Motor Trade Radio

On this Saturday’s episode of MotortradeRadio.com, Philip Nothard and Derek Blair discuss the latest headlines from Motortrader.com, and updates  and highlights from recent events they’ve attended over the week. Whilst Ford is rolling out its Ford Mobile Service programme nationwide after a successful trial around Greater London; Used cars and aftersales powerPendragon in first quarter. In another news, Auto Trader has acquired Macclesfield-based Motor Trade Delivery (MTD) for an undisclosed sum. An exclusive to Motortrader.com, Theresa May’s call for a snap election in May will not have a negative impact on the new car market, according to the UK head of Kia. And finally, Divorcees and older people are the most successful at haggling dealers on used car prices, according to research by iVendi. This week, Curtis Hutchinson, editor of Motortarder.com joins the podcast, to give us an update of the third annual Motor Trader Rising Stars Awards, next week’s London Motor Show and his thoughts on running the London Marathon last week.

29 Apr 201743min

This week Derek & Philip discuss the FCA probe into PCP sales, Peter Vardy's new CarStore in Dundee, iVendi's LCV solution, the Motor Trader Summit 2017, Luscombe's rising star award plus tonight's Ben Ball Scotland at the Dunblane Hydro

22 Apr 201732min

On this Saturday’s Easter Weekend special episode of MotortradeRadio.com, Philip Nothard is joined by Jason Jeggo Director of Sales - Radar Video to discuss the latest headlines, including the latest from Cox Automotive, as they launch into the Dealer Management Systems (DMS) market in the UK with Incadea. In other news, Cox Automotive UK has launched a used car benchmarking data tool, the long-awaited competitor to Auto Trader’s i Control – presents dealers with a dashboard that highlights imagery, pricing, search volumes and days in stock. Whilst, Ford Motor Company has entered the UK consumer savings market with the launch of Ford Money. They also discuss the #DieselGate, as cap hpi release a white paper to support the knowledge across the network. As a mark of respect for a truly inspirational business leader and influential public figure, Sir Arnold Clark, founder of Arnold Clark Automobiles, who died aged 89 this week. Derek Blair reads out a tribute and MotoTradeRadio.com have a minute’s silence, out of respect. And finally, two shout-outs from Curtis, as he is running the London Marathon for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust to help fund research into treating and curing CF. Following requests from busy dealers, Motor Trader has extended the online entry deadline to the Motor Trader Awards until 27 April. #MTraderAwards, with over 20 categories celebrating best practice in the car retailing business.

15 Apr 201736min

Sir Stirling Moss OBE joins Derek Blair to discuss his legendary career in motor racing, car history & charity work. Sir Stirling also describes winning the Mile Miglia where he AVERAGED 96 mph for 10.5 hours on open public roads.

8 Apr 201719min

Curtis Hutchinson joins Philip Nothard to discuss on today's #AprilFools day episode. This week's headlines from MotorTrader.com including exclusives from Exchange & Mart, Honda, SsangYong and Radar Video plus news from AutoTrader, CAP HPI and CarShop

1 Apr 201732min

On this Saturday’s episode of MotortradeRadio.com, Philip Nothard and Derek Blair discuss the latest headlines from Motortrader.com including real life testing carried out by Which? on diesel cars that revealed big variations among leading brands. They also discuss research from Dealerweb suggesting the average purchase price of a GAP policy was down 1% in 2016 compared to 2015. In other news, Ford is offering its premium Vignale sub-brand to all of its 466 UK dealers having previously restricted sales to its top-end FordStore network and Porsche Centre West London has become the latest dealer to be confirmed for The London Motor Show. They also discuss the exclusive interview with Sytner CEO Darren Edwards looking at the reasons behind the recent acquisition of the CarShop and how the group is achieving record growth. Finally, Derek talks about his *BONUS EPISODE* which aired on Friday 24th, with Zara Ross, CEO of BEN, the Automotive industry's charity.

25 Mar 201738min

** BONUS EPISODE ** Announcing our new partnership, Derek  interviews Zara Ross, recently appointed CEO of Ben, the automotive industry's charity. Zara and Derek discuss the work of Ben and our plans to help spread the word of this outstanding cause.

24 Mar 201737min

On this Saturday’s episode of MotortradeRadio.com, Derek and Philip have an exclusive interview with Daksh Gupta & Mark Raban MMH Plc PLUS we have exclusive news from MotorTrader.com and ourselves!

18 Mar 201741min