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...
Dealerships
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…
Polestar Blamed Washington For Its U.S. Exit. One Dealer Says That’s A Convenient Excuse — And Wants $25 Million To Prove It
When the federal government tells a car company it can no longer sell its product...
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,...
Cops Called Him ‘The World’s Worst Businessman.’ His Tesla Fraud Ring Still Made More Sense Than You’d Think
Daytona Beach police arrested two men last week over what they’re calling a multi-state Tesla...
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...
Nobody Actually Owns a Ford Dealership. Ford Does – And a Kentucky Court Just Proved It
There’s a Ford store in Grayson, Kentucky, a town of about 4,000 people, with a...
The $20,000 Used Car Didn’t Disappear. Automakers Discontinued It
Ask a dealer why a three-year-old Camry costs about what a loaded new one cost...
Cars.com Just Had a Record Quarter – By Politely Admitting Fewer People Are Showing Up
Cars.com told investors this week that it just posted the fastest revenue growth in its...
A Kia Dealer Got Caught Cannibalizing One Customer’s SUV to Fix Someone Else’s. Firing the Manager Doesn’t Fix What’s Actually Broken
The Lake Charles, Louisiana woman dropped her Kia SUV off at Kia of Lake Charles...
Wall Street Says Wireless Car Updates Are a $17 Billion Business. The Real Payoff Is Making Your Recall Invisible
Somewhere in the next year, your car might get recalled and you’ll never know it...
Carvana Just Posted Record Numbers And Got Crushed. Here’s The Math
Carvana had the best quarter in its history on Wednesday and got its head kicked...
Wally Darwish Got the Deal of a Lifetime on Ten Dealerships. He Just Got a $30 Million Bill for Treating Them Like His Personal ATM
Ten car dealerships in the small, rural markets of upstate New York spent the better...
Car Dealers Keep Falling Into The Same PPP Trap, And One Whistleblower Won’t Stop Collecting
Two auto dealer groups just wrote the federal government a combined check for $3.6 million...
This Crew Stole Two Dozen Muscle Cars Each for Street Takeover Clout. The Law That Caught Them Predates the Muscle Car Itself.
Nigel Criss and Rafael Otero Nieves weren’t sentenced to federal prison this month because they...