The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 14, 2023

Over the weekend, your author happened upon a rural Ford dealership seemingly frozen in time, still using signage from past decades and proudly eschewing whatever cold corporate design is currently being foisted upon dealer principals by The Suits in Dearborn. It was neat to see a store embrace its heritage. Texas, ya’ll.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The United States doesn't have a monopoly on shady car dealerships. There's a dealer -- 62-year-old Steven Hickman -- in the West Midlands, United Kingdom, who was convicted of selling an "unroadworthy" Subaru Forester (the model year is unclear) to a customer last March. He sold the car through his store, Shelby's of Netherton.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

According to the 2024 Dealer Outlook Survey, 83 percent of respondents said the government was pushing the transition toward EVs too quickly and mucking up the auto market. As for dealers, there’s some amount of disagreement as to what’s holding EVs back. EVs are definitely not a want of our guests today.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 30, 2021

The BMW i3, an electric car small on size but big on innovation, is dead—in the United States, at least. is scheduled to end in July, BMW Blog reported last week, citing a dealer bulletin. Production of the i3 for the U.S. That has now been confirmed by BMW North America. "We We can confirm that U.S.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Toyota, whose Tacoma has led its segment for a while now, is hearing from its dealers that it’s time to act with a competing smaller pickup. Automotive News reported that Toyota dealers are pressuring the automaker to retake the compact truck crown it established in the U.S. back in the 1970s.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 2, 2023

The last few years have been crazy for car shoppers, with inventory shortages and harsh price gouging running rampant. That said, the market seems to be healing, and some dealers now find themselves with too much inventory on hand. & The Jeep Renegade sits on the showroom floor the longest, with 753 days of supply.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 20, 2023

After weathering pandemic-related shutdowns, chip shortages, and barren lots, some dealers are complaining our nation’s rail system is suddenly no longer up to the task of delivering new cars. A few are saying they have a point, whilst others muse it is a bit of karma for three years of price gouging and “additional dealer markups”.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 19, 2024

While most car dealerships are honest, legitimate businesses, some don’t hold their customers in such high regard, charging more than they should without the right disclosures about what the fees are for. Dealers found to be violating CARS rules could see fines of $50,120 for every offense. Image: Daniel J.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 28, 2023

Automakers never talk about future products with the media, but dealers often get previews of upcoming models and lineup changes. A dealer told Automotive News that Nissan plans to swap the current model’s standard V8 for a twin-turbocharged V6 engine making 424 horsepower paired with a nine-speed automatic transmission. .&

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 12, 2023

We’ve been hearing about the rise of electric vehicles for years, but while they are growing rapidly in number, there’s still a disconnect between an auto industry hell-bent on electrification and the desires of the people they rely on to buy new cars.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

A new report from BMW Blog states that BMW is planning a next-generation M3 between 2027 and 2028 that will land with gas and electric configurations. BMW Blog noted that BMW will release the next-gen gas-powered G84 M3 with an electric M3 wearing the internal chassis code ZA0. Image: BMW] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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EV Club of CT

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Proposed EPA Rules Amidst the current contretemps over Connecticut’s stalled efforts to adopt phase 2 of the California emissions standards, known as ACC II/ACT, which stand for Advanced Clean Cars II and Advanced Clean Truck, Read more

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 6, 2024

If you’ve rented a car in recent years, there’s a great chance you were offered a Nissan of some sort. A whopping 44 percent of its February 2024 sales, or around 40,000 vehicles, went to fleets , so get ready to be a temporary Nissan driver the next time you rent a car. Image: Nissan] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 12, 2024

New car prices are slowly returning to reality, but the universe isn’t done torturing buyers. A new report from Reuters found that insurance rates are climbing just as the financial pain of buying a new car is easing. It just so happens that many of those places are highly populated, driving up the averages for everyone.

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2024

Tesla’s pricing strategy comes down to one key difference from its competitors Following the news, Omar of Whole Mars Blog noted that he finds Tesla’s pricing strategy incoherent, to which Sawyer Merritt noted that this was one of the rare downsides of the direct-to-consumer sales model, despite the extra pricing transparency.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 17, 2023

Get the latest news, features,& TTAC& takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by subscribing to our& newsletter. This time it was dealership employees, not customers, that got screwed. Image: Jon Rehg/Shutterstock.com] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 29, 2023

Though car dealerships often get the short straw when it comes to customer trust , most are legitimate businesses that aren’t out to rip off unsuspecting customers. An Oklahoma teen recently flipped the script on that narrative and is accused of defrauding an Oklahoma City dealer out of almost $100,000. check for the difference.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 23, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic brought a seismic shift in how people work, play, and live, and that includes car shopping. Faced with the existential crisis of having no physical customers, dealers began offering remote car-buying services and shipping. Online retailers took off, too, but the party never lasts forever.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced the finalization of the new Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) rule designed to prevent auto dealers from utilizing bait-and-switch tactics and hidden junk fees. If consumers see that a dealer is complying with the CARS Rule, it adds a measure of confidence.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 16, 2023

Hands up if you’ve ever had a car repair stretch on longer than your liking. Some news outlets north of the border have been atwitter about the apparent plight of an Audi customer , one who has allegedly been without their car for five months. This author has sadly fallen into the latter category more than once.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A total of 45,173 cars are involved in the recall, including 198 2015 Ford Fiestas, 41,061 2016 Fusions, and 3,914 2016 MKZs. The recall notes that only cars registered in warm states are affected, such as Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas. A previous recall issued in 2020 involved many more cars for a similar issue.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 25, 2024

Automotive News obtained information from a recent Nissan dealer meeting that includes outlines for an updated Murano, Rogue, armada, and more. A dealer told Automotive News , “It’s a great move because we need a masculine kind of product. The long-running Murano will enter a new generation, gaining more luxury and an updated platform.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 12, 2024

Recent posts on social media claim to feature a letter from a Jaguar dealer that tells an owner of the brand’s demise. The Facebook post that started the discussion landed on The Car Guys group. Their plan is for low volume production in the future that doesn’t fully support the existing dealer network.”

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Dealers will drill the ends of the cracks to stop the spread, and MIG weld the underside of the roof. The truck then needs to be repainted and clear-coated to finish the job, and dealers will also apply an anti-corrosion solution on the welds. Image: GM] Become a TTAC insider.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Periods of more intense buying by dealers can drive wholesale price appreciation. Get the latest& news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by& subscribing to our& newsletter. Image: Gretchen Gunda Enger/Shutterstock] Become a& TTAC insider.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 16, 2023

Dealer franchise laws are controversial at best and downright divisive in most cases, but they remain a significant force in the automotive industry despite the political noise surrounding them. Dealer franchise laws prevent that in most cases. & [Image: Hunter Crenian via Shutterstock] Become a& TTAC& insider. .&

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 3, 2024

It permits buyers to search for vehicle allocations via ZIP code, a development which surely rankled greedy dealers who like to keep that information all to themselves.& Get the latest news, features,& TTAC& takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by & subscribing to our& newsletter.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 6, 2024

“One of our users happens to be Tesla, who does have a dealership in the [Chesterfield] Valley, but does not have enough capacity at the dealership to park all of the cars they are bringing in,” said a rep for the company that owns the mall, speaking to the news outlet. “So So they are renting space within the parking lot to store their cars.”

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Bo Mandal, chairman of the Buick-GMC National Dealer Council, told Automotive News that some dealers who opted to give up their Buick franchise wished to prioritize other aspects of the business. Whether intentional or not, the end result seems to be mass dealer consolidation. Despite having fewer dealers, Buick said its U.S.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 29, 2024

For starters, mention of the truck for a 2024 model year has never been part of the brand’s build-and-price tool in that country, despite dealers in the area having the things parked cheek-to-jowl on their lots. Why have alert Canucks been wise to this development prior to Friday’s announcement? Image: Ram] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 31, 2024

She tempered that warning with a statement that more charging infrastructure and better training for dealers will lead to more growth. That has led many to predict that 2024 will be a year of incentives, price cuts, and higher inventory levels on dealers’ lots. But if we see more quarters like this, it will be indicative of a slowdown.”

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 18, 2023

On this Friday afternoon, we find ourselves adding yet another post to our ‘Dealers Behaving Badly’ tag. This time, some former employees at a Nissan dealer in North Carolina are on the hook for more than 400 charges. The title ‘all-new’ pops up in all caps throughout the dealer comms as well.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In yet another chapter of dealers (and their financial arms) behaving badly, Toyota Motor Credit has been levied $12 million civil fine and also order to fork over $48 million in restitution after a court found the organization played fast and loose with some rules. But the dealers aren’t all to blame, it seems.

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Plug In India

MARCH 10, 2022

I used an electric car for 8 years from 2013 to 2021. My blog unearthed a lot of the inner workings on that vehicle. I don't have a car. Unless you have a large family, a car is an overkill. I got an electric car - the Mahindra e2o, back in 2013. I did not need a car. The car was amazing.

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Teslarati

MARCH 3, 2022

Tesla Service Centers in Oklahoma are in jeopardy following the unanimously passed HB3994 that aims to make manufacturers unable to service or sell cars directly to consumers in the State. Tesla has heavily opposed the bill , even writing a blog post in late February calling for owners in the State to oppose the bill vocally.

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EV Life

AUGUST 28, 2020

There’s never been more interest in electric cars. According to a recent study , the average American driver saves $1,117 per year on fuel and maintenance costs when they switch from a gas car to an electric one. One reason electric cars haven’t taken off yet: it isn’t easy. Narrow your electric car search.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 25, 2021

Originally published on the NRDC Expert Blog. By Kathy Harris, Walton Shepherd Virginia Governor Northam signed into law a bill to join 17 other states that have adopted or are considering adoption of a “Clean Cars” program — setting the Commonwealth up to become the leader in electric vehicles in the South.

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