A Year Later: Reviewing CDP Claims from ASOTU CON 2025.

Customer Data Platforms promised clarity. One place for your data. One profile for every guest. Real-time activation across channels.

🚗 The EV Bill Comes Due

🚙 Stellantis just priced the EV reset in public—expect the impact to show up first in incentives, availability, and the trims you can actually move.

🚗 The Week at NADA

🚙 Season 2 is coming, plus a quick-hit recap of the week’s biggest dealer takeaways—then a wild Porsche patent to end your Saturday.

🚗 Dealers: NADA Wins + a Hands-Free Wave

🚙 Congrats to TIME Dealer of the Year David Wright—plus a quick heads-up on hands-free laws rolling out in SC, IA, and FL.

Northwood University and NADA Announce Partnership to Drive the Future of Automotive Leadership

Northwood University and the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) have announced a new education partnership aimed at expanding access to undergraduate and graduate degree programs for America’s franchised new-car and truck dealers, their employees, and their families.

2026 TIME Dealer of the Year: David Wright Honored at NADA Show for Leadership and Community Service

Rob Cochran Becomes 2026 NADA Chairman

Cochran will lead America’s Franchised Dealers Through Transformative Period in Automotive Retail

🚗 The Last Full Day at NADA

🚙 Shorter visits, fewer handoffs, rising satisfaction, and small details that quietly reduce risk

🚗 Midweek on the NADA Floor

🚙 Hybrid-heavy winners, surprise safety misses, fading nameplates, and a little cost relief for buyers

🚗 F&I’s Up, Margins Are Tight

🚙 What the latest benchmarks show, a fresh EV incentive push, and a small design rule with big ripple effects

🚗 What Dealers Are Feeling as Affordability Splits the Market

🚙 Payments are still rising even when sticker prices aren’t—so shift the focus to used/CPO, ownership-cost coaching, and service retention as the funnel tightens.