Motor Trade Radio

🎙️WEEKDAY SPECIAL POD🎙️ We're delighted to be joined by Mike Allen, managing director of Cambria Private Capital and leading industry analyst, on this special mid-week pod powered by MOTORS. Mike's responsible for the start-up investment arm of dealer group Cambria Automobiles, which was specially formed to invest in and provide services to automotive start-ups and scale-ups. In our wide ranging c...

🐰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 bu...

📉 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...

⚠️ 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,...

🚨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 r...

📣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...

🚨 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...

📣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 poten...

📰 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. Head...

🎙️ 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 re...

⚠️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 d...

📣NEW PLATE DAY POD! We've got all the week's news across the franchised and independent sectors on this weekend's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. With the new 25-plate going on sale today, we also have some unmissable Top Tips on creating a buzz and maximising sales opportunities from industry guru Ian Godbold! Headlines this week are from the FT, Broker News, AM, Motor Trade News,...

🚨PODCAST EXCLUSIVE! 🚨 We've got the lowdown on February's 0.4% rise in used car trade values in our special weekday pod interview with cap hpi's Jeremy Yea, powered by MOTORS. 🚗 As ever, lots of moving parts came into play over the course of the month, with Jeremy covering the key trends by age, vehicle segment and fuel type. 🚗 Also, details on average days to sell and feedback on stock levels...

🚗STREAMING NOW🚗 A packed Motor Trade Radio podcast this week, powered by MOTORS. As well as all the breaking stories we catch up with Vertu boss Robert Forrester and Oliver Phillpott CEO of start-up Generational. ✅ Dealers urged to be upfront on commission payment issues, as buyer doubts grow in latest MOTORS survey ✅ The Supreme Court rejects Chancellor Rachel Reeves' intervention in car loan...

⚠️BONUS EPISODE ⚠️ We've just caught up with Vertu boss Robert Forrester on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. Robert takes us through the group's latest trading update and why he thinks the ZEV mandate has had such a negative impact on the business. And, on the eve of the March plate-change, he shares his thoughts on current and future trading. Plus his views on the damage done to...

🪫EV SUPPLIER SPECIAL PODCAST🪫Our latest Motor Trade Radio Supplier Special is dedicated to Generational, the specialist supplier of electric vehicle battery health checks and certification services to car dealers. We're joined by CEO and Co-Founder Oliver Phillpott, who outlines how this dynamic start-up was launched to address the concerns of dealers and used car buyers over battery life and ho...

Catch up with #AllTheChatterThatMatters on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. Headlines this week from AM, Car Dealer and Motor Trade News. ▶️ Strong used car market should bring cheer to dealers, as SMMT reports 5.5% rise in used car sales in 2024 ▶️ Carmakers are on course to miss ZEV mandate targets by 346,000 units by 2028, according to the latest forecast from Cox Automotive ▶️...

🎙️EXCLUSIVE POD INTERVIEW! This week on Motor Trade Radio, powered by MOTORS, we're in conversation with industry guru turned dealer boss…Steve Young. Steve's heading up the UK debut of Çetaş Otomotiv, Turkey's largest dealer group, as MD of Auto West London. Just nine weeks after moving into the former Tesla showroom in Chiswick, Steve and his team are on course to open the doors of this new Omod...

📣WEEKEND POD ALERT: We've trawled through the week's big headlines for you on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS! Headlines this week from Car Dealer, AM, Motor Trader and the FT, including: 📉 January's new car and van registrations down 2.5% and 20.5% respectively 🚗 The used car market also got off to a slow start for franchised dealers and car supermarkets, according to MOTORS'...

📢PODCAST SPECIAL! With vehicle theft at a 15-year high, our latest Motor Trade Radio Supplier Special showcases Tracker, the UK's leading stolen vehicle recovery specialist, with managing director Mark Rose in conversation with Philip and Curtis. Together with the police, Tracker recovered more than 1,100 stolen vehicles worth over £20 million last year alone. It typically recovers an average of...

🚘POD ALERT🚘 We've got all the big car retailing stories on this weekend's Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. Plus, there is a lowdown on January's trade values from cap hpi's Jeremy Yea and the latest on Tristan Young's new Auto Sunday newsletter. ➡️ Lookers appoints former UK VW Group and Nissan boss as its new chair ➡️ The first acquisition of the year as West Riding Group buys Bolt...

🚨PODCAST EXCLUSIVE! 🚨 We've got the lowdown on January's used car trade values in our special weekday pod interview with cap hpi's Jeremy Yea, powered by MOTORS. "It's a bit of a myth that values go up in January," Jeremy tells us as he explains what drove the -0.1% (£60) dip in used car values over the month! Also, this pod discusses the month's main trends by age, sector and fuel type. Jeremy'...

Fancy a round-up of this week's car retailing stories? Then tune in to the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. Plus, here is the first of our monthly series of Top Tips from industry consultant/legend/guru Ian Godbold! Headlines this week are from Car Dealer, Auto Retail Agenda, AM Online, and the FT. 🗞️ Rachel Reeves intervenes in UK car finance mis-selling case to protect lenders – the...

⚠️POD ALERT⚠️ The week's big car retailing headlines are up for discussion on Motor Trade Radio, powered by MOTORS. ✅ Industry veteran takes the helm at Marshall Motors ✅ Arnold Clark acquires NE-based Wingrove Motor Company ✅ Acquisitive Hedin group blames agency and economic slowdown for UK losses in latest year-end ✅ Dealer Auction reveals the best-performing used cars by dealer margin ✅ N...

CHINESE EV SPECIAL! We're in conversation with Michael Dunne, one of America's leading car industry commentators, in this special weekday episode powered by MOTORS. Michael joins us from his home in Southern California, fresh from visiting the mega 2025 Consumer Electronics Show, the global tech event increasingly used by OEMs (especially Chinese OEMs!) to showcase their latest EVs. He gives us a...