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Va. governors changes to transportation package set for up or down vote this week in Veto Session of the legislature

Va. governors changes to transportation package set for up or down vote this week in Veto Session of the legislature [I]Title tax fee hike drops from 4.3% to 4.15%[/I] As is well known, the Virginia General Assembly passed a major transportation initiative when the regular session ended earlier this year, and last week Governor Bob […]

Md. legislature passes gas tax to pay for transportation

Md. legislature passes gas tax to pay for transportation [I]Auto business specific bills pressed by MADA[/I] Like their counterparts in Virginia, Maryland legislators are also focused on transportation funding. Unlike their Virginia counterparts, Marylanders will get the funding from new taxes on gasoline. The State Senate late last week approved $4.4 billion in new transportation […]

MD Dealers push for fair warranty reimbursement, alternatives to OEM vendors and a bar to OEM retaliation on franchise laws

MD Dealers push for fair warranty reimbursement, alternatives to OEM vendors and a bar to OEM retaliation on franchise laws MADA with WANADAs support is before the Maryland legislature with franchise measures to shore up the existing requirement that automakers fairly compensate their dealers for warranty work and afford dealers the option of selecting their […]

Local problems reflect infrastructure problems nationwide

Local problems reflect infrastructure problems nationwide Its a sad day for Americas roads and bridges when a D+ rating on the nations infrastructure by the American Society of Civil Engineers is an improvement from the 2009 rating of D. Roads still get a D. Forty-two percent of Americas major urban highways remain congested, costing the […]

Sequesters pain wont be as bad as predicted, noted economist says, but painful nonetheless

Sequesters pain wont be as bad as predicted, noted economist says, but painful nonetheless George Mason University economist Stephen Fuller, an authority on the economy of Metropolitan Washington, whose dire predictions of the economic effects of sequestration were widely quoted in the press, has pulled back a little now that more information is available. Those […]

New study documents strong DC area economy and one of best for young graduates

New study documents strong DC area economy and one of best for young graduates Washington is one of the best cities in the country for young graduates trying to establish their careers, says a new study by the [I]Business Journals[/I]. It ranks third in the nation and first in the East, and has the highest […]

Used supply will remain tight, but keep growing

Used supply will remain tight, but keep growing This year should see more used vehicles at auction, according to NADA and the National Auto Auction Association. The trend started late last year, when the increase in dealer consignment and factory vehicles more than offset the lagging supply of fleet/lease vehicles and overall auction volume, NAAA […]

Not your fathers Corolla: young buyers leave Japanese brands

Not your fathers Corolla: young buyers leave Japanese brands Back in the day, Japanese cars were the province of the young, while their parents bought American. Now the situation is reversed, as young buyers are leaving Japanese brands and flocking to domestics and even more so, to Koreans, says a new study by Edmunds.com. […]

Marketing tool: AAAs top commuter cars

Marketing tool: AAAs top commuter cars Strangely, Metro Washington residents take pride in finally making it to #1 in a contest no one should want to win: longest commute. It takes Washingtonians more than 34 minutes to get to work, while the rest of the country travels there in 25 minutes. Nationwide, 86 percent of […]

F&I Seminar and Certification: Now more than ever, dealer pros need to attend!

F&I Seminar and Certification: Now more than ever, dealer pros need to attend! It certainly is not news that todays vehicle purchase process is complicated, due in no small part to the financed part of it. But with the step to left public administrators have taken from Obamas executive branch on down, consumer regulators at […]