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Car buyers are showing up to auto lots with cash to spend

August 20, 2025

The consumer economy is cooling and car prices remain vastly higher from just a few years ago. But there is little sign that high car prices at dealers’ lots are weighing heavily on overall sales […]

Child Passenger Safety Information

June 17, 2025

September is Child Passenger Safety Month, and our Safe Travel For Kids!! Campaign is continuing to progress.  This initiative is of grave importance to the franchised dealers, because the Greater Cincinnati Automobile Dealers Association (GCADA), […]

LIberation Day for gas-powered vehicles

May 28, 2025

Editorial Board The Senate voted 51-44 on Thursday to free Americans from California’s onerous electric-vehicle mandate. This is a real Liberation Day, and the voters who re-elected President Trump won’t fail to notice when he […]

Electric vehicles died a century ago. Could that happen again?

May 27, 2025

More than a century before Tesla rolled out its first cars, the Baker Electric Coupe and the Riker Electric Roadster rumbled down American streets. Battery-powered cars were so popular that, for a time, about a […]

WSJ Opinion: The politics of EVs have changed

May 13, 2025

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board The times they are a changin’, especially on progressive climate dogma. On Thursday the House voted in strong bipartisan fashion to overturn the EV mandate the Biden Administration let […]

NADA Capitol Insider

May 13, 2025

May 13, 2025 – To say it’s an unprecedented time in Washington for the auto industry is an understatement. While much attention has rightly been paid to the Administration’s tariffs on imported autos and auto […]

Trump to soften blow of automotive tariffs

April 29, 2025

After negotiations, companies paying Trump’s car tariffs won’t also be charged for other levies

Bad trade titles – Has it happened to you?

April 18, 2025

You sell and deliver a new car to a customer. The customer trades a used car worth $18,000, promising he will bring you the title next week. Next week comes, and you do not receive […]

Trump gave automakers a tariff break. It’s causing more confusion.

April 15, 2025

The White House sought to give car companies a break on a hefty auto tariff enacted this month by offering a deduction for American-made parts.   The problem is industry executives are puzzled over how to […]