🚗 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.

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.

Dave Cantin Group Releases 2026 Automotive Market Outlook Report Ahead of NADA

Report Outlines Six Forces Reshaping Auto Retail In 2026: Affordability, China’s U.S. Retreat & Global Rise, Regional Dealer Consolidation, Evolving Electrification Landscape, Policy Uncertainty and Data Use

🚗 What This Week Revealed About 2026

🚙 Used values firming, payment pressure tightening, supplier shocks, and one last breather before Vegas

🚗 2025’s Winners Had One Thing in Common

🚙 Toyota’s hybrid playbook and GM’s cash flexibility defined 2025—while $700 payments and a new robots arms race reshape 2026.