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Car Dealer Live Conference
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INAUGURAL EVENT Top dealers, Auto Trader and Google to give glimpse of future at Car Dealer Live conference EVENT OVERVIEW
Leading car dealers, Auto Trader and Google will be among those giving their thoughts on what the future holds for car dealers at a special Car Dealer Live event.
Cambria Automobiles boss Mark Lavery will be one of the headline guests at the first Car Dealer Live conference in March. He’ll be chatting on stage about the future for the company after taking it off the stock market and making it private.
Google’s search experts will also be talking about future trends for used car buyers.
Headline partner Auto Trader plus sponsors Close Brothers Motor Finance and Cox Automotive will deliver exclusive White Papers, sharing their thoughts on future trends.
Car dealers giving their opinion on the live stage will include Waylands Automotive CEO John O’Hanlon, Hendy Group CEO Paul Hendy and Snows Motor Group COO Neil McCue.
Independent dealers will be represented by Carshop CEO Nigel Hurley, supercar dealer Premier GT’s boss David Trigg and Car Quay founder Jamie Caple with more names being added soon. Meanwhile, Jonathan Goodman, CEO of Polestar UK, and Guy Pigounakis, commercial director of MG Motor UK, will take part in a manufacturer session focusing on what they think car retailing will look like in the future.
Car Dealer Live – Future of the Car Dealer takes place on March 9 at the British Motor Museum at Gaydon. Tickets are available now, costing just £149, which will include a buffet lunch plus coffee and pastries on arrival.
Streaming tickets are also available that give access to the entire day’s sessions on video, which will be viewable again after the event, at £199.
By attending, either in person or digitally, you’ll be helping automotive industry charity Ben too, as 10 per cent of all ticket sales will be donated by Car Dealer Magazine.
Car Dealer editor-in-chief James Baggott, who is hosting alongside associate editor James Batchelor, said: ‘We’ll be interviewing some incredible guests and revealing some exclusive research which will be sure to inspire our attendees. It’s going to be a great day.’
11 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND THE CAR DEALER LIVE CONFERENCE
1. Why did Cambria Automobiles boss Mark Lavery take it off the stock market?
2. Leading franchised car dealers on agency sales and what’s next
3.Where can the real profits be made in the used car market?
4. Are electric vehicles really going to disrupt the status quo?
5. What does Google think used car buyers want?
6.Are car dealers really ready for bricks-and-clicks selling?
7. It’s a chance to catch up with other car dealers
8. Car manufacturers will give their take on what the future holds for car dealers
9. Pastries, coffee and lunch are included in the price
10.Buying a ticket means you’ll be helping Ben
11.And there’s more to come… We’re still adding to the Car Dealer Live line-up. In the run-up to the event on March 9, 2023, we’ll be announcing more guests and more details of the sessions that you can enjoy. Stay tuned to find out more.
Mark Lavery
IN FULL
CEO, Cambria Automobiles
How EVs will disrupt the status quo
9.30
Arrivals – coffee and welcome pastries
What does the future hold for Cambria Automobiles away from the stock market? Boss Mark Lavery on why he decided to end group’s listed status and take it private. What’s next for Cambria Automobiles and what he thinks the industry holds for car dealers in an age of agency sales.
FRANCHISED DEALER PANEL
Auto Trader will be exclusively revealing findings of its extensive consumer study into how the growth in electric vehicles is set to dramatically disrupt the status quo, with the surge of new entrants in the market threatening decades of brand loyalty.
10.15
Welcome in auditorium from Car Dealer editor-in-chief James Baggott
10.20
Keynote interview – Mark Lavery, CEO, Cambria Automobiles
Behaviour trends of today’s used car buyer
10.50
Franchised dealer panel – sponsored by Close Brothers Motor Finance
John O’Hanlon
CEO, Waylands Automotive
Paul Hendy
CEO, Hendy Group
Neil McCue
COO, Snows Motor Group
What does an agency sales future look like for franchised car dealers? Will online sales ever take over from physical showrooms? Our franchised dealer panel will chat to the Car Dealer team about what they think is in store for the industry.
From car supermarkets to supercars, what’s next for the used car market? After years of buoyant used car prices and booming demand, how will a recession and changing consumer demands affect the market? Our experts will give their views on the future of independent car dealers in this panel session.
With agency sales incoming, car manufacturers are seemingly taking different approaches to car sales in the future. From new-on-the-scene manufacturers to old hands, manufacturer representatives will be interviewed by the Car Dealer team on what they think the future holds for car dealers.
INDEPENDENT DEALER PANEL
Google industry manager Gavin Taylor will offer knowledge on how today’s used car buyers use the internet’s biggest search engine, and how it can help you.
Are car dealers really set up for an omnichannel future?
11.15
Coffee break and networking
11.45
White Paper session with headline partner Auto Trader
12.15
Independent car dealer panel – sponsored by Auto Trader
Nigel Hurley
CEO, Carshop
David Trigg
CEO, Premier GT
Jamie Caple
Founder, Car Quay
MANUFACTURER PANEL
Cox Automotive will be sharing the findings of its conversations with car dealers about the depth and success of their digital retail activities. Plus it’ll be discussing the expectations of today’s car buyers, highlighting what creates a successful buyer journey, and exploring some of the ways car dealers are connecting the digital and physical worlds.
Session to be announced
12.45
Buffet lunch
1.30
White Paper session with Close Brothers Motor Finance
2.00
Car manufacturer panel – sponsored by Cox Automotive
2.30
White Paper session with Cox Automotive
Jonathan Goodman
CEO, Polestar UK
Guy Pigounakis
Commercial director, MG
Close Brothers Motor Finance
will be talking through the results of its exclusive White Paper, details of which are to be announced closer to the date of the conference.
3.00
Google keynote interview
3.30
Event finishes
