I’M NOT sure I’d like to be one of JLR’s franchised dealers right now. In fact, I’m not sure I’d want to be a traditional main dealer for any marque, given the direction things seem to be going. The ongoing semiconductor supply problems mean that most car manufacturers still can’t make the numbers of vehicles they want to, but at least customer demand was buoyant and order books were bulging.
But demand for new vehicles is now expected to soften dramatically. With inflation beginning to bite amid spiralling fuel and energy costs, and with fears
