Ford August 2026 Sales Down 10.3%: What the Numbers Actually Show
Ford moved 170,681 vehicles in the United States last month, down from 190,206 in August...
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Fake Dealership Websites Are Targeting Classic Car Buyers, FTC Warns
That Fake Dealership Website Wants a Wire Transfer, and There’s a Legal Reason Why The...
Hyundai August Sales Fall 14% as Korean Strike Hits Domestic Output
Hyundai’s Home Market Just Cratered, But That’s Not the Number American Buyers Should Care About...
This ‘Trading Floor’ For New Cars Just Went Bankrupt. Federal Records Show It Wasn’t Even Legally Cleared To Move Its Own Inventory
Somewhere between the factory and your local dealership’s lot, thousands of brand-new cars change hands...
BYD’s Profit Jumped 30% While Sales Fell — Turns Out That Was the Plan
BYD wants the world to read this week’s earnings as an export success story. Look...
Toyota China Sales Fall 24% As Fuel Costs Push Buyers To EVs
Toyota built its empire on a simple promise: buy the boring one, save money on...
Porsche Signed A $1.46 Billion AI Deal. Investors Sold The Stock Anyway.
Porsche spent this week trying to sell investors a story about artificial intelligence. The stock...
Porsche Sold Its Own Consulting Arm, Then Paid Four Times as Much to Rent It Back
Porsche spent three decades building a consulting firm from scratch, spent 2023 buying out the...
Why New Car Prices Climbed to $49,855 — It Wasn’t Really the Sticker
Every month a headline number lands, everyone recoils at how close new cars are to...
A Stolen 1971 Chevelle Came Home After 33 Years. Now Its Owner Has to Prove It Exists
CHP recovered a 1971 Chevelle stolen from San Mateo County in 1993. The registration, insurance and title problems start now.
Dodge Is Building a Cop Car Again Because Police Never Cared About the V8 in the First Place
The last HEMI Charger Pursuit made 370 horsepower. The turbo six replacing it makes more. The missing V8 is the…
Reynolds and Reynolds Got a Manager to Sign a 66-Month DMS Extension. The Dealers Say It Wasn’t His To Sign.
Sixty-six months. That’s not a contract. That’s a sentence. A standard Reynolds and Reynolds dealer...
Three Car Dealers Paid $16 Million Over Discrimination Claims. The One That Refused to Settle Was Never Charged With It.
The FTC quietly stopped enforcing its dealer discrimination orders in November 2025. What actually governs markup now isn't the FTC…
Cars.com Promised to Invest in DealerClub. Then Came Layoffs, a New CEO, and an $88 Million Lawsuit
Every acquisition announcement contains a promise. Somebody says the acquired company will get more resources,...
The FTC Just Handed Car Dealers Back Their Favorite Financing Trick — And Called It Colorblind
Somewhere in a dealership finance office this week, a compliance manager who spent the last...