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Allied Member Profile: Dealer Focus
Cost-effective inbound/outbound virtual service BDC Dealer Focus is a VADA Allied Member. These are businesses with a product or service offering of interest to member dealers. If you are interested
A Message from Don Hall
The holiday season arrives after a year of success More opportunities are on the horizon in the coming year December 2021 The holiday season is once again upon us offering
Jim Gramm Honored as WANADA’s 2021 TIME Dealer of the Year
The Washigton Area New Automobile Dealers Assocation has nominated James Gramm, president of Safford Automotive Group, for the 2022 TIME Dealer of the Year award. Gramm, a former VADA board
Remembering Burton M. Lustine, long-time owner of the Lustine family dealerships
Burton M. Lustine, Chairman of the Board and Owner of Lustine Toyota and Lustine Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, has passed away. Burton’s father, Philip Lustine, founded the Lustine family of dealerships
A Message from Don Hall
Voters choose major shift in state government Plus, Thanksgiving thoughts for our families and our businesses November 2021 Virginia politics underwent a sea change this month with the GOP
Personnel shortcuts
By Michael G. Charapp Charapp & Weiss LLP I-9 Audits Audits of Form I-9 compliance have increased over 500% over the last four years. Why? Is there a hotter political
The Activist CFPB returns
By Michael G. Charapp Charapp & Weiss LLP During the Obama administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was an activist bureau. As to car dealers, the bureau was specifically structured
Check Those OEM Releases
By Michael G. Charapp Charapp & Weiss LLP You are selling one of your dealerships. The franchisor wants a release of claims against it by the selling dealer before it
Allied Member Profile: M&T Bank
M&T Bank offers 70 years of expertise in meeting dealer needs M&T Bank is a VADA Allied Member. These are businesses with a product or service offering of interest to