A 2026 Dealer Briefing on Reliability Rankings, Recalls, and Affordability Pressure

Responding beats reacting.

🚗 Ford Steps Into the Service Lane. Here’s What It Means.

🚙 BYD’s February drop, Honda’s EPA efficiency lead, and the reliability ranking shoppers bring into the showroom.

Haig Partners Congratulates Emily Bourne on Northwood University 20 Under 40 Recognition

🚗 Volume, Visibility, and the New Advantage

🚙 Transparency tools, rising debt, and scale strategies colliding.

Ford’s Uptime Assist: Faster Repairs, or More Traffic Jams in Fixed Ops?

Will Ford’s escalation model reduce downtime for customers, or add a new layer of friction in the service lane?

🚗 Dealer pricing is being graded online

🚙 Also inside: Stellantis in the red, rising auto debt, and Asbury trims rooftops.

Dealer Transparency Index: What CarEdge’s New Grading System Means for Pricing Trust

How the score is calculated, what the early data says about doc fees and add-ons, and how to run a transparency check-up inside your store

🚗 $800 payments, Chinese brands, and what dealers can control

🚙 Three forces are converging right now and dealers win by leading with clarity in plain dollars.

Chinese Auto Brands and the US Auto Industry: Why the Pressure Is Building

🚗 U.S. Auto Market Update: spring momentum meets pricing risk (plus today’s premiere)

🚙 And: Lamborghini hits pause on EVs, BMW manuals on borrowed time, and Bronco’s next move.

🌼 U.S. Auto Market Report: Spring 2026 Conditions with Global and Tariff Context

What should U.S. dealers expect this spring, and how much could tariffs change pricing by summer?

🚗 Tariff ruling decoded: what changes for dealers (and what doesn’t)

🚙 Plus: S2:E3 goes live tomorrow at noon CST, Stellantis’ EV reset, tax refunds as down payments, and what “eyes-off” driving could mean for risk and liability.