Used Car Roadshow

Before being launched into the world of TV and publishing, Jason worked in the motor industry for 16 years, 6 years of which were spent training manufacturers and dealers and making presentations to live audiences. Born and brought up in Cornwall, Jason began selling cars in 1986, working for a local dealer.
In 1989 he moved to London and for the next six years sold many marques of cars including Rover, Citroen, Mercedes Benz and Porsche. Twice he was National Salesman of the Year for different marques.
In late 1996 Jason joined an international firm of automotive specialist management consultants, Mitac, who were advising many of the leading motor manufacturers and dealers worldwide.

Jason was one of their top consultants and over the next 6 years, worked with a number of household name car manufacturers such as Audi, Citroen, Harley Davidson, Jaguar, LDV and Porsche on a range of projects, including;

• New vehicle launches – presentations to over 1,000 delegates at a time
• Sales Techniques training and Product Knowledge training – more than 200 courses
• Developed one of the first and most sophisticated CD Rom based interactive training courses in the motor industry
• Wrote and delivered motivational training for worldwide sales conferences
• Delivery of Management training for groups of delegates from 10-150
• Delivery of a change management programme globally, working in Australia, New Zealand, The Far East, The Middlle East, South Africa and South America

Jason also has a particular interest in psychology and links this to all of his work. He is a motivational speaker who also understands the commercial world and can make clear and powerful links between the content that he is required to put over in his presentations and the needs of his audience.

Jason has appeared on many TV channels, including BBC2 (Top Gear), ITV, Granada Men and Motors and UKPeople. Since 2002 he has written a weekly used car column in the Sunday Times Motoring section and is a regular contributor to many other journals.

In 2003 Jason formed his own production company, Jason Dawe Productions Ltd to develop television, media and automotive commercial concepts, one of which is Jason’s Deal Exchange.

Jason is married with 2 daughters and now lives on the outskirts of Bath, in Somerset.

Penny Mallory became National Ladies Champion Rally Driver in 1993 and went on to be one of the country’s top rally drivers and team captains. She followed this by becoming a precision stunt driver, playing both ‘Nicole and Papa’ in the famous Renault Clio commercials.

She beat stiff opposition to become the only female presenter on Channel Four's, long running television series, 'Driven'. She has become one of the most popular presenters in CH 4 polls and viewing figures are not less than 2.2 million. ‘Driven’ was the first motoring programme to knock ‘Top Gear’ off the air after 21 years!

Alongside ‘Driven’, Penny presented Channel 4’s critically acclaimed ‘World Rally Championship’ as well as the ‘Le Mans and Beginners Guide’. Apart from these flagship shows, Penny has presented the much repeated Channel Four series ‘Accident Black Spots’ and is a regular on GMTV.

Penny was the first woman in the world to qualify to drive a World Rally car. She raced a Ford Focus WRC in her first rally for five years, the Rally of Great Britain- the last round of the World Championship. She was the first woman over the finishing line and won 4 awards including the Ladies and Journalists Trophies.

Penny is a respected journalist and has had her own column in design magazine Intra, was part of Woman’s Own Hit Squad, has written articles for various publications like Mother and Baby Magazine, BMW Magazine and 4Car. Guest features on TV programmes include writing and presenting her own strand 'Dashboard Divas' for This Morning (ITV). ‘Watch Dog’ BBC TV, Britain’s Worst Roads’ BBC TV, ‘Through The Keyhole’ BBC TV, ‘I Love Father Christmas’ BBC TV, ‘Baby, Baby’ on Carlton and Paul Ross’ ‘Mystic Challenge’. A thirteen part series for BBC UK Style 'Can Ski Will Ski' with her brother, The Road Show (Anglia/Meridian), The Car Show (Channel 5), 'Simply The Best' (ITV) and BBC's 'Top Gear'.

Penny spend much of her time as an after dinner speaker, events host and motivational speaker.

Although Penny is an expert on cars and is passionate about all aspects of motorsport and engineering, she has trained in design and social work too. Working for some years as a graphic designer in advertising and as a sound engineer in a recording studio, areas of interest also cover furniture renovation, painting, DIY - in fact anything that is creative and practical.