{"id":1758112,"date":"2026-01-15T11:42:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1758112"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:42:22","slug":"chinese-car-sales-are-booming-in-the-uk-and-its-not-just-about-the-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1758112","title":{"rendered":"Chinese car sales are booming in the UK and it\u2019s not just about the cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"articleItem\">\n<p>    {&#8220;@context&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/schema.org&#8221;,&#8221;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Article&#8221;,&#8221;image&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/chinese-dealers-1.jpg&#8221;,&#8221;mainEntityOfPage&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;WebPage&#8221;,&#8221;@id&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-news\/industry-news\/china-s-secret-weapon-dealers\/&#8221;},&#8221;url&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-news\/industry-news\/china-s-secret-weapon-dealers\/&#8221;,&#8221;author&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Person&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;Gavin Green&#8221;,&#8221;description&#8221;:&#8221;Gavin Green is one of the worldu2019s most respected motoring writers u2013 and has written for CAR magazine since the 1980s. Heu2019s twice edited CAR and remains our chief contributor, with a monthly column and bylines in most issues.nA fervent believer in great engineering, simplicity and purity of design, Gavinu2019s love of cars remains undiminished, even at the crossroads where the automobile finds itself in this decade of transformation.&#8221;,&#8221;image&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;ImageObject&#8221;,&#8221;url&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/14267\/gavingreen.jpeg&#8221;,&#8221;caption&#8221;:&#8221;Gavin Green&#8221;},&#8221;sameAs&#8221;:[&#8220;https:\/\/x.com\/greenofrichmond&#8221;,&#8221;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gavingreen49\/&#8221;],&#8221;url&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/gavin-green\/&#8221;},&#8221;dateModified&#8221;:&#8221;2026-01-15T14:18:33+00:00&#8243;,&#8221;datePublished&#8221;:&#8221;2026-01-15T11:42:22+00:00&#8243;,&#8221;headline&#8221;:&#8221;Chinese car sales are booming in the UK and itu2019s not just about the cars&#8221;,&#8221;publisher&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Organization&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;Bauer Media&#8221;,&#8221;brand&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Organization&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;Car Magazine&#8221;},&#8221;logo&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;ImageObject&#8221;,&#8221;url&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/images\/logos\/car.200&#215;88.png&#8221;}}}<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"column xlarge-10 xlarge-push-2\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChinese car sales are booming in the UK and it\u2019s not just about the cars<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"compact-author-info\">\n\tBy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/gavin-green\/\">Gavin Green<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"dates\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated: 15 January 2026<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"cms-content\">\n<div class=\"in-page-gallery full-width thumbnails-bullets\">\n<ul class=\"carousel\" data-orbit=\"true\" data-options=\"bullets: true; resume_on_mouseout: false; timer: false; variable_height: true; slide_number: false\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/chinese-dealers-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/images\/1056x594\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Chinese car sales are booming in the UK and it\u2019s not just about the cars\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/480x270\/chinese-dealers-1.jpg, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/720x405\/chinese-dealers-1.jpg, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/1056x594\/chinese-dealers-1.jpg, (large)]\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/chinese_car_maker_dealers.1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/images\/1056x594\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Chinese car maker dealers\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/480x270\/chinese_car_maker_dealers.1.jpg, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/720x405\/chinese_car_maker_dealers.1.jpg, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/1056x594\/chinese_car_maker_dealers.1.jpg, (large)]\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption orbit-caption\">\n<div>Chinese car maker dealers<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/chinese_car_maker_dealers.2.jpg\"><img 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[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/720x405\/chinese_car_maker_dealers.jpg, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/1056x594\/chinese_car_maker_dealers.jpg, (large)]\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption orbit-caption\">\n<div>Chinese car maker dealers<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/chinese-dealers-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/images\/1056x594\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Chinese car sales are booming in the UK and it\u2019s not just about the cars\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/480x270\/chinese-dealers-2.jpg, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/720x405\/chinese-dealers-2.jpg, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/1056x594\/chinese-dealers-2.jpg, (large)]\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/chinese-dealers-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/images\/1056x594\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Chinese car sales are booming in the UK and it\u2019s not just about the cars\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/480x270\/chinese-dealers-3.jpg, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/720x405\/chinese-dealers-3.jpg, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/1056x594\/chinese-dealers-3.jpg, (large)]\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/chinese-dealers-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/images\/1056x594\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Chinese car sales are booming in the UK and it\u2019s not just about the cars\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/480x270\/chinese-dealers-4.jpg, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/720x405\/chinese-dealers-4.jpg, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/1056x594\/chinese-dealers-4.jpg, (large)]\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/chinese-dealers-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/images\/1056x594\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Chinese car sales are booming in the UK and it\u2019s not just about the cars\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/480x270\/chinese-dealers-6.jpg, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/720x405\/chinese-dealers-6.jpg, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/1056x594\/chinese-dealers-6.jpg, (large)]\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/chinese-dealers-7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/images\/1056x594\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Chinese car sales are booming in the UK and it\u2019s not just about the cars\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/480x270\/chinese-dealers-7.jpg, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/720x405\/chinese-dealers-7.jpg, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/1056x594\/chinese-dealers-7.jpg, (large)]\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleContent\">\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-reviews\/byd\/\" title=\"View all BYD  Reviews\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"info-link\"> View all BYD  Reviews<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"bold-links\">\n<p><strong>\u25ba Chinese brands are booming in the UK<br \/>\u25ba What are the reasons behind the success? <br \/>\u25ba\u00a0Gavin Green analyses\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The names may be unfamiliar, the styling occasionally challenging, and the EV tech is constantly evolving. But the buying experience couldn\u2019t be more normal. It\u2019s a crucial \u2013 and often ignored \u2013 element in how cleverly Chinese car makers are expanding into Europe and, especially, the UK.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2025, one in 10 cars sold in the UK were from Chinese brands. Most were EVs. In the first six months of 2025, it was more than eight per cent \u2013 up from five per cent in 2024. That compares with 4.3 per cent across the EU, and just 1.6 per cent in Europe\u2019s biggest car market, Germany. The UK is responsible for 30 per cent of all Chinese car sales in Europe. Thirty per cent of all EVs sold in the UK are Chinese.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject show-for-medium-up hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/480x0\/chinese-dealers-2.jpg?scale=down\" alt class=\"wp-image-245079\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/480x0\/chinese-dealers-2.jpg?scale=down, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/720x0\/chinese-dealers-2.jpg?scale=down, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/1040x0\/chinese-dealers-2.jpg?scale=down, (large)]\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why is it working so well in the UK in particular?<\/h2>\n<p>Lower UK tariffs are a factor, and so is our lack of a strong indigenous industry to protect. There\u2019s also the strange phenomenon of China\u2019s number one UK car brand MG playing like a local, never mind that it\u2019s owned by a Chinese state-controlled car maker.<\/p>\n<p>The ambition is huge. China\u2019s most prosperous car maker and EV market leader BYD expects to be the number one name plate in the UK in \u2018three years\u2019, according to its UK boss, Bono Ge.  The Chinese manufacturers have been helped by some of the brands that used to sell in big volumes withdrawing from mainstream segments, as they try to move upmarket.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ford has dropped its one-time top-seller, the Fiesta, and soon stops making the Focus. Instead, it concentrates on more profitable commercial vehicles and pricier name plates like Explorer, Capri and Mustang. Vauxhall is also scaling back.<\/p>\n<p>This leaves a gaping hole in the market that the Chinese companies are delighted to fill. It also leaves prime dealer sites empty and desperate for product.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/480x0\/chinese-dealers-3.jpg?scale=down\" alt class=\"wp-image-245080\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/480x0\/chinese-dealers-3.jpg?scale=down, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/720x0\/chinese-dealers-3.jpg?scale=down, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/1040x0\/chinese-dealers-3.jpg?scale=down, (large)]\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject show-for-medium-up hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The big Chinese players are courting the major dealer groups and the best family-owned retailers. The high streets and car retailing parks of the UK increasingly house MG, BYD, Leapmotor, Omoda and Jaecoo showrooms. They are run by experienced dealers with strong local connections, happy to recommend these new brands to friends and acquaintances. The dealers have the customer relationship, not the car maker.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Says BYD\u2019s Bono Ge: \u2018The traditional dealer model helps us to sell cars. We partner with retailers who know their customers and have a great local network and local familiarity.\u2019 This contrasts with other EV-focused brands such as Tesla, which sells direct to customers through its own network of stores or online platforms, and Polestar, which tried a similar model but has now taken a more conventional path.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The dealers know the market,\u2019 says Ge. \u2018They know the customer needs. They help us to learn faster. We also want to be in mainstream locations, where other OEM brands are available, and where established dealers operate.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Initially, dealers introduced BYD to new customers who had never heard of the Chinese brand. Now, the level of unprompted familiarity approaches 50 per cent: last year\u2019s sponsorship of the men\u2019s football Euros saw a big uplift, says Ge. Battery electric vehicle buyers are also more likely to know about BYD than those in search of engines.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/480x0\/chinese-dealers-6.jpg?scale=down\" alt class=\"wp-image-245082\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/480x0\/chinese-dealers-6.jpg?scale=down, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/720x0\/chinese-dealers-6.jpg?scale=down, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/1040x0\/chinese-dealers-6.jpg?scale=down, (large)]\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject show-for-medium-up hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Many big dealer bodies have BYD franchises, including the family-owned Hendy group, which has a string of retailers across the South Coast. MG was its first Chinese brand. Now it has BYD, and shortly Jaecoo and Omoda.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018All big dealer groups look at their representation and question whether it\u2019s fit for the future,\u2019 notes Mark Busby, commercial director of Hendy. The appeal of selling Chinese cars such as BYD is clear. \u2018They are good products, priced well,\u2019 says Busby. \u2018The way they\u2019re growing suggests they\u2019re going to be dominant players in the future. You can really sense the high energy levels. And it\u2019s true of customers, too. \u00a0When we opened our BYD dealership in Tonbridge, I\u2019d never experienced such a level of inquiry. They are new, get good publicity, and consumers are curious.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the Chinese car makers are hardly the first new market entrants to sell partly on low price. Lada, Proton and Daewoo, and many other makers, have tried that before and failed. But they only sold on price. As well as low labour costs and long working hours, the Chinese firms add advanced technology, increasingly high quality and very deep pockets.<\/p>\n<p>BYD is particularly impressive and is the Chinese car maker most feared by the West. The world\u2019s biggest EV maker, and the world\u2019s third most valuable car maker after Tesla and Toyota, BYD is astonishingly ambitious. A car maker for just over 20 years, last year sales grew by 40 per cent globally.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It aims to be the number one car brand in the UK in just three years. Bono Ge says BYD will succeed because it will have a car in every major segment and because of the technology, reputation and cost advantages.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to sell more than half its cars outside China by 2030. If successful, it would become the world\u2019s biggest car maker, overtaking Toyota. Europe is the main growth market; tariffs and protectionism currently rule out the USA. Production for Europe will come from Hungary and Turkey, and another site to be announced, as well as from China. Cars from BYD\u2019s premium brand, Denza, will go on sale in the UK next year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject show-for-medium-up hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the period August-October 2024 BYD hired 200,000 extra people. Repeat: extra people. That\u2019s more than the entire workforce of America\u2019s biggest car maker, General Motors. BYD\u2019s total workforce of over 900,000 is equal to the combined employment of Volkswagen and Toyota.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/480x0\/chinese-dealers-7.jpg?scale=down\" alt class=\"wp-image-245086\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/480x0\/chinese-dealers-7.jpg?scale=down, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/720x0\/chinese-dealers-7.jpg?scale=down, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/239739\/1040x0\/chinese-dealers-7.jpg?scale=down, (large)]\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Unlike European, American, Japanese and Korean car makers, BYD\u2019s vertical supply model means it designs and produces all the core EV technologies itself, including the batteries and electric powertrain. On the Seal electric car, 75 per cent of parts are made in-house. On a Volkswagen ID. 3, it\u2019s 35 per cent. On a typical BYD, it\u2019s \u2018over 70 per cent\u2019, says Bono. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New vehicle development typically takes BYD 18-20 months, compared with four years for long-established Western brands. New models come quick and fast. Since Tesla launched its top-selling Model Y in 2020, BYD has rolled out more than 40 new vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We own the supply chain, and that helps to develop new systems faster,\u2019 says Bono Ge. \u2018We have 120,000 engineers \u2013 the biggest R&amp;D team in the automotive industry \u2013 and that speeds development.\u2019 A faster development time cuts costs and gets fresh technology to market sooner.<\/p>\n<p>Such rapid development is now common in China, and by comparison the Europeans are, as Ge succinctly puts it, the Europeans \u2018a little bit slow\u2019. Or, as a senior European engineer working for rival Chinese car brand Chery recently said: \u2018Global car makers have no idea what they\u2019re up against.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject show-for-medium-up hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<aside class=\"about-author\">\n<h2 class=\"about-author-heading\">About the author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"about-author-inner\">\n<div class=\"main-author-summary-container\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"main-author-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/gavin-green\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/14267\/120x120\/gavingreen.jpeg?quality=90)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"main-author-name-container\">\n<div class=\"main-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/gavin-green\/\">Gavin Green<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"main-author-job-title\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"main-author-byline\">Gavin is a former editor of CAR magazine \u2013\u00a0having led the title twice over the years. He remains a key voice on the team and writes a monthly column in the printed mag.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column show-for-xlarge-up xlarge-2 xlarge-pull-10\">\n<figure class=\"author-info clearfix\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"author-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/gavin-green\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/14267\/85x85\/gavingreen.jpeg?quality=90)\"><\/a><figcaption>\n<p class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\tBy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/gavin-green\/\">Gavin Green<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"author-quote\">Contributor-in-chief, former editor, anti-weight campaigner, voice of experience<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"column xlarge-10 xlarge-push-2 disqus\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"commentsExpander\" 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