Auto dealer Peter Boulware knows what it means to be a leader – on the professional football field, in his dealership, and in his community.

Eric Jorgensen, president and CEO of JX Truck Center in Hartland, Wis. is one of three nominees for 2022 Truck Dealer of the Year.

By: Geno Effler Source: JD Power TROY, Mich.: 18 Feb. 2021 — Vehicle dependability is at an all-time high, with the overall level of problems cited by owners declining 10% from a year ago, according to the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Vehicle Dependability StudySM (VDS), released today. “The study results validate what we have known for…

By: Lisa Martine Jenkins Source: Morning Consult To buy a new car in the United States, the dealership is an inevitability: The “new car smell,” the test-driving, the anxious negotiating, the potential upselling and, finally, the car pulling onto your own street. The tradition is uniquely American in its universality, considering that…

By: Craig Trudell Source: Bloomberg Elon Musk’s upstart still rules, but traditional automakers are catching up fast. He doesn’t date a synth-pop star, publicly puff on blunts, or profess to want to die on Mars, but Herbert Diess is starting to look and sound an awful lot like Elon Musk. The chief executive officer of Volkswagen AG…

By: David Ferris Source: E&E News Electric vehicles are starting to worry traditional auto dealerships, and the stress is fueling a bitter fight with new electric automakers like Rivian. Across the country, upstart EV makers are trying to persuade state legislatures that the normal rules for selling cars shouldn't apply to them…

By: Jonathan Collegio, NADA Source: NADA Headlines In automotive circles it’s a well-known fact that when local dealerships compete for customers, price competition kicks in, and the result is lower prices for consumers on new cars and trucks. But the reality experienced by local dealerships every day has now been demonstrated through…

By: Jared Allen, NADA Source: NADA Headlines NADA President and CEO Mike Stanton sat down to discuss the coming transition to electric vehicles and the role of dealerships in making that transition a reality. Stanton also shot down the myth that dealers are reluctant to sell and service EVs, which is being spread by a handful of…

By: David Iaconangelo Source: E&E News Environmental justice, public health and conservation groups from around the country are pledging to bring California's equity-minded experiments with electric vehicles to a wider swath of states and cities, crediting the Biden administration with opening "new fields of possibility." Last…

Source: Washington State Automobile Dealers Association Yesterday, WSADA Board member Matthew Phillips (Car Pros) appeared on TVW show The Impact to discuss HB 1388, which would allow EV manufacturers like Rivian or Lucid to bypass the franchised dealer system and sell direct. Matthew participated on a panel with a lobbyist from Lucid…