Motor Trade Radio

🚗 INDEPENDENT CAR DEALER SPECIAL! Umesh Samani is Curtis and Phil's special guest on this weekday Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. Umesh will be a familiar name to many listeners for his tireless work over the years raising the profile of the independent sector as a chairman and co-founder of the Independent Motor Dealers Association (IMDA), which represents around 2,000 busi...

🛜 STREAMING NOW! We've got the big car retailing stories and all the chatter that matters on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. Plus, an extract from our Farizon OEM pod exclusive interview with Calum James. ▶️ Car industry calls for an urgent ZEV mandate review ▶️ Stellantis injects £35m into its dealer group after a £47.9m loss ▶️ Close Brothers to cut 600 jobs, a...

🚨FARIZON POD EXCLUSIVE!🚨 We're delighted to welcome Farizon's UK General Manager Calum James to the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. The Chinese all-electric commercial vehicle maker, launched in the UK in 2025 and is building a dealer network from scratch. A wholly owned subsidiary of Geely, it became the first EV van maker to achieve global sales of 300,000 units last year...

🎙️Catch the big car retailing stories on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. Plus a topical [M]enable Moment from our mental wealth guru Stephen Whitton! Acquisitions and used market trends are the focus this week for Curtis and Philip. ▶️ Lithia UK expands with acquisition of four sites from Read Motor Group ▶️ Dubai-based DxB Auto Investments enters the UK as Southe...

Join Philip and Curtis for the big car retailing stories and all the chatter that matters on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. Plus David Manchester from Automotive Assets on M&A activity in the sector. Headlines include: ✅ New car regs up 7% to enjoy best February in 22 years, while vans enjoy a modest increase ✅ Older used car prices continued to rise in Februar...

💡M&A POD EXCLUSIVE: David Manchester is Curtis and Philips special guest on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. David led Charters of Aldershot for over 20 years, was the chairman of the Peugeot Dealer Association and MD of MCL Retail, before founding Automotive Assets in 2013. His business is dedicated to helping dealer owners manage their property assets through structured...

STREAMING NOW! Catch the big car retailing stories and all the chatter that matters on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. PLUS! Industry guru Ian Goldbold's content marketing strategies Top Tips for the March plate-change. Stories under the spotlight include: 📊 cap hpi's Jeremy Yea on February's used car trade values 🚗 OEMs likely to win a reprieve from the FCA's m...

⚠️USED CAR VALUES POD EXCLUSIVE ⚠️ We've got the full lowdown on cap hpi's February used car trade values on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. Senior Valuations Editor Jeremy Yea takes us through the month's key trends. Talking points include: ✅ Headline trade values dip -0.4% (-£75) at 3yrs/60,000 miles ✅ A look at trends by fuel type, with a special focus on BEVs ✅ Pri...

🎧ON A DEVICE NEAR YOU! Join Philip and Curtis for the big car retailing stories and all the chatter that matters on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. ❌ Apax pulls out of proposed Pinewood. AI acquisition ⛔ Over half of used car buyers are put off by dealers with poor online reviews 😡 Used car complaints up by 14% in 2025, finds the Motor Ombudsman 🔋 Hybrids and...

⚠️ JUST DROPPED ⚠️ Catch the big car retailing stories and all the chatter that matters with Curtis and Philip on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. Plus, 🎙️ Stephen Whitton's February [M]enable Moment… ☕ …and (friend of the pod) Dale Wyatt's new coffee shop! Headlines include... 📈 Used car transactions up 2.2% in 2025, with 7.8m vehicles changing hands 📊 SMMT and...

🛜LIVE ON A DEVICE NEAR YOU! 🛜 Philip and Curtis discuss this week's big car retailing stories on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. 📊 January new car regs up 3.4%, as van market falls 7.8% dips 🪫 EV transition forces pre-registrations, says Brego report 🚗 Vertu closes two dealerships after strategic review 💷 Pinewood. AI enters talks over £575m takeover deal 🙂 Franchi...

Don't miss the big car retailing stories and all the chatter that matters on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. PLUS, special guests – industry guru Ian Godbold's Top Tips for Q1 and cap hpi's Chris Plumb on January's trade values. 🚗 Used car market gathers momentum in January ⛔ Vehicle Remarketing Association meeting warns sector is under threat from cybercrime 😡...

⚠️USED CAR VALUES EXCLUSIVE ⚠️ We've got the full lowdown on cap hpi's January used car trade values on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. Head of Current Car Valuations Chris Plumb takes us through the month's key trends. Talking points include: ✅ Headline trade values dip -0.2% at 3yrs/60,000 miles ✅ A look at trends by fuel type, with a special focus on BEVs and PHEVs...

📣Catch the big car retailing stories and all the chatter that matters with Philip and Curtis on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. 🎙️Special guests Matt Muilenburg and James Leese from Impel and Steve Young from ICDP and Auto West London ❌ Stellantis boss claims there is "no natural demand" for EVs 💷 Dealer Auction reveals the used car margin top performers 🔋 Mot...

🎙️NEW EPISODE ALERT! Streaming now on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo! We're delighted to welcome back Steve Young, MD of ICDP, the automotive retailing consultancy, and MD of Auto West London, the Omoda and Jaecoo site in Chiswick. It's a show of two halves with Steve chatting to Philip and Curtis about the latest news stories: 🎯 Will the government seriously consider re...

🚨IMPEL SUPPLIER SPECIAL!🚨 We're delighted to welcome Impel's Matt Muilenburg and James Leese to the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo, to discuss how AI is helping boost car dealer operations in the UK. The US-based business has been using AI to transform car-buyer customer journeys for 12 years, working with some of America's biggest dealer groups and growing to a $1bn turnov...

Catch the big car retailing stories and all the chatter that matters on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. ⛽ Will falling new car sales see diesel vanishing from some forecourts by 2030? ✂️ Why Rachel Reeves is reportedly preparing to cut VAT on public EV charging network ⚡ EV values fell more sharply than any other fuel type in December 💡 Citroen's cunning plan t...

🎙️JUST LANDED! 🎙️We're delighted to be back for the first Motor Trade Radio podcast of 2026, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. The year may have only just started, but there's still plenty of car retailing headlines to discuss. 📈 New car regs breach 2m in 2025 📉 New van regs down in 2025 🏆 Top-performing used car models and brands in 2025 🚑 Stellantis dealers facing 'ambulance chasing' claims from ow...

🎅It's the last pod of the year, so don't miss all the chatter that matters on this week's Motor Trade Radio, powered by MOTORS & Cazoo. 🎄EU weakens plan to end new ICE sales by 2035, and carmaker views sour once they digest the fine detail 🎄UK government says it will complete a review of its ZEV Mandate targets as quickly as possible 🎄FCA reviewing feedback to its motor finance redress plans...

🎙️ Motor Trade Radio – Weekend Special This week we're joined by two fantastic guests: David Bilsborough of Cheshire Cars and Stephen Whitton, delivering a special [M]enable Moments segment with his top tips for improving mental health and wellbeing in 2026. Alongside our guest conversations, we explore a handful of the week's biggest automotive headlines, from strategic OEM partnerships to shifti...

📻 STREAMING NOW Catch the big car retailing stories and all the chatter that matters on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. Plenty of post-Budget stories making the news, plus Vertu boss Robert Forrester in conversation with Phil and Curtis. This week… ⚡️ Used EV and hybrid stock hits a new high in November 📊 Cox Automotive predicts a steady used market for 2026 🖊️ FCA to...

🚨POD EXCLUSIVE🚨 Vertu boss Robert Forrester chats to Philip and Curtis for this special Motor Trade Radio podcast episode, powered by MOTORS. Robert shares his take on how the Budget will impact car retailing with a focus on the introduction of pay-per-mile eVED and the extension of the Electric Car Grant. And gives us the SCOOP on which new Chinese brand Vertu will represent in 2026! He also te...

📢BUDGET DEBRIEF SPECIAL Catch the big car retailing stories on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. 💼 We look at the industry's reaction to the Autumn Budget and have the latest updates on issues impacting the sector from pay-per-mile and ECOS to ECG extension and Motability changes. 💡Industry consultant Steve Young shares his analysis of what the announcements will mean fo...

🎙️BUDGET ANALYSIS & TOP 50 EUROPEAN DEALERS Streaming now on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS! We're delighted to welcome back Steve Young, MD of ICDP, the automotive retailing consultancy, and MD of Auto West London, the Omoda and Jaecoo site in Chiswick. 💼 Steve shares his views on how the Budget will impact the car retailing sector with a focus on pay-per-mile, Employee Ownersh...

🎙️ Catch the big car retailing stories and all the chatter that matters on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. 📊 The new AM100 – we look at some of the movers and main trends 🚗 Another car brand's coming to the UK – the unexpected return of Mitsubishi! ⚠️ Group 1 to close two BMW and Mini dealerships as part of a strategic review 📈 The latest year-ends from Luscombe Motors...