James Baggott

5 days ago | cardealermagazine.co.uk | James Baggott

We’ve been waiting months for our container of Japanese imports to arrive – and last week, they finally turned up. To say I was excited is probably an understatement. In the latest episode of our AI Car Dealership Project – now up on our YouTube channel or watch it above – we take delivery of the first batch of six cars we’ve bought directly from Japan. We bought these back in February from the world’s largest car auction – a place that frankly blew our minds.

1 week ago | cardealermagazine.co.uk | James Baggott

Lookers is set to close its head office in Altrincham ‘imminently’ after more than 50 years in Manchester. The move will see around 12 staff moved to another one of the dealer group’s sites in Stoke on Trent. Rumours in the motor trade suggested large numbers of staff were affected by the changes, but managing director James Brearley said this was not the case. Speaking to Car Dealer this morning, Brearley addressed rumours that Lookers was cutting head office, admin and finance staff.

1 week ago | cardealermagazine.co.uk | James Baggott

Porsche dealers have been told to halt the sale of selection of used Taycan models. Car Dealer has been told by several main Porsche dealers that they had been asked to remove electric Taycan models from sale. An official bulletin was issued this week to the Porsche network which told its retailers to stop selling a specific batch of electric sports cars. It is understood the move follows a request from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) which manages recalls of cars in the UK.

1 week ago | cardealermagazine.co.uk | James Baggott

Porsche dealers have been told to halt the sale of used Taycan models – but no one knows why. Car Dealer has been told by several main Porsche dealers that they have been asked to remove the electric Taycan models from sale until further notice. An official bulletin was issued this week to the Porsche network which told its retailers to stop selling the electric sports cars, aged between 2019 and 2023.

1 week ago | cardealermagazine.co.uk | James Baggott

Lookers is set to close its head office in Altrincham ‘imminently’ after more than 50 years in Manchester. The move will see around 12 staff moved to another one of the dealer group’s sites in Stoke on Trent. Rumours in the motor trade suggested large numbers of staff were affected by the changes, but managing director James Brearley said this was not the case. Speaking to Car Dealer this morning, Brearley addressed rumours that Lookers was cutting head office, admin and finance staff.