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 parts (more on that below), there are also major legislative efforts underway RIGHT NOW on important dealer priorities. Now is […]

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

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 the title. You finally discover the trade is co-owned by the customer’s brother who has no intention of signing the […]

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 collect it. And that is in large part because it hinges on a simple yet loosely defined phrase they are […]

The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) will require passengers to present either a state issued REAL ID compliant driver’s license or state ID to board an airplane beginning May 7. A REAL ID also will be required to enter a military base as well as certain federal buildings. Those who do not hold a compliant ID […]

Linda Cauley leaned back in the driver’s seat of her 2010 Chevrolet Colorado pickup that she drove to the Bloomfield Township library in late March. She waited for her nephew in the comfy, old vehicle she and her husband have put 150,000 miles on — with no plans of parting with it. If you think […]

The automotive industry is also a linchpin of the European economy, accounting for 7 percent of the European Union’s economic output. For Germany, auto exports to the U.S. account for close to half a percent of value added in the economy, according to Capital Economics. The impact of tariffs would stretch deep into the German supply chain. […]

Ultimately a vehicle is considered an import when it is shipped to the United States after undergoing final assembly in another country. But because of how complex supply chains have become, it is increasingly hard to say which vehicles are American-made and which are imported. The 2024 Chevrolet Blazer, a popular sport utility vehicle made […]

A look at the long-term trend in OEM consolidation By Glenn Mercer Winter is the season of marriage proposals: in much of the world it’s the most popular time to pop the question.¹ And it seems now the entire global automotive industry has decided love is in the air, what with Honda and Nissan apparently […]

CES 2025 showed an auto industry tiptoeing toward reinvention. Automakers, suppliers and technology companies’ announcements centered on strategy and fulfilled promises, rather than splashy surprises. The convention also foreshadowed the industry’s concern over how the incoming Trump administration may upend policies and plans already in motion. The new technologies are “not as bold and aggressive […]