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Ally Financial and TIME Magazine recently announced that nominations are now being accepted for the 2017 TIME Dealer of the Year Award Program. A panel composed of faculty from The Tauber Institute for Global Operations at the University of Michigan will choose a 2017 finalist from among the...

Automotive News recently released its fifth annual list of the Best Dealerships To Work For in North America and two New Jersey dealerships are among the top 100 recognized. Please join NJ CAR in congratulating DCH Millburn Audi (Maplewood) and DCH Montclair Acura (Verona). The list identifies dealerships...

September 7, 2016Effective BDC Managers Workshop This Workshop will teach managers strategies and methods to manage the activities of the BDC Department including training techniques, goal setting and policies to hold your BDC team accountable. BDC Managers will learn how to:•Interview and...

July 2016 auto sales rose 2.4% compared to July 2015, but J.D. Power and LMC Automotive predict that full-year sales will drop slightly. LMC now predicts that 2016 sales will reach 17.4 million new vehicles, down 0.1% from 2015. It would be the first annual decline in U.S...

A new economic analysis from the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Public Policy Studies, has found that retail prices for new cars are lower for consumers because of state franchise laws. The report, entitled “State Automobile Franchise Laws: Public or Private Interests,” found that state franchise...

NJ CAR would like to congratulate Robert Sickel, Vice president of Pine Belt Enterprises in Lakewood, NJ, for being featured in the Automotive News’ fifth annual 40 Under 40 list of up-and-comers in the automotive retailing industry. Rob was selected from several hundred candidates nominated, and is the...