With auto tariffs in effect, ‘it’s going to be an interesting ride’ for car dealers

Lamenting. Bracing for impact. Embracing. Preparing. Seeing an opportunity.

Those are but a few of the ways auto dealers are responding to the Trump administration’s 25% tariff on vehicles imported to the U.S. — a policy that became effective Thursday.

In statement Wednesday, Cody Lusk — president and CEO of the American International Automobile Dealers Association, which representing U.S. franchise dealers selling import brands — said that ...