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Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Daily News

Secret Tricolor recordings expose cover-up attempt, U.S. Senators target Amazon Autos, CDG's year-in-review

Jan 1, 2026

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7 min read

Secret Tricolor recordings expose cover-up attempt, U.S. Senators target Amazon Autos, CDG's year-in-review

Go deeper: 5 min. read

Anna del Villar
Ash Savage
Marcus Amick
Anna del Villar, +2

Daily News

CDG's top 5 auto industry stories of 2025

Jan 1, 2026

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6 min read

CDG's top 5 auto industry stories of 2025

A year-in-review (5 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Market Pulse

Prediction: 2026 will belong to the used car market

Dec 31, 2025

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11 min read

Prediction: 2026 will belong to the used car market

Here's why...

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Daily News

A rare signal from Tesla suggests underwhelming Q4 performance

Dec 31, 2025

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4 min read

A rare signal from Tesla suggests underwhelming Q4 performance

While Tesla’s stock hit record highs this month, buoyed by enthusiasm for its planned robotaxi network, its core EV business has stumbled. (3 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Daily News

Porsche issues uncommon recall of more than 173K vehicles over rearview cameras

Dec 31, 2025

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2 min read

Porsche issues uncommon recall of more than 173K vehicles over rearview cameras

CDG News alert (1 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Daily News

Tensions boil as Colorado clears path for Scout Motors’ direct-to-consumer sales model

Dec 30, 2025

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6 min read

Tensions boil as Colorado clears path for Scout Motors’ direct-to-consumer sales model

Currently, Scout Motors is being sued in California and Florida on the grounds that its intended distribution model violates state franchise laws. (5 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Daily News

2Autogroup acquires Texas Hyundai store from Bolton Automotive

Dec 30, 2025

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2 min read

2Autogroup acquires Texas Hyundai store from Bolton Automotive

CDG News alerts (1 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Dealer Strategies

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Security director for Zeigler Auto Group warns of growing dealership fraud risks

Dec 29, 2025

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4 min read

Security director for Zeigler Auto Group warns of growing dealership fraud risks

“Not a day goes by that I don't see a fraud trying to come through Zeigler Auto Group,” said Karianne Thomas. (3 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Daily News

Hanania Automotive acquires Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Florida

Dec 29, 2025

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2 min read

Hanania Automotive acquires Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Florida

CDG News alert (1 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Daily News

Toyota is recalling over 55K hybrid cars for potential power loss, fire risk

Dec 29, 2025

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2 min read

Toyota is recalling over 55K hybrid cars for potential power loss, fire risk

CDG News alert (1 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Dealer Strategies

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Ferman Chevrolet Mazda's road to 900 monthly sales

Dec 26, 2025

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4 min read

Ferman Chevrolet Mazda's road to 900 monthly sales

"A team needs something to play for,” said executive manager Brad Wise. (3 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Dealer Strategies

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Bob Ruth Ford leans on used-car buy center when new-vehicle sales hit a wall

Dec 26, 2025

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5 min read

Bob Ruth Ford leans on used-car buy center when new-vehicle sales hit a wall

"We prefer to fish where other people don't fish," said vice president Rob Dell. (4 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Dealer Strategies

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Arkansas dealer Christian Crain is fixing weak video MPI execution

Dec 25, 2025

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4 min read

Arkansas dealer Christian Crain is fixing weak video MPI execution

"Video MPIs is something that we as a business should have been doing 10 years ago when the iPhone came out," said Christian Crain. (3 min. read)

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Marcus Amick
Anna del Villar, +1

The Breakdown

The complicated reality of third-party vehicle listing sites

Dec 24, 2025

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10 min read

The complicated reality of third-party vehicle listing sites

Change is slow, until it isn't

Anna del Villar
Car Dealership Guy
Anna del Villar, +1

Daily News

Republican political strategist Mike Murphy urges dealers to rethink how they sell EVs

Dec 23, 2025

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5 min read

Republican political strategist Mike Murphy urges dealers to rethink how they sell EVs

"From day one, they made [EVs] dogma vehicles, you know, virtue projectors," Murphy said. "That’s not how you sell cars." (5 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Daily News

Patriot Automotive sells New England Subaru store to Imperial Cars

Dec 23, 2025

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2 min read

Patriot Automotive sells New England Subaru store to Imperial Cars

CDG News alert (1 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Dealer Strategies

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Why this Hyundai store sends a video follow-up to every single internet lead

Dec 22, 2025

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5 min read

Why this Hyundai store sends a video follow-up to every single internet lead

"We want to be engaging and not just, you know, like an inflatable arm-flailing tube man outside the dealership," said Patrick Robertson, general manager at Hyundai of Cool Springs. (5 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Daily News

San Francisco power outage exposes Waymo robotaxi limits in real‐world gridlock

Dec 22, 2025

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4 min read

San Francisco power outage exposes Waymo robotaxi limits in real‐world gridlock

Waymo's autonomous self-driving robotaxis struggled significantly when traffic signals went dark. (2 min read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Daily News

ZT Automotive expands in Florida with four-store acquisition

Dec 22, 2025

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2 min read

ZT Automotive expands in Florida with four-store acquisition

CDG News alert (1 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Daily News

Exclusive: Dealer backlash grows over Nissan incentive program

Dec 19, 2025

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5 min read

Exclusive: Dealer backlash grows over Nissan incentive program

"Concerned Nissan Dealers" demand corrective action on Nissan One program, saying franchise values have been "materially weakened." (5 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Daily News

Long-time Cars.com CEO Alex Vetter will step down in January

Dec 19, 2025

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2 min read

Long-time Cars.com CEO Alex Vetter will step down in January

CDG News alert (1 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Daily News

Impel integrates further into dealership ops with secondary share sale to FM Capital

Dec 18, 2025

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3 min read

Impel integrates further into dealership ops with secondary share sale to FM Capital

This transaction directly connects Impel with investors representing over 1,000 of the country’s top auto dealerships. (2 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Daily News

ALM Automotive Group acquires 5 stores in Georgia from Five Star Auto

Dec 17, 2025

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2 min read

ALM Automotive Group acquires 5 stores in Georgia from Five Star Auto

CDG News alert (1 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Daily News

Springhill Auto picks up Tennessee Chevy store from Serra Automotive

Dec 17, 2025

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2 min read

Springhill Auto picks up Tennessee Chevy store from Serra Automotive

CDG News alert (1 min. read)

Anna del Villar
Anna del Villar

Dealer Strategies

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Mid-Atlantic dealer Andy Wright on why OEMs should scale back ‘destructive’ stair-step programs

Dec 16, 2025

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5 min read

Mid-Atlantic dealer Andy Wright on why OEMs should scale back ‘destructive’ stair-step programs

"There's a pretty good argument that's being made out there consistently that [stair-step programs] lead to two-tier pricing,” Wright said on Daily Dealer Live. (5 min. read)

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Anna del Villar
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