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MADA/VADA/WANADA Reception Sponsors

MADA, VADA and WANADA are grateful to this year’s generous sponsors of their Reception at the NADA Show: SunTrust; TrueCar; Armatus; Chesapeake Petroleum; DHG Dealerships; JM&A Group; Rifkin, Weiner, Livingston; Charapp & Weiss and Cox Automotive.

NADA brings advocacy for dealers to Las Vegas for 2018 NADA Show

NADA was in fighting mode at this year’s NADA Show (formerly the NADA Convention), and celebrating a year of dealer victories in the public policy arena. And what better place to celebrate than Las Vegas? Much of the NADA’s advocacy for dealers was focused on Washington, with the continuing effort to resist overregulation. In […]

Federal budget has $100 million for AV research, testing

The budget passed by Congress and signed by the president last week includes $100 million for research on and testing of autonomous vehicles. A partial breakdown: $60 million for grants “to fund demonstration projects that test the feasibility and safety” of AVs. $38 million for research, including on cybersecurity. Research will focus on areas not […]

Top Gun graduate teaches combat leadership lessons to WANADA members

At a recent WANADA workshop, a U.S. Marine Corps officer and combat veteran related the lessons of battle field leadership to business leadership. The workshop was led by David Berke, the USMC officer serving at the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon. As an F/A-18 pilot, he deployed twice to […]

Buyers say they spend too much time in the dealership

Car buyers who shopped online spent 60 percent of their time there, according to a survey of more than 2,000 car buyers that was commissioned by Cox Automotive through IHS Markit. Perhaps not surprisingly, more than three-quarters of car buyers said they use third-party sites like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book. (Cox owns Kelley Blue […]

Senators berate automakers on slow rate of airbag repair

Several U.S. senators chided automakers at a committee hearing Capitol Hill last week for the slow repair rate of recalled vehicles with defective airbag inflators. The pace has improved, said John Buretta, the independent monitor managing the Coordinated Remedy Program of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). But several senators are still dissatisfied. […]

Ceres, auto suppliers support strong emissions standards

Two business groups have called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stick with the current schedule for tightening national emissions standards, which would require each automaker to average 54.5 mpg for its fleet by 2025. One group, the Ceres BICEP (Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy), includes a variety of businesses, such as […]

Walmart to put car-buying service in 250 stores

Walmart plans to expand its CarSaver service to 250 Walmart stores, reported Automotive News. The car-buying program began last year in 14 stores, partnering with dealerships. Buyers who enroll in the CarSaver service can buy or lease a new or used car and get financing and insurance for it, along with a lifetime warranty […]

Car owners paying 26 cents more for gas than last March

Nationally, consumer gasoline demand is at the highest level on record for March, says the American Automobile Association (AAA), and the increased demand has pushed prices up. “As demand strengthened, gasoline inventories declined, pushing the national gas price average to $2.55 per gallon,” said Jeanette Casselano, American Automobile Association (AAA) spokeswoman. That price is […]

Correction! Mont. Co. law sick leave law pre-empts MD law

Please note this correction to the March 20 WANADA Bulletin report on the new sick leave law in Maryland: Montgomery County’s sick leave law, which is more stringent than the new Maryland sick leave rules, takes precedence over the state law. That is because Montgomery County’s sick leave law was enacted before Jan. 1, 2017.