NADA shows it can close the deal

The National Automobile Dealers Association is back as a muscular force on Capitol Hill. A year ago, the group was slow in coming to the defense of dealers targeted for closing by General Motors and Chrysler. Part of the reason was that its membership was split between rejected stores and those that survived.... Read More »

Looking for the hip and nifty at NADA

Dealers walking the exhibition floor at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in Orlando were met by vendors offering new ways to cut costs, tap social media and monitor their business operations using a smart phone.... Read More »

NADA sales forecast: 11.9 million this year

Powered by the improving economy, U.S. sales of cars and light trucks likely will rise 14 percent this year to 11.9 million vehicles and will go higher next year, the chief economist of the National Automobile Dealers Association predicts.... Read More »

Tonkin: NADA will be noticed

Dealers who questioned whether the National Automobile Dealers Association adequately defended dealers' interests last year will see a lot more of the group in 2010, said Ed Tonkin, who became NADA chairman Feb. 15.... Read More »

Business, bonding and blues

Auto people like to talk business -- and party. At the NADA convention in Orlando, they got both, although the party scene was subdued -- befitting a lean industry still climbing out of a nasty recession.... Read More »

Hyundai ups Tucson build for U.S.

Hyundai Motor Co. will boost Tucson production in South Korea to meet rising demand for the redesigned crossover, said John Krafcik, CEO of Hyundai Motor America.... Read More »

CEO: Asbury's lean, looking to buy stores Charles Oglesby says 2010 is looking up. The CEO of Asbury Automotive Group Inc. Feb. 22, 12:01 am U.S. ET

What Lithia's DeBoer wants in a carmaker Sid DeBoer, 64, is CEO of Lithia Motors Inc., a publicly traded group of 86 auto dealerships in 12 states. This month Lithia made a preliminary estimate of 2009 sales totaling $1.8 billion to $1. Feb. 22, 12:01 am U.S. ET

Ford strives to speed up inventory flow Ford Motor Co. executives told dealers that the automaker is working on ways to get them a steadier supply of products. Feb. 22, 12:01 am U.S. ET

Chrysler dealers hunker, wait for products Dealers who attended the Chrysler make meeting are hunkering down, waiting for a wave of new products in the works. Feb. 22, 12:01 am U.S. ET

Kia aims to boost U.S. sales 10% this year Kia will continue to be aggressive in the United States this year, executives told dealers at the make meeting. Feb. 22, 12:01 am U.S. ET

Audi U.S. chief: Profit means more than hitting sales goal Despite Audi's oft-stated plans to sell 200,000 vehicles in the United States by 2018, the luxury brand's North American chief says profitable growth is more important. Feb. 22, 12:01 am U.S. ET

Subaru dealers: We need cars | Feb. 22

Volvo can offer 0% after Ford Credit split | Feb. 22

After quiet '09, Mazda will crank up ads | Feb. 22

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