Larry P. Vellequette

VW's dealer make meeting Saturday could be testy, but that would mean retailers looking back to their worst sales year since 2010 instead of looking forward to easing production issues and more inventory.

Jack Hollis, head of sales for Toyota Motor North America, says news that Koji Sato would succeed Akio Toyoda as Toyota CEO is great news for the automaker's North American dealers.

Audi's Activesphere BEV concept transitions from a sleek sportback crossover into a mini pickup, and it features an interior that utilizes augmented reality to keep its occupants informed and entertained.

Thomas King, president of data analytics for J.D. Power, says dealer profitability will inevitably come down in 2023 from 'stratospheric' 2022 levels as supply increases.

Volkswagen National Dealer Advisory Council Chairman Charlie Hall says he wants to focus on improving the partnership with Volkswagen Credit to make leases more competitive.

Audi National Dealer Council Chairman Don Flow says the brand and its dealers learned lessons about how to operate at maximum efficiency and balance during the pandemic.

Toyota National Dealer Advisory Council Chairman Steve Gates says returning to 60 or 70 percent of the pre-covid inventory levels would be ideal.

Steve Gates, Toyota dealer council chairman, said he has been selling Toyota vehicles since he was a senior in high school, and the current sales process looks surprisingly familiar to him.

Now in his third year as chairman of the Lexus National Dealer Advisory Council, John Iacono says the Japanese luxury brand has white space in its lineup that is about to be filled by the RZ450e and TX crossovers.

Carl Hahn, the visionary German auto executive who transformed Volkswagen AG from a parochial manufacturer into a global automotive powerhouse, died Jan. 14 in Germany.

Volkswagen Group of America called a year-old provision of Illinois' franchise laws unconstitutional for making automakers pay consumer rates for dealer warranty work.

Former American Honda veteran Ray Mikiciuk, who joined VW in October 2020, has departed.

Inventory levels rose sharply in December and crested 1.8 million for the first time since May 2021, according to Cox Automotive. While still constrained, a slower selling rate has helped dealership stocks return to something closer to normal levels, Cox said.