# Autotrader tweaks price flags, Luscombes shares bonus with employees, and is the stock market the best place for car dealers? – with Ian Plummer, episode 268

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Published: 2026-07-31T22:25:23+00:00
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Weekly Briefing: Is the Stock Market really the right place for car dealers? Ford and Geely to create new cars at Valencia factory through new joint venture Former Stellantis UK boss Maria Grazia Davino joins Ford to lead European sales Autotrader ‘paused’ Deal Builder roll-out and is tweaking price flags following dealer feedback Blue Motor Finance collapses into administration but immediately sold in pre-pack deal Funder behind car finance legal claims collapses following FCA redress scheme delays Family car dealership shares £170,000 bonus pot with every employee

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