# Vertu's mystery investor revealed, Cherys could be made in Sunderland, and why drivers are falling in love with Chinese cars – with Damien Dally, episode 261 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/car-dealer-podcast-3482652/vertu-s-mystery-investor-revealed-cherys-could-be-made-in-sunderland-and-why-drivers-are-falling-in-love-with-chinese-cars-with-damien-dally-episode-261 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/car-dealer-podcast-3482652/vertu-s-mystery-investor-revealed-cherys-could-be-made-in-sunderland-and-why-drivers-are-falling-in-love-with-chinese-cars-with-damien-dally-episode-261.md Podcast: [Car Dealer Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/car-dealer-podcast-3482652) Published: 2026-06-05T16:07:21+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/car-dealer-magazine/episodes/Vertus-mystery-investor-revealed--Cherys-could-be-made-in-Sunderland--and-why-drivers-are-falling-in-love-with-Chinese-cars--with-Damien-Dally--episode-261-e3kcsd9 Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/45e120cc/podcast/play/121057129/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-5%2F2fc2a4a7-5a8d-1718-6c8e-f39360a2b770.m4a Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/car-dealer-podcast-3482652/episodes/vertu-s-mystery-investor-revealed-cherys-could-be-made-in-sunderland-and-why-drivers-are-falling-in-love-with-chinese-cars-with-damien-dally-episode-261 Duration seconds: 4366 ## Resource Vertu’s mystery investor revealed as Constellation increases holding in car dealer to nearly 20% Chinese carmaker Chery to build vehicles at Nissan Sunderland plant in major UK deal Drivers are falling in love with Chinese cars – and it’s not just because they’re cheaper ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/car-dealer-podcast-3482652/episodes/vertu-s-mystery-investor-revealed-cherys-could-be-made-in-sunderland-and-why-drivers-are-falling-in-love-with-chinese-cars-with-damien-dally-episode-261/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/car-dealer-podcast-3482652/vertu-s-mystery-investor-revealed-cherys-could-be-made-in-sunderland-and-why-drivers-are-falling-in-love-with-chinese-cars-with-damien-dally-episode-261.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.