Experian and J.D. Power each recently offered new research focused on consumer appeal for electrified vehicles. The separate projects reached similar conclusions — potential buyers are charged up about potentially getting an EV or hybrid model. While EVs selling in the wholesale market are at all-time highs, a J.D. Power study revealed that 24% of […] [Read More]

Automakers’ sales expectations for 2025 are lower than the previous year’s, according to a survey conducted by dealership advisory firm Kerrigan Advisors. The Kerrigan OEM Survey 2025, which queried 100 OEM executives from December 2024 to March 2025, showed a significant jump in the number of respondents expecting new-vehicle sales to drop this year. While […] [Read More]

For the automotive sales industry, transparency in digital advertising is not just legally required, it’s good for business. Did you know: The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general have brought (and won) legal challenges designed to ensure that customers can learn up front how much they will actually pay for a vehicle and not […] [Read More]

Believe it or not, the most driven vehicle in America is a minivan. And so are the second- and third-most driven. The latest study by iSeeCars set out to identify the 3-year-old vehicles that have logged the most — and least — miles and analyze the average cost per 1,000 miles driven based on their […] [Read More]

Is right now the best time to buy an electric vehicle? According to J.D. Power’s E-Vision Intelligence Report for May, it seems likely that’s the case, thanks to the “policy limbo” the EV market currently finds itself in. The report, authored by Brent Gruber, executive director of J.D. Power’s electric vehicle practice, said battery-electric vehicles […] [Read More]

It’s not just you. Everything is getting more expensive. Between the rising cost of inflation, high interest rates squeezing consumers and floorplanning, and the on-again/off-again tariffs, everything is pricier. The Consumer Price Index has risen 21.7% since February 2020, with transportation rising by over 34%. Times like these try one’s soul. OK, maybe it’s not […] [Read More]

When it comes to responding to internet leads, the best got better. Napleton Automotive Group earned the top spot in the 2025 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness Auto Dealer Group Study, its fourth consecutive No. 1 ranking — and it set a record in the process. Napleton’s average internet lead effectiveness score of 91 […] [Read More]

Electrified vehicles — including the battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric and hybrid electric segments — made up nearly a quarter of all new-car sales in the U.S. during the first quarter, and their overall sales were up nearly 30% year-over-year. That’s according to the latest quarterly Electrified Vehicle Retail Sales Report from Urban Science. The report […] [Read More]

Handwringing in the new-car market is already driving up sales and prices in the retail used-car market, according to analysis around the latest CARFAX Used Car Index, which saw prices increase nationally month-over-month in April for every segment it tracks. Amid the Trump administration’s tariffs driving economic uncertainty, used-car prices climbed at twice the rate […] [Read More]

Used car prices are rising. For most used cars, anyway. A study by iSeeCars found 20 models that have shown “significant” price decreases over the past 12 months, led by the Tesla Model S. The analysis of the retail prices of 1.4 million used cars showed the Model S — one of four Teslas on […] [Read More]