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NADA survey shows people love owning cars

With all the talk about the future of personal vehicle ownership and the way self-driving cars and ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft will change the auto industry, NADA wanted to get the facts. So it commissioned a large research project with consumer focus groups and a national survey. Here’s what the research found: […]

Notice to Readers: WANADA Bulletin publication to shift from weekly to bi-weekly

Plans are set to change the publication time table of the WANADA Bulletin from once every week to once every other week. On a yearly basis, this works out to be 26 issues of the WANADA Bulletin as opposed to 52 issues. The changed publication time table may occur as soon as next month. […]

WANADA event: What health insurers don’t want you to know

WANADA will feature a special forum for its members, “What the Health Insurance Companies Don’t Want You to Know,” with an executive conversation between the CEOs of WANADA and WellNet Healthcare. The event will take place Thursday, May 3, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner, VA. WANADA dealer […]

Carfax offers website to check status of recalled cars

Many dealers use NHTSA’s Safercar.gov website to check the status of recalled cars they might be retailing. Carfax has another free website that can perform similar tasks. The Vehicle Recall Search Service (www.freeautorecallsearch.org) was previewed at the ATAE Dealer Associations’ Winter Meeting and launched at the NADA Show. The VIN-based search tool allows dealers, state […]

Consumer data protection bill passes Maryland Legislature

A bill that helps protect consumer information used by dealers has passed the Legislature in Maryland and is expected to be signed in to law by Governor Larry Hogan. The legislation was pushed by many Maryland dealers and closely monitored by MADA. With daily news about data breaches, it is important that dealers protect their […]

In Maryland, vehicle sales license renewal period goes to 3 years

As of April 1, 2018, the vehicle sales license renewal period in Maryland increased from one year to three years. That means the $67.50 yearly fee has become $202.40 for three years. Starting March 24, 2018, dealers should process their tag renewals via the MDOT MVA E-store Fast Track. Once renewed, the tag stickers will […]

Supreme Court rules: Service advisors exempt from overtime

Dealers can celebrate the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Encinco Motorcars,LLC v. Navarro that service advisors are exempt from overtime pay. To be exempt from overtime, the “salesmen, partsmen, and mechanics” exemption requires only that covered employees spend over half their time working as “salesmen, partsmen or mechanics,” regardless of how or how much […]

EPA decision on emissions could mean different cars for MD, VA

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced his decision to revise the Obama administration’s fuel economy targets last week. The announcement was originally scheduled as a public event hosted by Geoffrey Pohanka at Pohanka Chevrolet in Chantilly, VA. But it was moved at the last minute to an invitation-only event at EPA headquarters, where Pruitt was introduced […]

WANADA Dealer Practices Seminar

WANADA will host a Dealer Practices Seminar for its members on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Bethesda Marriott Suites. WANADA Kindred-line members Charapp & Weiss, LLP and Councilor Buchanan & Mitchell, PC will be presenting and answering questions on the following timely topics: New MD Sick Leave Policy; […]

Scarpelli highlights importance of vehicle affordability

In his farewell remarks at NADA Show, 2017 NADA Chairman Mark Scarpelli praised fellow dealers for their successful advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill in Washington to preserve vehicle affordability. “Vehicle affordability is the air we breathe,” Scarpelli said at NADA Show’s opening session. “Affordability is everything. Americans need cars – affordable cars – more […]