The annual Barbecue for the Troops, a CATA fundraiser normally held each July for the USO of Illinois, will be held this year on Oct. 3.

Nominations for the 2021 Time Dealer of the Year award, which honors new-car dealers for their business acumen and community service, must be received by the CATA by Friday, July, 17.

A drive to collect scrap auto parts and give them to college and high school collision repair programs is underway.

Franchised dealerships added 80,200 jobs in May, an extremely encouraging sign for employment in U.S. automotive retail.

Franchised dealers appear more optimistic about the future than do their counterpart independent operators who sell only used cars.

Drivers with leases whose terms matured in the spring and got extensions are ready to deal.

Manufacturers fete area dealerships.

The proprietor of Brilliance Honda (Crystal Lake) and Brilliance Subaru (Elgin) leads a board of 15 directors.​

Thanks to the federal Paycheck Protection Program, wages have remained intact for hundreds of thousands of dealership employees.

All four regions of Illinois were on track to move on June 26 into Phase 4 of the state's coronavirus reopening plan, as the state continued to make significant progress in reducing new COVID-19 cases.​