Healey Brothers Automotive Group has set par at $100,000. That’s the amount in donations the New York state-based dealer group is driving towards when it hosts its Fifth Annual Golf Outing on Oct. 2 to support Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley. Should the group’s Driven to Give Foundation meet that goal, it would be enough to grant […] [Read More]

The California New Car Dealers Association Foundation has partnered with ASE Connects to help dealerships in the Golden State cultivate relationships with schools and students that are building the foundation of the automotive technician workforce. ASE Connects, part of the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence, is a network of shops, dealerships, instructors and students […] [Read More]

Lithia & Driveway has hired the former president and CEO of Toyota Financial Services, Scott Cooke, as an operations president. In a news release Tuesday, Lithia said Cooke will head up performance across the Southeastern and South Central store operations, Driveway Finance Corp. and F&I operations. “Scott is a perfect cultural fit and proven leader […] [Read More]

“Vaughan” has added a “Vaughn” to the family. Boerne, Texas-based Vaughan Automotive, led by Shawn Vaughan, has acquired Tommie Vaughn Ford in the Houston area. (To recap: Same state, but slightly different spellings of similar last names.) The deal was announced by Kerrigan Advisors, who advised the Janke family, which was the seller in the […] [Read More]

They may have faced similarly challenging environments in the second quarter, but the six publicly traded dealership groups had earnings results that “varied widely,” according to the Q2 2026 Public Auto Retailer Results analysis from The Presidio Group. And while the report delves into the wide spectrum of operational results, “one of the clearest examples of divergence” […] [Read More]

Sutherlin Automotive Group has acquired the top Kia dealership in Orange County, Calif.: Car Pros Kia Huntington Beach. The sale was announced by Kerrigan Advisors, which advised the seller, Car Pros Automotive Group, in the transaction. In addition to being the automaker’s No. 1 store in Orange County last year, Car Pros Huntington Beach was […] [Read More]

Charlie Obaugh Auto Group has added its first Ford dealership. The Virginia-based, family-owned dealer group has acquired Campus Ford in Waynesboro, Va., from Matt McMurray, according to a news release from Performance Brokerage Services, which was the buy-side advisor on the sale. Campus Ford is the Obaugh group’s sixth franchised dealership and its first Ford […] [Read More]

This week’s 46th annual National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD) Conference wrapped up with Ally Financial announcing the winner of the 2026 Ally Sees Her Award. The honor, presented by Ally and NAMAD annually to recognize significant achievements of women of color within the automotive retail industry and their community impact, went to Kenady […] [Read More]

While aiming its message primarily at consumers, dealerships might be able to glean some value from the reminder issued by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) about the pitfalls of flood-damaged vehicles. The insurance industry’s association share the message on Thursday as storms and severe flooding continue to impact communities across the United States. Plus, […] [Read More]

Brian Wieland, who is senior director of used vehicles at Van Horn Auto Group, might have summarized dealerships’ necessary journey from dot matrix printers in the finance office to tools based on artificial intelligence. “AI is no longer something we are testing. It has become part of how we operate every day,” Wieland said in […] [Read More]