James Batchelor

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

The latest issue of Car Dealer has been published – and it’s completely free to read!Issue 206 gives you a taster of what you might have missed at Car Dealer Live 2025, along with full details and links to the exclusive research papers Auto Trader, Cox Automotive, Experian, JATO, Motorway and Google. Click here to download Issue 206. Also inside is the latest industry news and features, as well as columns from our expert contributors.

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

Suzuki is to introduce two new free-of-charge 10-year warranties for customers in the UK and Ireland. The Japanese car brand, which car dealers across the UK voted the best carmaker to represent in Car Dealer Power 2024, introduced a seven-year warranty in 2023, but has now upgraded its offering.

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

Government ‘confident’ it has supplies to keep British Steel blast furnaces litThe government is ‘confident’ it will secure the supply of materials needed to keep the blast furnaces burning at British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant, Downing Street has said. No 10 insisted the plant would remain in use, as staff at the company and civil servants work to prevent the permanent shutdown of Britain’s last steel-making plant.

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

Ineos has abandoned agency sales and will slash its dealer network in half as part of bold plans to ‘right-size’ its operations, improve customer service and boost used car sales. Speaking to Car Dealer, Ineos regional director for the UK and Ireland Tom Johnson laid bare the firm’s plans to exit the agency sales model and restructure its network, admitting the brand had grown ‘too quickly’.

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

Polestar’s UK boss has hit out at the government’s decision to relax the ZEV Mandate calling it ‘frustrating’ and ‘kicks the can down the road’. Earlier this month, the government reported the outcome of its consultation into the 2030 new petrol and diesel cars sales ban, announcing that the date will stay in place and hybrids will be allowed to be sold until 2035. Additionally, the rules around hitting the strict ZEV Mandate were tweaked.