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Once again NJ CAR will be sponsoring two student technicians in the National Student Technical Competition sponsored by the Greater New York Auto Dealers Association.This year's event will be held at the Jacob Javitz Center on March 29-30, 2005. This year’s team, designated "Team Honda," is comprised of...

Acting-Governor and Senate President Richard J. Codey introduced a $27.4 billion State budget for fiscal year 2006 this past Monday.The proposed budget is 2.2% lower than the FY2005 budget.The budgets of every Cabinet Officer and the Governor's Office have been reduced by 10%. As introduced, the budget has...

We are all still digging out from Monday's snowstorm but, believe it or not, the NJ CAR Hole-in-One Program has already booked a handful of events for the spring. While many NJ CAR members have booked hole-in-one events through the NJ CAR program; in a recent review of...

A few weeks ago, all dealer principals received a short Economic Impact Survey and were asked to take a few minutes to fill out the requested information and forward it to our partner, Auto Outlook.In addition, a subsequent reminder was mailed earlier this week.NJ CAR would like to...

The U.S. Senate passed the bipartisan Class Action Fairness Act (S-5) on February 10, with a 72-26 vote.The House of Representatives also passed the Act on February 17 with a 279-149 vote.The legislation transfers class action lawsuits from state court to federal court if: ·The claim involves...

The Tennessee Court of Appeals has dismissed a class action brought against a Tennessee GM retailer, which alleged that the mere failure to inform customers of the existence of a "dealer reserve" in finance transactions violated the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act.Plaintiffs in the case, Beaudreau v. Larry Hill...