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Motor vehicle retailers must be diligent in verifying the identity of customers who attempt to purchase vehicles via the Internet and have them shipped to the Chicagoland area (which includes the city of Chicago, its suburbs, and Northern Indiana). The Chicago Police Department is seeing an epidemic of...

New Jersey’s automotive retail industry is the strongest part of the national and New Jersey retail economies. In 2017, New Jersey’s franchised car and truck retailers sold more than 514,000 vehicles and generated more than $35 BILLION in vehicle, parts and service sales. The industry also collected $1.7...

The Trump Administration issued a proposed rule yesterday, outlining several options for revising fuel economy standards put in place by the Obama Administration in 2012. If adopted, the proposal would cap fuel efficiency requirements at the 2020 model year level of 35 miles per gallon (mpg), instead of...

The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJMVC) recently announced new changes concerning the issuance of temporary registrations (temp tags), Pursuant to P.L. 2017, c.352, effective August 1, 2018, the following changes will go into effect: 1.Non-resident temp tags will be valid for a period of thirty (30) days...

The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJMVC) has made revisions to the following sections of the New Jersey Certificate of Title and the Dealer Reassignment form:Certificate of Title 1.The “Statement of Seller”2.The “Statement of Buyer”3.“Buyer’s Signature and Name” has been changed to “Co-Buyer”Dealer Reassignment Form1. “Buyer’s Signature and...

The possibility of a State government shutdown has dealers concerned about their ability to deliver vehicles and finalize motor vehicle title and registration transactions.NJ CAR has reached out to the NJMVC to discuss contingency plans and to ensure that dealers would be able to deliver cars and conduct...