The shift to a buyer's market from a seller's market in the automotive retail space is nothing new. But there's new technology to help a dealership get back to the basics but with added horsepower behind it.
New-vehicle inventories in the U.S. changed little in April, ending at 2.86 million vehicles, Cox Automotive said — safely under 3 million.
Justin Villa, general manager of Clay Cooley Nissan in Dallas, is going through NADA Academy to learn extra tools of the trade.
Through in-person and online classes, the National Automobile Dealers Association trains dealership staff and future owners to face an industry challenged by consolidation, inflation and the perils of new technology.
The industry has five years to comply with NHTSA's latest automatic emergency braking rule, but we hope for advancements far sooner.