All seven manufacturers and 11 brands reporting new vehicle sales to Automotive News enjoyed year-over-year increases as Americans took advantage of incentives and rushed to beat expected price hikes. +

Attorney Tom Oscherwitz warns the auto finance industry not to take its foot off the compliance pedal despite the Trump administration’s systematic dismantling of federal regulatory bodies. +

Hendrick Automotive Group will return to Columbia, S.C., with the purchase of Love Chevrolet and Love GMC from Love Automotive, which exits the market after 60 years. +

Presidio-NCM reports U.S. franchised dealers enjoyed a 3.7% year-over-year increase in net pretax profit in the first quarter following three straight years of post-pandemic losses. +

Wolters Kluwer reports the rate at which dealers and auto finance sources are adopting digitized contracting and documentation workflows improved by 1% from the prior quarter and 2.2% year-over-year. +

In a memo to Nissan dealers, factory executives say they will not raise new vehicle prices to compensate for new tariffs on imported vehicles and plan to utilize idle U.S. capacity. +

Plug’s new Trade Desk app was designed to help dealers accurately and efficiently determine the trade-in value of EVs produced by other manufacturers and generate market-rate wholesale offers. +

Can dealers offer a lower APR to customers who buy service contracts? From a compliance perspective, it’s possible, but it’s complicated. Attorney and Mosaic Compliance Services CEO Jim Ganther explains.

Southeast Toyota Finance’s Casey Gunnell Jr. will succeed the retired Bill Shope as president while Charles Gruszczynski and Michael Hollis have been promoted to group vice president. +

Dealertrack (div. Cox Automotive)’s All-Loan Index improved to 96.4% in March, a 3.1% year-over-year gain and the highest level of auto loan access since December 2022. +