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On July 29th, NJ CAR proudly held a joint media event with the New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development (NJDOL) to celebrate the Pre-Apprenticeship in Career Education (PACE) Grant that was awarded to NJ CAR for its outstanding Technician...

Trenton, N.J. (July 1, 2025) — Yesterday, S3309/A4380, the “Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act”, passed both the Senate and Assembly chambers with unanimous bipartisan support and now heads to the Governor’s desk for his signature. “NJ CAR would like to thank Senate President Nicholas Scutari, Senate...

  NJ CAR is honored to recognize Judy Schumacher-Tilton, who was named one of the 100 Leading Women in the North American auto industry for 2025 with an ad in this week's issue of Automotive News. Judy was the first female Chairwoman of NJ...

NJ CAR President Laura Perrotta testified in front of the Assembly Budget Committee earlier today. She focused her comments on Governor Murphy's proposal to eliminate the trade credit on new car sales and how it will impact New Jersey consumers by making vehicles more unaffordable for many buyers. Background on...

Health benefits are among the biggest expenses for new car dealers. NJ CAR has worked with its partners (Corporate Synergies Group, HUB International, and WithumSmith+Brown) to conduct an annual health benefits survey to provide dealers with useful data to gauge how their benefits measure up against the rest of...

NJ CAR President Laura Perrotta, Ira Stern (International Association of Machinists), Connor Shaw (United Service Workers Union), Lou Young (Withum Smith+Brown), Richard Sox (Bass Sox Mercer), several master technicians, and others testified in front of the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee in support of the Motor Vehicle Open Recall and Fair Compensation...