to slash costs amid car finance crisis ▶️...
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📰 FCA confirms redress plans for finance mis-selling & ZEV Mandate u-turn (E18 S11)
Motor Trade Radio
📰 Well, that was a busy seven days for the motor trade! Don’t worry about missing anything, as we’ve gathered the week’s big car retailing stories for your listening enjoyment on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS! Plus, an extract from our interview with JATO Dynamics’ industry analyst, Felipe Munoz. And our monthly [M]enable Moment with our mental health guru Stephen Whitton. Headlines this week from Car Dealer, Motor Trade News, The Times and FT. 🎙️ The FCA confirms it’s looking at a redress scheme for motor finance customers...
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Felipe Munoz from JATO Dynamics on the big global car industry stories from Chinese OEM successes and Trump’s tariffs to European EV sales (E17, S11)
Motor Trade Radio
🎙️ WEEKDAY POD 🎙️ Car industry analyst Felipe Munoz from JATO Dynamics joins us on the pod to discuss current trends in the global car industry powered by MOTORS. We’ve been looking forward to catching up with Felipe as he’s one of the most influential commentators on the global car industry, so lots to discuss and unpick, including: ✅ The top performers in JATO Dynamics’ 2024 Global Car Sales report ✅ EV transition trends in Europe and how the UK is leading the way ✅ What’s behind Tesla’s falling European sales? Product cycle or Elon Musk’s political...
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⚠️ February’s new car regs and used car market trends! (E16 S11)
Motor Trade Radio
⚠️WEEKEND HEADLINES⚠️ Want to catch up on the week’s big car retailing news all in one place? We’ve got it covered for you on the latest Motor Trade Radio pod, powered by MOTORS. How’s this for a packed show? 📉 February new car registrations show a rise in retail and BEV sales rise, as overall market drops -1% 📉 The new van market tumbled by 19%, the third monthly drop in a row ⚡ Tesla models dominate the biggest used car price drops in February, reports MOTORS’ Market View 💷 Car finance complaints rise to record level, reports the...
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