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Annual Member Golf Outing
June 11, 2012
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, 12294 Archer Ave., Lemont, IL

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Important Dates

CATA seminar: Navigating manufacturer-driven renovations
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Using cost segregation to shorten depeciation time of personal property assets and save on taxes.

DealersEdge Webinar
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Fixed Operations Marketing - New Tools & Tactics! How to use the new tools of Guerilla Marketing for your Fixed Ops departments - A multi-pronged...

CATA seminar: Healthcare, Worker's Comp.
Tuesday, June 05, 2012

A free review of what is under your control to keep these expensive insurance costs under control.

CATA Annual Member Golf Outing
Monday, June 11, 2012

The annual CATA Golf Outing returns to Cog Hill Golf & Country Club after a three-year hiatus.

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Chicago Automobile Trade AssociationHistory of the CATA

Founded in 1904, the Chicago Automobile Trade Association is the oldest and largest metropolitan new-car dealer association in the nation. Today, it lists nearly 400 new-car dealers as members.

Mission of the CATA

For more than a century, the CATA has stood for high principles of business. Its basic tenets remain as steadfast today as they were a hundred years ago: Promoting honesty and dependability in business operations; Employing truth and accuracy in dealer advertising; Standing by guarantees; Improving business methods and ethics and keeping competition fair so that dealers and the public are well-served; and Refraining from practices detrimental to the industry or contrary to the public interest. Currently, CATA dealerships employ more than 20,000 people in Chicagoland. Over the past century, these locally based small businesses have provided good paying jobs for their employees, who, in turn, contribute to their communities. The CATA’s commitment to excellence in automotive retailing remains its core value and will remain so through the next century.

CAS_2012_Stacked_125Chicago Auto Show

First staged in 1901, the Chicago Auto Show is the largest auto show in North America and has been held more times than any other auto exposition in the world. This year marked the 104th edition of the show.
 
Since 1935, the CATA has had the honor of presenting the the Chicago show. Over the years it has grown with the city moving from the Colisium to the International Amphitheatre to the original McCormick Place and then to the current McCormick Place. Today, the show occupies two exibition halls with more than 1 million square feet of exibition space.
 
The CATA’s generosity and commitment to the community is shown not only at the Chicago Auto Show’s "First Look for Charity" where this year more than $2 million was raised in one night for local beneficiaries, but throughout the year in countless episodes of humanitarianism and community involvement.
 

Latest News

May 11, 2012
Chicago moves to streamline licenses
The Chicago City Council on May 9 reduced the number of city business licenses by 60 percent, and the remaining licenses will cost less to obtain.

May 11, 2012
Auto ad spending to increase 14% in 2012; online is king of the hill
By the end of 2012, almost 40 cents of every auto ad dollar will be spent on digital media.

May 11, 2012
Consumer borrowing registers biggest monthly jump since 2001
The 10.2% rise from February to March is the largest monthly gain since November 2001.

May 11, 2012
Dealers losing service customers to independents: study
The challenge is convincing younger car owners to use dealers for repairs on older vehicles.

May 11, 2012
Aged cars plus more inventory plus lower gas prices equals more sales: NADA
Higher than average trade-in values also can spur consumers to get a new car.

May 11, 2012
Rules of the road: Driving restrictions exist for 16- and 17-year-old workers
16-year-olds may drive only on private property, such as dealership lots. 17-year-olds face a number of rules.

May 11, 2012
Young drivers know risks, text anyway
Most young American drivers agree it is dangerous, but one-third admit they do it anyway.

May 11, 2012
Self-driving cars ready for public road tests
Nevada this month issued the first license to test the cars on public streets.

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