For 100 years, the Washington Area New Automobile Dealers Association has served the nation’s capital region by advocating on behalf of franchised auto dealers, their employees, and their customers.
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Public Policy & Media Days, including MobilityTalks International: April 2-4, 2019
Consumer Days: April 5-14, 2019
WANADA operates The Washington Auto Show, the region’s largest annual indoor event.
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Last week, WANADA’s NADA, Director Geoffrey Pohanka met with several Washington-area members of Congress to discuss NADA’s legislative priorities, in conjunction with NADA’s Legislative Affairs committee meeting. The legislators Pohanka met with were Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD), Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Rep....
NADA got a step closer last week to a goal it has pursued since 2013, to rescind the auto loan...
WANADA dealers came together last week to hear from lawyers from Charapp & Weiss, LLP, and tax advisors from Councilor...
Tony Santy, vice chairman and CEO of Chesapeake Petroleum and Supply Company announced his retirement on April 30, 2018, his...
WANADA will feature a special forum for its dealer members, “What the Health Insurance Companies Don’t Want You to Know,”...
The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration earlier this month sent recall notices to 40,000 owners of vehicles with open recalls who...
Automakers testifying before a House environment subcommittee last week asked for a higher octane fuel as a national standard. The...
The national gas price average of $2.76 is above the average price in both Maryland ($2.72) and Virginia ($2.56), though...
At WANADA’s MobilityTalks International Conference earlier this year, there is much discussion of connected cars, and how it is likely...
Plans are in the offing to change the publication timetable of the WANADA Bulletin from once every week to once...
The Automobile Dealer Education Institute scholarship is a free, NATEF certified, 2-year technician-training program that combines structured classroom, shop and interactive curriculum teaching with full time, paid on-the-job training.
Start Your CareerWANADA is comprised of 270 corporate members, which consists of new automobile dealerships as well as “Kindred-line” or contractor businesses that service auto dealerships. The WANADA organization consists of a non-profit association, WANADA Business Services Corporation, Automobile Dealer Education Institute (ADEI), WANADA Community Support Foundation, WANADA Insurance Services and The Washington Auto Show.
Since 1917, WANADA has served as the voice for automobile dealers in the Washington region, advocating for the interests of its members in the media, in local, state, and national policy discussions, and as a provider of insurance and other benefits for its members.
