Auto Retail News

Something significant has shifted in the automotive retail landscape, and it is showing up in the F&I office every day. American consumers are holding their vehicles longer than ever before. Not because they want to, but because they have to. Ele

Key Takeaways:  New car prices reached $50,900 in spring 2026 — a 3.3% increase since December — widening the new-to-used price gap to $21,000 and driving buyers firmly into the used market. Used hybrid sales are up 34% year-to-date in 2026, wit

Key Takeaways:    U.S. auto loan debt reached a record $1.69 trillion in Q1 2026, up 37% since 2018, driven by rising vehicle prices, elevated interest rates and loan terms stretching to unprecedented lengths. Nearly 1 in 4 new-vehicle buyers in Q2

It happened to software. Then music. Then television, fitness, meal delivery, and eventually to automobile ownership itself. The subscription model did not merely change how consumers paid for things. It changed what they expected from every purchasi

The four-year U.S. Department of Labor initiative pays for employers to hire and keep new auto, collision, and truck technicians — and gives the industry a proven way to grow the workforce.

For years, automotive retail has approached digital advertising as a volume game. The prevailing assumption has been that more traffic, more impressions and more leads naturally translate into more sales. However, as inventory costs rise, margins tig

Every dealer knows the feeling. The credit application looks clean. The payoff checks out. Everything on paper points to a straightforward deal. Then someone pulls the title and the whole thing unravels. By the time this is spotted, it’s usually to

Auto lenders today are now realizing that AI can speed up approvals and funding, sharpen fraud detection, and tighten compliance, provided the data feeding those models is clean, complete, and unbiased. That advice is sound, but it stops short of the

Something significant is already reshaping automotive finance, and the data is beginning to bring into focus what many lending professionals have been experiencing firsthand. A recent nationwide survey of lending professionals across banking, auto fi