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NADA Memo on Lessee Purchase Option Fees

NADA recently sent a memo to its members identifying several compliance considerations that have arisen under current market conditions. We wish to highlight and provide additional information on one of the issues that the memo addressed – namely, whether dealers may charge documentary or other fees to consumers who exercise an option to purchase at […]

Virginia Motor Vehicle Dealer Board Reports on Temp Tag Fraud

The most recent issue of the Virginia Motor Vehicle Dealer Board’s “Dealer Talk” newsletter included important information for dealers in our region specifically. The Dealer Board is reporting that Northern Virginia police are seeing an increase in fraudulent temporary license plates on cars around the D.C. region. Many of the tags seen around Northern Virginia […]

MADA FTC Safeguards and Cybersecurity Webinar

The Maryland Auto Dealers Association (MADA) recently partnered with ComplyAuto (who is also a member of WANADA) to host a webinar discussing the requirements of the new FTC Safeguards Rule that will be enforced in December of this year. According to the MADA Monthly News, “The FTC provided dealers a year since the new rules […]

Happy Fourth of July!

Everyone here at WANADA would like to wish all of our members a safe and healthy Independence Day. We are grateful to live in a country defined by its numerous freedoms and the strongest, most stable middle-class in the world. Many thanks to all of you in the retail automobile business who have helped to […]

2023 Washington, DC Auto Show Planning Underway

Planning has kicked off in earnest for the 2023 Washington, DC Auto Show. In the past few weeks, show producers have met with multiple exhibiting manufacturers and local dealer ad groups to begin the process of taking orders for space and other activations like indoor and outdoor ride and drives. Coming off a year where, […]

Maryland Statewide Election Update

For everyone interested in the current elections in the state of Maryland, the Sunday edition of The Baltimore Sun (June 5, 2022) contained their latest polling results. The latest election dates are also noteworthy considering the delays and other reschedules that have occurred for various reasons. Maryland Primary Election Polling Alert The first public poll […]

Montgomery County Electric Vehicle Purchasing Cooperative Update

Many of you are aware of the new initiative in Montgomery County known as the Montgomery County Electric Vehicle Purchasing Cooperative (EVPC).The Cooperative’s Pilot Phase launched in January 2022 with the purpose of making it easier for county residents to adopt EVs. They seek to accomplish this goal by demystifying EV and EV charging technology, […]

From NADA: New Light-Vehicle Sales Down 12.6%

New light-vehicle sales fell 12.6% in May 2022 to a SAAR of 12.7 million units, and were down 24.9% from May 2021. May’s SAAR was below expectations of a SAAR in the mid-13 millions, increasing the risk that the Q2 average SAAR won’t improve on the first quarter’s average SAAR of 14.1 million. Still, we […]

WANADA Launches New Tag & Title Program

WANADA has partnered with Maria’s Tag & Title to offer our members a great solution for your titling needs. Whether you are short on title agents or need assistance with out-of-state transactions, Maria’s is here to help. They can process title transactions for DC, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, North Carolina and soon will […]

The 2022 WANADA Open: Sold Out Smashing Success!

This past Monday, June 6, over 140 WANADA dealers and kindred members gathered at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, VA. It was a picture-perfect day with azure blue skies, a light breeze and temperatures that never quite cleared 80 degrees. The capacity crowd was primed for a great day of golf and the […]