Eden Motor Group's CEO on how he founded the business, his time at Reg Vardy, and what still drives him forward – with Graeme Potts & Marc Palmer, episode 277

Graeme Potts, founder and CEO of Eden Motor Group joined James and Jon on the podcast this week, along with Autotrader's head of strategy and insights, Marc Palmer.

Potts chatted to us about the trends he's seeing in both new and used sales, across the group's plethora of brands, including MG and Leapmotor. Naturally, we also couldn't help but ask a few questions about his illustrious career too – and his plans for the future.

Palmer meanwhile was on hand to give a peek behind the curtain at Autotrader's latest data, including how consumer confidence may be stronger than we might have predicted.

Stories discussed include the new Jaguar Type 01, impending tariffs on Chinese cars in the UK, and what James picked up from a recent motor finance conference (aside from just some free pens).

Links to stories:

Weekly Briefing: Are diesels dead? And an economist on what’s next for car sales

UK government preparing tariffs on Chinese electric cars amid pressure from EU

Used car prices fall for first time this year – but EV values keep climbing

Oct 7: Asos hacked; Badenoch to give ‘tax-cutting’ speech; Renault revives MPV with E-Space

Freelander returning to Britain as new car brand with JLR and Chery backing

This is the Jaguar Type 01 – the 1,016bhp EV tasked with reinventing the British brand