As stores got Fourth of July sales campaigns into full swing, the National Automobile Dealers Association delivered comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce in an effort to make it clear that franchised dealers oppose the imposition of new tariffs or quotas on imported vehicles or parts. In comments sent to the federal agency ahead […] [Read More]

Auto Data Direct founder and president Jim Taylor recently received the highest National Independent Automobile Dealers Association award for non-dealers at the 72nd annual NIADA Convention and Expo in Orlando, Fla. Taylor is the newest and 30th auto industry leader to be inducted into NIADA’s Ring of Honor, the association announced Wednesday. Taylor was honored during the […] [Read More]

The Association of Global Automakers inserted a clever line as part of its 12 pages of comments in connection with the U.S. Department of Commerce Section 232 investigation into automotive imports that includes a Trump administration proposal, based ostensibly on “national security” grounds, to impose high tariffs on vehicle imports and parts. “America does not […] [Read More]

Not only did the Haus Auto Group owner from Canfield, Ohio place the winning bid for charity on a 2018 Honda Accord at the 72nd Annual NIADA Convention and Expo, Chris Haus was also honored as Ohio's State Quality Dealer award winner last week. While Haus was one of 13 nominees in the running for […] [Read More]

With a purchase set to close Monday, Zeigler Automotive Group has acquired its fourth Ford store and 26th dealership overall. The Midwestern dealership group said Friday it has officially bought McCarthy Ford of North Riverside from the LeFevour family, which purchased the store in February 2017. The dealership had been Joe Rizza Ford for nearly […] [Read More]

In an effort to further enhance company expansion outside of the country, CARS Recon announced Tuesday that it has selected its chief operating officer to head its new dealer services entity. The company said it has chosen Harold Varvel, who most recently served a COO, to take on the role of managing director of dealer services at […] [Read More]

Independent dealers from Alabama and Maryland received two of the top national honors handed out by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. During NIADA’s 72nd annual Convention and Expo in Orlando, Fla., Randy Crump, president of Friendly Auto Sales in Jasper, Ala., was named the 2018 National Quality Dealer of the Year. Krietz Auto, a […] [Read More]

TrueCar chief executive officer Chip Perry described how traditional dealership messaging sometimes fails to address the most important trust gap used-vehicle shoppers have. Perry reiterated TrueCar research that pinpointed five pieces of information that consumers want but they often are the most difficult to learn from dealerships. Those elements included: — Monthly payment  — Easy […] [Read More]

HGreg.com has confirmed plans to open a new North Miami location this summer — the company’s third pre-owned car dealership. Plans for the new store come just months after the company announced the opening of its HGreg.com Broward location in February. HGreg now has a total of four locations across Florida: its three used-car dealerships, along with the HGreg LUX […] [Read More]

Last month, Honda broke a certified pre-owned sales record that had stood for almost five years. There were 26,192 Honda CPO units sold in May, the strongest ever for the brand’s certified program. The previous record was set in August 2013, when Honda sold 25,139 CPO vehicles, the automaker said in a news release. Honda […] [Read More]