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Chicago Automobile Trade AssociationHistory of the CATA

Founded in 1904, the Chicago Automobile Trade Association is on of the nation's oldest and largest metropolitan new-car dealer associations. Today, it lists 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.

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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. 2020 will mark the 112th edition of the show.
 
Since 1935, the CATA has had the honor of presenting the Chicago show. Over the years it has grown with the city moving from the Coliseum to the International Amphitheatre to the original McCormick Place and then to the current McCormick Place. Today, the show occupies two exhibition halls with more than 1 million square feet of exhibition 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 last year more than $2.6 million was raised in one night for local beneficiaries, but throughout the year in countless episodes of humanitarianism and community involvement.
 
 
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February 21, 2020
Chicago Auto Show kicks off spring selling season
A recap of the nation's largest and longest-running auto show.

February 21, 2020
Charities raise nearly $3 million at auto show gala
The Chicago Auto Show's black-tie gala, held the evening before the show's public opening, raised $2.9 million for 18 vital area nonprofits.

February 21, 2020
CATA to offer training for managers to detect drug impairment
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February 21, 2020
Audi leader projects future for electric cars
Cody Thacker, head of electrification for Audi of America, identified four barriers to greater acceptance of electric vehicles: cost, range, charging...

February 21, 2020
In farewell address, outgoing NADA chairman lauds dealer contributions
"One dealer can accomplish some things," 2019 NADA Chairman Charlie Gilchrist said, "but many dealers together can accomplish anything."

February 21, 2020
Consumer demand for SUVs, trucks leads to vehicle debt piling up
Trucks and SUVs now account for 71% of the new financed vehicle market compared with 68% a year earlier.

February 21, 2020
Dealerships can thrive in a tight labor market: convention speaker
Candidates' No. 1 motivating factor is salary, but they also care about other things, such as the work environment and culture, opportunities for...

February 21, 2020
More than half of shoppers rely on word-of-mouth for new-car sale
Want someone to buy a vehicle from your lineup? Easy. Make sure their friends and family like your vehicles.

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