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The top-secret garage Toyota designed to incubate Lexus" new high-performance GR brand
12+ hour, 21+ min ago (78+ words) Toyota designed a 36, 000-square-foot experience center in Texas to recruit dealers for its new supercar brand. More than 100 have expressed interest in selling the $200, 000 GR GT. The top-secret garage Toyota designed to incubate Lexus" new high-performance GR brand Toyota designed…...
Why Chinese automakers see Germany's fleet sector as critical to European growth
11+ hour, 27+ min ago (81+ words) Chinese automakers are intensifying efforts to break into Germany's corporate fleet sector with aggressive pricing and generous equipment. BYD plans 350 outlets by year-end while newcomers such as JAC and Zeekr build dealer networks from scratch. Why Chinese automakers see Germany's…...
Top 150 auto retailer Brandon Steven Motors buys 12 Maryland dealerships, betting on new market
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (58+ words) Automotive News Top 150 auto retailer Brandon Steven Motors buys 12 Maryland dealerships, betting on new market The goal is to make decisions faster as the automaker prepares to launch a slew of new and updated products in the back half of…...
Guest commentary: Auto fraud is everyone's problem
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (51+ words) Automotive News Guest commentary: Auto fraud is everyone's problem Two-thirds of the 2026 Automotive News top 150 dealership groups based on new-vehicle sales grew those sales in 2025. And 62 of 101 groups that did so accomplished this without expanding dealership counts....
Hyundai COO Claudia Marquez to cover U. S. sales after top exec Michael Orange leaves
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (160+ words) Hyundai's top U. S. sales exec, Michael Orange, departs'Automotive News Hyundai COO Claudia Marquez to cover U. S. sales after top exec Michael Orange leaves Two-thirds of the 2026 Automotive News top 150 dealership groups based on new-vehicle sales grew those sales in 2025. And 62 of 101 groups…...
Honda, Toyota form assembly-oriented lobbying group in Canada as trade pressures build
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (106+ words) Automotive News Honda, Toyota form assembly-oriented lobbying group in Canada as trade pressures build Honda and Toyota have formed an assembly-oriented lobbying group in Canada to focus on manufacturing and trade issues, as U. S. tariffs weigh on both automakers ahead of…...
Stellantis said to explore Dongfeng partnership for European, Chinese production
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (56+ words) Automotive News Stellantis said to explore Dongfeng partnership for European, Chinese production Two-thirds of the 2026 Automotive News top 150 dealership groups based on new-vehicle sales grew those sales in 2025. And 62 of 101 groups that did so accomplished this without expanding dealership counts....
Guest commentary: Where could automotive M&A be headed in 2026?
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (57+ words) Automotive News Guest commentary: Where could automotive M&A be headed in 2026? Two-thirds of the 2026 Automotive News top 150 dealership groups based on new-vehicle sales grew those sales in 2025. And 62 of 101 groups that did so accomplished this without expanding dealership counts....
Canadian Q1 sales back to "normal," with plenty of questions ahead
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (59+ words) Automotive News Canadian Q1 sales back to "normal," with plenty of questions ahead Two-thirds of the 2026 Automotive News top 150 dealership groups based on new-vehicle sales grew those sales in 2025. And 62 of 101 groups that did so accomplished this without expanding dealership counts....
Renault to cut up to 20% of engineers as competition from China heats
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (60+ words) Automotive News Renault to cut up to 20% of engineers as competition from China heats Smaller dealership groups performed better in average revenue and new-vehicle sales per store than most national chains when Automotive News' top 150 list of dealerships was examined…...