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NADA’s Taylor: ’06 New-Car Sales Should Hit 16.8 Million

NADA chief economist Paul Taylor forecast new-vehicle sales of 16.8 million units for 2006. That’s down slightly from last year’s 16.95 million because of rising transaction costs and the increase in finance rates. (Average transaction prices for new cars are at $28,000, and used-car prices are approaching $15,000.) Citibank’s Affordability Index, he said, shows that […]

Sam Donaldson of ABC News Keynotes AIADA Annual Meeting

Sam Donaldson of ABC News Keynotes AIADA Annual Meeting Free Trade and Import Dealer Priorities Stressed AIADA’s Annual Meeting & Luncheon led off with a bang when Chairman Don Hicks lit up the stage with a fiery speech on the importance of free trade and AIADA’s commitment to the issue. Following Hicks was the presentation […]

Thought for the Week

[I]Great leaders put the followers first.[/I] ãColin Powell at the 2006 NADA Convention

Danny Korengold Honored with 06 TMQDA

For his longtime success as a major dealer operator at the helm of Ourisman of Virginia as well as numerous leadership roles in his industry and support of his community, Danny Korengold was one of a select group nationwide to be recognized with the prestigious Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award (TMQDA). The award was presented […]

Rory Schick Receives Northwood Dealer Education Award

Because of his extraordinary commitment to education, Rory Schick, Manassas Chrysler, was one of a number of dealers from the US and other countries honored by Northwood University with their Dealer Education Award (DEA) at the NADA Convention. Schick is a founder of the Bobby Mitchell Hall of Fame Classic, a unique and highly visible […]

North American Dealer Associations Convene to Renew National Dealer Agenda and Share Program Ideas

Staff and volunteer leaders from state, metro and regional dealer associations from across the U.S. and Canada came together at the NADA Convention last week to interface with NADA leadership and share ideas among themselves on national, state and local dealer association programming. As is always the case at the annual meeting of the Automotive […]

DEAC is 3rd Largest PAC in US

[SIZE=3]DEAC is 3rd Largest PAC in US[/SIZE] [I]WANADA Blows Past ê05 Fundraising Goals[/I] Each year dealer associations that service NADAês 58 director districts negotiate fundraising goals for the Dealer Election Action Committee (DEAC), and every year in recent memory, WANADA has met its goal for Metropolitan Washington and then some. DEAC fundraising for 2005 was […]

A Race-Rocking Good Time at the Tri-Dealer Association Reception

Orlandoês unique RACE ROCK motor sports restaurant proved to be a fun-filled venue for over 500 attendees at this yearês WANADA/MADA/VADA reception. Packed with racing memorabilia, games and videos, dealer members and friends had plenty to enjoy as they took in the sights and sounds and hobnobbed with fellow dealers and industry peers and guests. […]

VA Dealers Help Turn Back Titling Tax Increase

STATE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE [SIZE=3]VA Dealers Help Turn Back Titling Tax Increase[/SIZE] [I]California Environmental and Finance Issues Top Agenda in MD[/I] At VADAês behest Virginia dealers from around the state were in Richmond recently, to visit with delegates, senators and Governor Timothy Kaine. One issue on everybodyês mind was the proposed titling tax hike on the […]

WANADA Staff Recognizes Roberta Reardon on her Retirement

After 20 years of service to the association, Roberta Reardon, vice president of Employee Benefits, has retired. Starting with WANADA on a temp agency assignment in the mid 80s, Mrs. Reardon came on staff full time in WANADAês Employee Benefits Department where she spent her association career handling administrative matters and servicing insurance accounts. Roberta […]