After announcing a 43% increase in retail sales in 2025, bringing total retail sales to 596,641, the Carvana executive team talked about everything from recon and GPU health to artificial intelligence and post-sale opportunities on their most recent earnings call. Looking back at the year, the quarter, and the company’s current position, Carvana CEO Ernie […] [Read More]

The No. 1 Buick and GMC dealer in Alabama is now part of the brands’ dealer advisory group. Taylor Bentley Conner, dealer principal of Howard Bentley Buick GMC in Albertville, Ala., has been appointed as a Southeast Region representative to the Buick GMC National Dealer Council, the dealership announced. Conner will serve a three-year term […] [Read More]

One of the most active sellers in last year’s dealership M&A market is back at it in 2026. Asbury Automotive Group has parted with its six Plaza Motors dealerships and a collision center in the St. Louis market, a deal announced by the Presidio Group, which represented Asbury. The sale to MileOne Autogroup included Plaza […] [Read More]

Rick Case Automotive Group was No. 1 in 2025. Twice. The South Florida-based dealership group was recognized as the owner of the world’s top sales volume location for both the Honda and Volkswagen brands, the company said in a news release. Rick Case Honda in Davie, Fla., was honored as Honda’s largest volume dealer for […] [Read More]

Hunter Automotive Group has moved into the big city. The Henderson, N.C.-based dealership group announced it has acquired Victory Chevrolet in Charlotte from Brandon Gandy, its first location in the state’s largest market. “Charlotte is a key market for our strategic growth,” Hunter Automotive owner and CEO David Hunter said. “We are focused on expanding […] [Read More]

Sonic Automotive thinks of its EchoPark used-vehicle business as “the Costco … of the pre-owned world.” Sonic’s president Jeff Dyke made that comment during Sonic’s fourth quarter 2025 earnings call on Wednesday. Although he didn’t immediately explain what he meant by the Costco comparison, he said later that EchoPark’s combination of being a low-cost provider […] [Read More]

Group 1 Automotive sold more used vehicles in the fourth quarter and for all of 2025 than in the previous year, but made less money from those sales. Executives in the earnings call put a positive spin on the news, however. “Our used GPUs in the U.S. are higher today than pre-COVID. They’re lower than […] [Read More]