With supply constrained across the industry because of microchip shortages and other challenges, retailers are more sensitive to irregularities in new-vehicle allocations.
A dealer in one of Hyundai Motor America's largest regions is suing the automaker for withholding inventory, alleging it is because the store has not opted into the Korean automaker's facility image program.
Central Avenue Hyundai of Hartsdale, N.Y., a suburb of New York City, filed a lawsuit in Westchester Supreme Court in New York in June asserting that new vehicles are being withheld as retaliation for not moving forward with the renovations charted in Accelerate.