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DealersEdge Webinar
Thursday, May 23, 2013

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2013 CATA Member Golf Outing
Monday, June 10, 2013

The annual CATA golf outing is June 10 at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club in Lemont.

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History 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 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.

Chicago 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 105th 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 10, 2013
Taxes on leased vehicles to change?
Illinois might join 47 other states in basing sales tax owed on leased new vehicles on the monthly payment instead of the vehicle's selling price.

May 10, 2013
NADA Workforce Study extended
The deadline is extended to June 30, to accommodate many requests from dealer members for more time.

May 10, 2013
Used-car prices decline 1.5% as spring softness settles in
The wholesale price decline is in line with what analysts expected to occur during the first full month of the spring selling season.

May 10, 2013
Illinois Recovery Group named preferred recycling, disposal vendor
The company was selected as the preferred provider for the CATA's dealer members for recycling and environmental needs (Used Oil, Used Antifreeze,...

May 10, 2013
Appeals court strikes down NLRB poster ruling on right to unionize
Appellate judges said the poster violated a federal law that bans the NLRB from punishing an employer for expressing its views so long as those...

April 26, 2013
After the flood, be alert for damaged trade-ins
A review of steps to take when accepting a flood-damaged vehicle in trade.

April 26, 2013
FTC eliminates label burden
The FTC label was judged to duplicate an EPA label that provides information such as driving range and fuel type, to help consumers comparison-shop.

April 26, 2013
Scarpelli running for re-election to NADA board of directors
Monthly column by Chicago Metro NADA Director Mark Scarpelli.

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