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Nissan plans a major product initiative with pickups, crossovers and SUVs this year and is studying more cost-efficient ways to promote the models.

Stand-up comedian and actor Jim Gaffigan closed Friday’s general session with laughter. Gaffigan on Ford CEO Mark Fields: “Interesting fact about him: Today’s his birthday. He turned 30.”

Guiding NADA through a busy 2016 reminded Jeff Carlson of when he had to manually land his plane when his cockpit’s electrical system failed.

How better to celebrate 100 years of the National Automobile Dealers Association than with a roaring party that spread across New Orleans’ sprawling riverfront Mardi Gras World?

General Motors and Honda are expected on Monday to announce an expansion of their collaboration on fuel cell technology development, people familiar with the plans told Reuters after a press conference advisory was released.

Dealers will play an increasingly greater role as Ford Motor Co. transforms to offer new mobility services, CEO Mark Fields said Friday.

Carl Swope is the 2017 Time Dealer of the Year. Swope received the award at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention Friday. He owns Swope Toyota in Elizabethtown, Ky.

Fiat Chrysler laid out a strategy during its make meeting to further reduce sales to daily rental fleets in a bid to boost its lineup’s residual values and make leasing more affordable, dealers said.

Ford CEO Mark Fields and Joe Hinrichs, Ford’s president of the Americas, are welcomed by 2016 NADA Chairman Jeff Carlson and 2017 Chairman Mark Scarpelli.

If you truly believe that the franchised dealer system is the best way to sell cars, then get out there and prove it.