'Ghost car' finance fraud uncovered, Blue Motor Finance rumoured to be exiting, and Nissan to adjust Sunderland production – with Andrew Edmiston, episode 257

About this episode

The episode discusses various automotive industry issues including finance fraud, unreliable used cars, and production changes at Nissan.

Land Rover Discovery named Britain’s most unreliable used car as brand dominates list Revealed: The used vehicles that even car dealers avoid buying at all costs Blue Motor Finance ‘teetering on the brink of collapse’ with £50m redress bill – reports Exclusive: Police investigating huge £10m ‘Ghost Car’ finance fraud after dealers ‘go rogue’ Nissan to close production line at Sunderland plant as part of Europe-wide restructure

People in this episode

Guest: Andrew Edmiston

Topics covered

• finance fraud
• used car reliability
• automotive industry news
• Blue Motor Finance
• Nissan production changes
• police investigations

Keywords

• finance fraud
• used cars
• Blue Motor Finance
• Nissan
• Sunderland
• Land Rover
• automotive news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Land Rover, Blue Motor Finance, Nissan

Places: Sunderland

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