Scout Tells Angry VW Dealers To Go Kick Rocks Volkswagen announced plans to bring back the Scout name back in 2022, and late last year, we saw the first vehicles Scout plans to sell — the Traveler SUV and Terra pickup truck. We were big fans, the general public were big fans and VW dealers were mad because Scout plans to use a direct-to-consumer sales model,… Read more…

Congrats, Stellantis! Not Even Your Dealers Trust You Stellantis is not having a good time right now. The Transatlantic automaker just posed a 15 percent overall U.S. sales drop in 2024 in comparison to 2023, and now it seems its dealers don’t even trust the direction it is heading in. A new dealership sentiment survey from Kerrigan Advisors, a dealership consulting… Read more…

Why do dealers recommend refinancing? As I’ve been going through my car journey I’ve noticed some dealers would suggest I finance with them first and refinance with my credit union. My question is why do dealers suggest that and how do they profit from a customer financing with them for a few months before switching over? My guess it’s because they can make profit for a few months a…

Scout Motors’ plan to ditch dealers is exactly what customers want Image: Scout MotorsThe VW-backed company is following in the footsteps of Tesla and Rivian by selling directly to customers without a dealership. Continue reading…

Scout’s Direct-Sales Plans Are Making Volkswagen Dealers Sad We’ve known for a while that Volkswagen had plans to revive the Scout name, and this week, we finally got to see the first two vehicles planned for the new electric automaker — an SUV and pickup truck. It still remains to be seen whether or not Scout will be a success once production begins in 2027, but aside from… Read more…

Ford Offers Dealers Up To $22,500 To Sell More F-150 Lightnings Unlike the Tesla Cybertruck, the Ford F-150 Lightning is about as traditional as electric pickup trucks get. Unless you knew what you were looking for, you’d probably just think the Lightning was a regular F-150. It looks like an F-150. It does truck stuff like an F-150. It just doesn’t sell nearly as well as the… Read more…

Hyundai dealers pressured to push ‘fake’ EV sales, lawsuit alleges Image: Napleton Aurora ImportsHyundai pressured its dealers to “artificially inflate” its electric vehicle sales figures, instituting a system in which dealers who “played ball” were rewarded while those who refused were “punished,” a new lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Chicago by Napleton Aurora Imports in Ill…

Ford Dealers Don’t Have To Spend Millions To Sell EVs Anymore Ford’s EV plans haven’t exactly gone according to, well, plan. Late last year, Ford started to rethink the billions it poured into EVs as sales started to slow and scaled back its European EV plans. Then the company revealed that it loses over six figures on each EV it sales. Then the automaker announced it was doing… Read more…

Dealers Are Refusing Toyota Tundra Trade-Ins Over Engine Recall We found out why Toyota’s twin-turbo V6s have been grenadeing themselves in 2022-2023 Tundras and Lexus LXs earlier this month, but there’s still no real fix for the issue. Now it seems car dealers are staying away from the once bullet-proof trucks. Read more…

Fisker Fails, Shady Dealers And Failing V6s In This Week’s News Roundup Selling cars is often a soul-crushing grind. So it’s understandable that dealership employees might feel pressure to cut corners. As one New England dealership recently found out, though, if you get caught straight-up scamming, there can be some pretty nasty consequences. – Collin Woodard Read More Read more…

Fisker Fails, Shady Dealers And Failing V6s In This Week’s News Roundup Selling cars is often a soul-crushing grind. So it’s understandable that dealership employees might feel pressure to cut corners. As one New England dealership recently found out, though, if you get caught straight-up scamming, there can be some pretty nasty consequences. – Collin Woodard Read More Read more…

Ford Dealers Don’t Trust Ford Some would assume that a dealership franchise from a major automaker would have some sort of faith or trust in the brand they choose to sell. I mean, dropping millions of dollars just to sell a brand you don’t trust would be kind of crazy right? Apparently it’s not such a far fetched idea. Read more…

Kia Really Doesn’t Want Its Dealers To Price Gouge EV9 Buyers Kia is asking its dealers to pretty please not mark up its highly anticipated EV9 three-row electric crossover when they get their grubby little hands on it. Right now, it’s set to arrive before the end of the year, and potential EV9 buyers may be worried about steep price hikes on vehicles they’ve already reserved… Read more…

Five Questions Shady Used Car Dealers Don’t Want You To Ask The pre-owned car market is still in a weird place. Some segments like electric vehicles have some hefty savings, but most pre-owned cars are still selling for inflated prices. If you happen to come across a used car that seems too good to be true, make sure the dealer can answer these questions. Read more…

FTC Rule Would Make A Special Exception So Car Dealers Can Keep Ripping People Off The Federal Trade Commission may be excluding car dealerships from its plans to ban junk fees if provisions in a reportedly controversial set of proposed rules targeting dealerships are finalized. According to Automotive News, the FTC’s plan would ban businesses from charging hidden and misleading fees and require… Read more…

Drivers and Dealers Could Soon Feel Impact of U.A.W. Strikes Lengthy and expanding walkouts by the United Automobile Workers union against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis could strain a fragile supply chain.

Dealers Are Freaking Out About Buyers Using The EV Tax Credit As A Down Payment Dealers are starting to sweat. Starting next year buyers will be able to apply the EV Tax credit directly to the sale price of an EV. But as Automotive News reports, dealers are worried the government won’t pay them back in a timely manner. Read more…

GM Is Paying Dealers Thousands To Pick Up Inventory Themselves General Motors has a new plan for getting dealers their inventory: Come pick it up yourselves. Thousands of retailers have reportedly been frustrated by logistical bottlenecks and slow-moving new vehicle shipments from factories, so now GM is paying dealers up to $1,050 for each vehicle they pick up from four of its… Read more…

Tool to distribute Social Media postings to dealers for their channel Hello everyone, I am looking for an online tool to distribute prepared social media postings (image/videos and posting text) to our dealers. The goal ist, that they can easily use that content and publish that on their channels. Any ideas? submitted by /u/moovoos

Dealers Are Turning Away EV Inventory: Report America’s major manufacturers have made it clear that electric vehicles haven’t been as profitable as hoped. Ford has stated they expected to lose $4.5 billion on their electric vehicle divisions this year. Detroit’s automakers knew that they were going to lose money in these early years of production, just not that… Read more…