Pendragon bidding intensifies, Motorpoint books £3.7m loss, and James Baggott's latest customer service rant – with Jodie Barber and Joanna Smith, episode 128

Lithia Motors’ latest bid for car dealer Pendragon most likely to go through – experts Used car supermarket Motorpoint books £3.7m loss for first half of the year Wheeler Dealers star Mike Brewer on death threats and how social media ruined his life ‘Hapless’ car thief thwarted by a bollard is jailed after leaving string of evidence at dealerships SMMT says ‘carrots’ needed to entice sales of EVs by private buyers, despite September boom eBay Motors Group reveals September’s fastest-selling used cars as Tesla Model 3 tops list Rolls-Royce boss Torsten Müller-Ötvös announces retirement from luxury marque