Oscar Horton, president and CEO of Sun State International Trucks, LLC in Tampa, Fla., is one of five nominees for 2020 Truck Dealer of the Year – a national award that recognizes commercial-truck dealers for industry leadership, business performance and community service. “There is an old African proverb: If you want to go fast, go…

Scott Pearson, President of Peterbilt of Atlanta, LLC in Jackson, Ga,. is one of five nominees for 2020 Truck Dealer of the Year – a national award that recognizes commercial-truck dealers for industry leadership, business performance and community service. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the honor of simply being considered,”…

Laura Perrotta is President of the American Truck Dealers (ATD), a division of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA).

When I rang in the New Year with my wife, Sue, and our family, I could scarcely believe that the flashing numbers on the television heralded 2-0-1-8. As a father and grandfather, I wondered what the future has in store for my family. And as a truck dealer, I wondered what it has in store for the commercial truck industry. If you’ve thought the…

SAN FRANCISCO (Jan. 24, 2015) - The American Truck Dealers (ATD) named the Kenworth T880 Vocational Truck with PACCAR MX-13 Engine as the 2015 Truck of the Year. The award was announced today at the ATD Convention & Expo in San Francisco. Judges selected the truck for its exceptional handling, power, torque and…

TYSONS, Va. (May 18, 2022)—Laura Perrotta recently returned to NADA to lead the American Truck Dealers (ATD), the division of NADA that represents America’s 1,800 medium- and heavy-duty truck dealers before the federal government and truck manufacturers.

Does your service advisor really understand the primary product that he or she sells in your commercial truck dealership each day? If the answer is anything other than flat rate hours, it is time to view this course. Learn to calculate this key service advisor performance measurement, communicate the importance of this measurement, and uncover…

On Friday, Sept. 25, 2020 Truck Dealer of the Year Oscar Horton was a guest lecturer at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. The guest lecture is part of the annual Truck Dealer of the Year award program, which offers the winner the opportunity to speak to business students with an interest in entrepreneurship. During the virtual…

On April 11, Laura Perrotta stepped into the new role of President of the American Truck Dealers (ATD).

WASHINGTON (April 30, 2019) – The Modernize the Truck Fleet (MTF) coalition praised Reps. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) and Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) for introducing H.R. 2381, the “Modern, Clean and Safe Trucks Act of 2019,” a bill to repeal the antiquated federal excise tax (FET) on most new heavy-duty trucks and trailers. The FET is a 102-year-old…