Retail

There were 14 groups from Automotive News' 2023 top 150 dealership groups list that submitted surveys this year but didn't make the 2024 list.

Sales of large pickups fell 4 percent in the first quarter in a new light-vehicle market that grew 5.6 percent.

Unlike most scientific experiments, any lessons learned by automakers and dealers — for example, how record-low inventories allowed them to achieve record profitability during an industrywide supply shortage — probably are not repeatable.

Cox Automotive also broke out year over year price fluctuations in vehicle segments.

While AI has been contributing positively to automotive retail, there is so much more on the horizon.

The U.S. light-vehicle market continues to grow but at a slower pace, and with inventory rising, the deals are coming back fast.