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Weekly Briefing: Was Heycar doomed to fail? And what’s the fascination with agency? 

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In this week’s Car Dealer Briefing James Baggott rounds up the motor trade news you cannot afford to miss.

In the Car Dealer Weekly Briefing, his subscriber-only newsletter, he rounds up this week’s agency news as VW pulls the plug (for now) and Mini’s switch causes concerns. 

Elsewhere, used car marketplace Heycar is set to close down as owner Volkswagen Financial Services gives up on the loss-making advertising site. Was it always doomed to fail?

Also featured in this week’s briefing are:

  • April used car prices
  • TC Harrison site closes
  • New Arnold Clark CEO
  • Adams Brothers Subaru
  • China
  • James Taylor
  • Used car dealer ‘fraud’
  • Aston Martin

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Subscriptions to the Substack newsletter cost £10 per month, or £100 per year, and there are discounts for companies who want multiple subscriptions for their staff. 

You can sign up to read your first newsletter for free today – visit the Substack website and subscribe.

There’s also a list of the top 10 most popular stories on the CarDealerMagazine.co.uk website this week which always makes for interesting reading as you can see what has piqued everyone else’s interest too.

Find it on the Substack website now.

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