🚘Industry calls for urgent ZEV mandate review. Stellantis injects £35m into its dealer group following loss & more! (E17, S12)

🚗 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 businesses and celebrates its 10th anniversary next year.   Umesh is also the owner of Specialist Cars, in Stoke on Trent, which he has run since 1997, as well as the adjoining Harris Motor Company MOT and Service centre, which he acquired in 2016.     Our wide-ranging conversation includes an update on the IMDA's activities, how it is looking after members and its commercial partner programme.   Umesh also discusses Q1 trading in the used car market and the challenges and opportunities presented by independents stocking used EVs and more!   Fun fact: Umesh joined the car retailing sector at the age of 16!   #automotive

🛜 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, as it launches motor finance redress cost savings   ▶️ Bentley cuts jobs as profits slide and EV plans scaled back   ▶️ Car buyers willing to travel an average of 48 miles to find the right vehicle   ▶️ BYD to launch a supercharger network in Europe   #Automotive    Streaming now on your podcast feed or here 👉 

🚨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. Distributed here by Jameel Motors, it is targeting significant network growth. In Farizon's first podcast interview, Calum talks to Curtis and Philip about the brand's dealer proposition, franchising opportunities, product line-up, aspirations and more. Available now on your podcast or here URL

🎙️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 Southeast Motors with JLR sites   ▶️ How used car sales grew for the second consecutive month   ▶️ Dealer margins strong on Vauxhall models, reports Dealer Auction   ▶️ Why dealers are bracing themselves for a used EV market decline     Streaming now on your podcast feed or here ▶️ 

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 February   ✅ FCA announces it is streamlining its redress scheme   ✅ Just Motor Group sold to Employee Ownership Trust ✅ Vertu reports on strong trading in latest interims ✅ GM returns to the UK   Streaming now on your podcast feed or here ▶️ 

💡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 disposal programmes.   With M&A activity never far from the headlines, this special weekday episode covers:   ✅ Typical dealership exit scenarios: going concerns and change of use   ✅ Consolidation across the car retailing sector   ✅ The impact of new entrant brands   ✅ Likely trends for 2026   #automotive

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 mis-selling redress scheme   ✅ Buyers value honesty and no-pressure sales from dealers   🔌 EV grant boost for home chargers   🚘 Mitsubishi's plans 60 dealers for UK relaunch   👉 Percayso Vehicle Intelligence rebrands as Cazana     Streaming now on your podcast feed or here ▶️ URL   #Automotive

⚠️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       ✅ Price trends by segment and age       ✅ Retail activity by average days to sell       ✅ Auction house trends       ✅ Expectations for March       Plus #AllTheChatterThatMatters with Philip and Curtis on Motor Trade Radio.   #automotive #usedcars #BEVs #EVs

🎧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 EVs overtake ICE as the likely fuel choice for buyers considering their next purchase   📈 Grainger Motor Group expands again this year by snapping up a Nissan site in Duxford   💷 Dealership investment opportunities are the 'most attractive' in a decade…but not in a good way if you're exiting   #Automotive   Streaming now on your podcast feed or here ▶️ 

⚠️ 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 Cox Automotive forecasts for new car and van sales in 2026   ✂️ Stellantis takes a €22bn hit from EV U-turn   🎉 Record sales for Fords of Winsford   ⚡ EVs' LOW first-time MOT pass rates    Streaming now on your podcast feed or here ▶️      #Automotive #AutomotiveNews #UsedCars #EVs #UKAuto #CarRetail #Motors #Podcast