Lexus is still dealers’ most-liked brand, remaining atop the rankings in the last two National Automobile Dealers Association Dealer Attitude Surveys from winter and summer 2020 and holding onto its top spot since summer 2018. Toyota, a sibling brand to…
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Va. retailer partners with schools for techs
Nearly two years ago, Charlie Gilchrist, then president of the National Automobile Dealers Association, warned that the biggest threat facing the industry was a shortage of qualified body shop technicians. Even before Gilchrist sounded the alarm bells, Barton Ford in…
GM no longer backs Trump effort to bar California emissions rules
WASHINGTON — General Motors said Monday it is reversing course and will no longer back the Trump administration’s effort to bar California from setting its own emissions rules in an ongoing court fight. GM CEO Mary Barra said in a…
2020 racial strife underscores challenges faced by minority dealers
Karmala Sutton has had a crash course in how to wade through unpredictable situations in her first year as a dealer manager. There’s the coronavirus pandemic, of course. The political climate is so heated that Sutton blocked Fox News and…
FCC votes to shift portion of auto safety spectrum to Wi-Fi use
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission voted 5-0 on Wednesday to split a key spectrum block set aside for auto safety to accommodate the growing number of wireless devices, even as the U.S. Transportation Secretary warned it could result in…
Kelly’s lawyers say Nissan set a trap
TOKYO — Lawyers defending former Nissan director Greg Kelly, the American accused of conspiring to conceal Carlos Ghosn’s big paychecks from the public, took their first crack at cross-examining a key state witness last week and argued that prosecutors had…