Automotive News Special Reports

On August 13, nine leaders from the 2020 list of 100 Leading Women joined Automotive News editors via Zoom to discuss the most pressing industry issues facing females today and beyond. We’ll explore key themes from those conversations in this podcast series. In this episode, the executives discuss some of the major changes in the industry during their careers, whether they’ve been given the same o...

On August 13, nine leaders from the 2020 list of 100 Leading Women joined Automotive News editors via Zoom to discuss the most pressing industry issues facing females today and beyond. We’ll explore key themes from those conversations in this podcast series. In this episode, we learn how the executives got their start in an industry traditionally dominated by men. As you’ll hear, the women’s caree...

Sponsored by Ally. Ally's Vice President of Sales Gabe Garroni discusses how the pandemic has accelerated digital retailing and how remote F&I allows dealers to engage consumers in ways that continue to contribute to profitability, while also delivering the convenience and efficiency that only digital can. This podcast was paid for by Ally and produced by the Automotive News Solutions Content Stud...

Kristina Karschnia, a 25-year Ford veteran, led a team of workers that hand-made 19 million face shields for first responders. This is the final episode in a four-part Automotive News podcast series on the industry’s response to the coronavirus crisis.

Learn how the Do Good Auto Coalition is using data science to be sure donations are reaching the people who need them most. This is the third in a four-part Automotive News podcast series on the industry’s response to the coronavirus crisis.

Learn how the city of Detroit helps get essential workers to the job when cars aren’t an option. This is the second in a four-part Automotive News podcast series on the industry’s response to the coronavirus crisis.

Go behind the scenes as General Motors transforms itself into a producer of critically needed ventilators. This is the first in a four-part Automotive News podcast series on the industry’s response to the coronavirus crisis.

As many auto retailers continue to wrestle with sky-high employee turnover rates, some dealers are holding onto staffers longer by customizing pay plans, ditching bell-to-bell schedules and looking at the business through the eyes of women.

LaFontaine Automotive Group’s growing off-site vehicle delivery service is attracting and wowing customers from the Great Lakes State to the Sunshine State through timely drop-offs, at-home safety demonstrations and a “no B.S.” experience.

Longtime Florida dealer Earl Stewart has replaced sketchy sales tactics with an unconditional return policy, financial aid in fixed operations and honest advice to better serve and protect his customers and radio audience.

Confronted with challenges ranging from Mother Nature to controversial stair-step incentive programs, many dealerships are left scrambling at month's end to meet sales targets that can make or break profitability in a shrinking new-vehicle market.

Retail Realities is a 4-part podcast series from Automotive News. Our reporters were dispatched to dealerships across the U.S. to examine dealers’ challenges and progress from right inside their stores.

Four of this year's honorees discuss cost-cutting tips to cope with falling new-vehicle sales, fixed ops strategies, how to recruit and retain associates and much more.

Automotive News reporter Jackie Charniga talks to representatives from Ford, the UAW and the academic community about how previous epidemics shaped workplace policies on substance-use disorders, and how the UAW may be uniquely positioned to tackle the opioid problem.

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