Car Dealer Podcast

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Unreasonable car buyer customer behaviour ‘has got worse’, reveals Car Dealer Trust Survey
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Weekly Briefing: Why we’re all seeing more angry used car buyers

With used car margins under pressure, finding extra profit is becoming harder — but that doesn't mean the opportunities have disappeared.
In this special Car Dealer Podcast for Profit Clinic Week, James Batchelor speaks to Dealer Auction, Autoglym, Warranty Solutions Group and TekCor4 about where dealers can make more from the business they are already doing.
From buying the right stock and knowing when to move it on, to making more from added-value products, protecting margin after the sale and converting customers who slipped through the net, this episode looks at the practical ways dealers can squeeze more profit from every stage of the used car journey.

UPDATED: JLR confirms 4,000 jobs to be axed as part of £1.7bn cost-saving drive
Car dealer Lookers opens flagship Omoda and Jaecoo dealership in Battersea
Weekly Briefing: Why going behind the scenes of a Chinese car dealership worried me

‘The shape of the day has changed’: Why new plate day still matters
Car dealers among 660 firms named and shamed for failing to pay National Minimum Wage
Garage hits back at HMRC after being named and shamed over minimum wage breach
DVLA bans more than 500 ‘76’ number plates for being too rude or offensive for the road
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Volkswagen Group announces plans to axe 50,000 jobs as it slashes model range
Subaru dealers to offer free prostate cancer PSA tests to men aged over 50
From Aldi supermarket to used car supermarket: Hilton Garage unveils used car collection centre