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ONLINE WEEKLY<br />
MOTORTRADER<br />
ISSUE 36 THE VOICE OF THE CAR RETAILING SECTOR 27 JANUARY 2010<br />
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Dealers prepare for<br />
difficult year ahead<br />
John Kirwan<br />
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INDUSTRY pundits are lining<br />
up to forecast just how<br />
difficult 2010 is going to be<br />
for dealers and carmakers<br />
alike.<br />
Motoring.co.uk chairman<br />
Kevin Gaskell became the<br />
latest to join the fray,<br />
warning this month that sales<br />
of new cars could dive in<br />
Britain following the end of<br />
the government scrappage<br />
scheme.<br />
Gaskell, who in the past<br />
headed up Porsche and BMW<br />
in the UK, said the scheme<br />
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