The Colorado Motor Vehicle Board voted 6-2 to grant a dealer license to Volkswagen subsidiary Scout Motors, allowing Scout to sell directly to EV buyers in that state. +
U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton announced bank and wire fraud charges against Tricolor’s former CEO and COO and guilty pleas for two executives who are cooperating with prosecutors. +
DealNow’s Brad Parker urges dealers to focus on private party and service lane acquisition as traditionally reliable channels grow increasingly competitive. +
Canada’s Go Auto has entered its second U.S. market in less than a month with the acquisition of Sunrise Ford Fontana and Sunrise Ford North Hollywood from Knight Auto Group. +
President Donald Trump has signed “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” a new executive order that forbids individual states from regulating AI. +
Cerence AI will debut two new conversational AI agents — one for dealers and the other for car buyers — at the upcoming CES 2026, which will be held in January in Las Vegas. +
Dealertrack’s Credit Availability index climbed to 99.1 in November, a new high for 2025 and its best level since October 2022, buoyed by higher approval rates and down payments. +
Does substandard performance stem from a lack of talent or a lack of leadership? Expert shares a five-point checklist to ensure your training program will deliver the results you expect in 2026. +
Chairman Jerome Powell announced an expected reduction to the Federal Reserve’s target lending rate, which now sits at 3.5% to 3.75% after three quarter-point cuts this year. +
AI expert Devin Daly believes the fractured nature of dealership operations means “generic” solutions like ChatGPT may be helpful but can’t create the “control layer” dealers need. +
