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F&I Best Practices & Legal Awareness Workshop

F&I Best Practices & Legal Awareness Workshop June 22, 2004 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., Pooks Hill Marriott, Bethesda, MD In response to the heightened scrutiny and legal activity in the area of F&I and sales practices, WANADA will be sponsoring an F&I Best Practices and Legal Awareness Workshop that will focus on: àChanges in […]

Fed Issues Minor Revision to Regulation Z

Fed Issues Minor Revision to Regulation Z The Federal Reserve Board has clarified that where the word “amount” is used in Regulation Z to describe disclosure requirements, it refers to a number, not a narrative description, unless the regulation indicates otherwise. Reg Z implements the Truth In Lending Act (TILA), which generally requires creditors, including […]

Front Seat Passengers At Risk From Unbelted Back Seat Riders

Front Seat Passengers At Risk From Unbelted Back Seat Riders NADA and the National Air Bag & Seat Belt Safety Campaign, which are working to enact primary seat belt laws in every state to save more lives, offer the following advice for dealers hosting seat belt safety events: Emphasize that it’s not just drivers and […]

NADA Offers Free Financing Tool Kit

NADA Offers Free Financing Tool Kit With media scrutiny of auto financing at an all-time high, NADA has prepared an easy-to-use “tool kit” for dealers. “Media Tool Kit: F&I Under Fire” is being mailed to all NADA board members and metro and state dealers’ association executives and will be available for all members to download […]

NADA Safeguards Conference CD Available

NADA Safeguards Conference CD Available Some 2,000 people from more than 350 dealerships in 47 states participated in NADA’s conference call on the FTC Safeguards Rule May 25. Dealers received informal compliance training directly from FTC attorneys who enforce the rule. Dealer-specific comments are critical because the rule contains general standards that apply to many […]

NADA Talking Points on Auto Sales and Gas Prices

NADA Talking Points on Auto Sales and Gas Prices Although gas prices declined slightly this past week, NADA prepared the following talking points for dealers on the impact of high gas prices on auto sales, which is generating substantial media interest.If you havenêt yet received media inquiries on gas prices, you may soon, especially as […]

Soap Box Derby Racers Head for the Hill This Saturday

Soap Box Derby Racers Head for the Hill This Saturday Media to Test Drive Race Cars at Noon Capitol Hill is the scene of many a famous contest, but none any more fiercely competitive that the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby, which can be seen this Saturday, June 19, on Constitution Ave in the shadow […]

Support the Bobby Mitchell Hall of Fame Classic, July 10 & 11

Calling all Sponsors: Lots of Opportunities Available Support the Bobby Mitchell Hall of Fame Classic, July 10 & 11 After setting fundraising records for the past three years as an organizer and a sponsor of the Bobby Mitchell Hall of Fame Golf Classic which raised over $1.3 million for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society WANADAês […]

Thought for the Week

The best thing for the inside of a man is the outside of a horse. ãRonald Reagan

1st Quarter Sales Up 10.2% for Area Dealers

1st Quarter Sales Up 10.2% for Area Dealers [I]Trucks Lead the Way[/I] Reflecting the strength of the Washington regional economy, total new vehicle sales of 75,310 for the first quarter of 2004 showed a solid 10.2% gain over last year, according to Washington market figures compiled by R. L. Polk for WANADA. And despite rising […]