Motor Trade Radio

▶️ STREAMING NOW! What a great week catching up with everyone at AM Live! Hear our lowdown on the show, the latest industry headlines and some special guests! ✅ NFDA Dealer Attitude Survey – who's up, who's down and who's new? ⚡ EV Pay-Per-Mile tax regime and why LCVs could be exempt…if it happens 🚘 Q3 used car sales rise with more than 2 million sales, eleventh quarterly rise 📈 Motorpoint's p...

🚘 OEM POD EXCLUSIVE🚘 This week on Motor Trade Radio (powered by MOTORS), we're delighted to bring you the first podcast interview given by AION Auto UK — ahead of the Chinese brand's debut here in 2026! Curtis and Philip are joined by Managing Director Jon Wakefield (former UK boss of Volvo and Harwoods Group) and Network Development Director Duncan Johnston (formerly with Honda, Lotus and Inchc...

🚨STREAMING NOW! 🚨 We've got the big car retailing stories on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. 📊 Full low down on how October's new car and van markets 🚗 MOTORS' Market View analysis of used car stock levels, prices and demand in October 🕰️ FCA's welcome extension of the industry consultation on its redress scheme 🆕 AION to debut in the UK, led by Jon Wakefield ✅ East...

🚗 SUZUKI POD EXCLUSIVE🚗 Our latest weekday episode (powered by MOTORS!) features David Kateley, Suzuki's UK Director of Automobile, in conversation with Curtis Hutchinson and Philip Nothard. David's been in the post since January 2025, when he succeeded industry legend Dale Wyatt as head of car operations. Having joined the business in 2003 and previously served as the brand's General Manager of...

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. This week for your listening pleasure! 🎙️cap hpi's Chris Plumb on October's trade value trends 🎙️The erupting row between lenders and the FCA over its consultation process 🎙️Geely becomes the latest Chinese carmaker to launch in the UK 🎙️EU carmak...

⚠️USED CAR VALUES EXCLUSIVE ⚠️ We've got the full lowdown on cap hpi's October used car trade values on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. Head of Current Car Valuations Chris Plumb takes us through what drove the small -1.1% (£225) dip in values. Talking points include: ➡️ Headline trade values at 3yrs/60,000 miles ➡️ A look at trends by fuel type, with a special focus on the stren...

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. ⚠️ Is the Motability scheme set for a tax upset in the Budget? 💷 Draft legislation looks at bringing ECOS under BIK tax rules ⚡ Number of EVs sold under the Electric Car Grant revealed ☎️ MOTORS on how long customers will wait for responses, befor...

⚠️ Catch the big car retailing stories and all the chatter that matters on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. ⚖️ The return of Dieselgate as five OEMs face a major lawsuit in the High Court, accused of cheating on emission tests 💷 Close Brothers nearly doubles its provision for the FCA's finance mis-selling redress scheme 🔌 MOTORS research finds that most car buyers will c...

🚨 POD ALERT 🚨 What a week in automotive! Catch the big car retailing stories and all the chatter that matters on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. 🗓️ A special focus on September with a look at the SMMT data for the new car and van markets during the plate-change and MOTORS' Market View analysis of used car trends 💷 The lowdown on the FCA's motor finance redress scheme 🖥...

🎙️CONFESSIONS OF A CAR RETAILER POD! 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 provides a fascinating insight into the first six months of trading, tells us how the September plate change went, and discusses...

🚨 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. 🎙️ 👥 This week, David joins as guest co-host to discuss the latest market trends and headlines | E65 S11 🔑 Key stories: 🚘 JLR confirms a "controlled, phased restart of operations" after the recent hack 💷 JLR's government loan guarantee — why it sho...

▶️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. This week… 🚘 Industry guru Ian Godbold's Top Tip on closing Q3 as strongly as possible! 🚘 Cap HPI's Jeremy Yea discusses September's trade values 🚘 The latest on JLR as it restarts some IT systems following the cyber-attack 🚘 BMW makes a £200m provis...

⚠️USED CAR VALUES EXCLUSIVE ⚠️ We've got the full lowdown on Cap HPI's September used car trade values on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. Senior Valuations Editor Jeremy Yea takes us through how the constrained supply of 3-to 5-year-old cars contributed to the 0.2% rise in values. Talking points include: ✅ Headline trade values at 3yrs/60,000 miles ✅ A look at trends by fuel ty...

⚠️STREAMING NOW⚠️ It's been another busy week for the car retailing sector, so catch up with all the big news stories from Philip and Curtis on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. ✅ Stellantis UK prepares for a £37m hit, ahead of the FCA's car finance redress scheme ✅ JLR could face disruption until November following this month's cyber attack ✅ Half of dealers say the Electric Ca...

🔊NEW EPISODE ALERT! Catch the week's big motor retailing stories from across the trade media on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. ➡️ End-of-quarter tactical regs hint at pressure on the new car market, according to Cox Automotive ➡️ The FCA announces up to 14 million car loans are likely to meet compensation criteria, with redress plans to be announced next month ➡️ JLR believes d...

🚨 WEEKDAY EPISODE This week, we're delighted to be joined by Ben CEO Rachel Clift on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. Ben's core work, as the industry's dedicated charity, is in support of the health and well-being of anyone who works in the automotive sector, as well as their family dependents. Rachel's been leading Ben since last November, taking over at a key time as the chari...

📢LATEST CAR RETAILING HEADLINES We've got all the chatter that matters on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. ✅ New car market dips 2% in August, as EVs hit record market share of 26.5 ✅ LCV registrations drop 13%, ninth monthly fall in a row ✅ The used car market sees 'nearly new' cars in high demand in August ✅ Hackers claim responsibility for cyber-attack against JLR...

🚨SUPPLIER SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE🚨The latest in our series of Motor Trade Radio Supplier Specials showcases Prospecting Dynamics, the automotive consultancy services company, founded and led by Nancy Rignall. Nancy started the business in 2013 after a successful high-level career in the OEM (Ford) and dealer (Sandicliffe Motor Group) worlds. With enquiry management analysis at the core of her business...

To celebrate the September plate-change, we've got all the chatter that matters on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. ⚡ First cars qualifying for the top rate ECG named ✒️ Changan reveals first dealer signing as 20 sites open in September 🚗 Trade value stability continues through August 📉 Used EV retail prices are falling twice as fast as hybrids 🚘 Sub two-year-old used...

⚠️USED CAR VALUES EXCLUSIVE ⚠️ We've got the full lowdown on Cap HPI's August used car trade values on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. Head of Current Car Valuations Chris Plumb takes us through what drove the minor -0.1% (or £21!) dip in values as demand outpaces supply. Chris also talks us through the first rise in used electric vehicle values since last October, with some nota...

BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND POD! The week's big stories on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. 🚗 Vertu boss Robert Forrester urges government to rethink plans to reclassify Employment Car Ownership Schemes 🚚 Industry welcomes government's plan to extend the plug-in van grant until 2027 ❎ Trustpilot suspends Big Motoring World's reviews for an alleged breach of its rules ✂️ Monthly paymen...

🎙️ Catch all the chatter that matters on this week's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. It's mid-August, but no sign of the silly season as we provide the latest news updates on: ▶️ Electric Car Grant – list of Band 2 cars qualifying for £1,500 grants grows, but no EVs are eligible for the higher rate Band 1 at £3,700 ▶️ House of Lords has stepped into the FCA's redress scheme, question...

🚗 CHANGAN POD SPECIAL 🚗 There's been so much interest in our recent interview with Nic Thomas, UK Managing Director of Changan, that we decided to make it available as a standalone episode! Changan will be a new name to many pod listeners, but it's a well-established brand in China and throughout Asia. The carmaker launches in the UK in September, in time for the 75 plate-change. Nic has been wi...

🚨 SUPREME COURT EXCLUSIVE! The big story being digested by the car retailing sector is this month's landmark Supreme Court ruling on how car finance is sold. Furthermore, the Financial Conduct Authority has announced plans to launch a redress scheme for car buyers who believe they were mis-sold finance under Discretionary Commission Arrangements, dating back to 2007. In this special pod, we're jo...

📣 SUPREME COURT RULING POD SPECIAL! Jon Butler, Geldards' automotive legal expert and VRA legal counsel, shares his take on the landmark ruling on car finance sales and the ramifications for dealers on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. PLUS, ✅ New car registrations dip 5%, as vans drop for eight months in a row ✅ Citroen becomes the first OEM to announce Electric Car Grant-compl...