May 28, 2022
Jeffrey Bellant
Lobbying and the Used Car Dealer
Jeffrey Bellant
April 22, 2022
I don’t envy business and organizations that have to tiptoe through today’s culture and politics as they lobby for legislative and regulatory support. Recently, I…
Bust Him in the Face
Jeffrey Bellant
March 17, 2022
Believe it or not, the war in Ukraine reminds me of an automotive conference I went to years ago. There was a booth in the…
2022: Your Guess is as Good as Mine
Jeffrey Bellant
January 06, 2022
Our upcoming print issue (1/17/22), will include industry leaders making forecasts on what to expect in the industry this year. Brave souls, all of them.…
In the Memory of Tim Swift and Jan Merritt
Jeffrey Bellant
December 21, 2021
The industry lost a couple of special people recently. Tim Swift, a past president of the National Independent Automobile Dealer Association, died last month at…
Timing the Market? Good Luck!
Jeffrey Bellant
December 09, 2021
Used-car dealers, I’ve found, are both optimistic and wary. They’re optimistic, in the way that all entrepreneurs are optimistic. They believe they can overcome challenges,…
A Melting Pot of Sacrifice
Jeffrey Bellant
November 11, 2021
Today is Veterans Day and I am so grateful for you who have served. My dad served a few years in the U.S. Army in…
Take Me Out (of) The Ballgame!
Jeffrey Bellant
October 28, 2021
It’s World Series month, so it’s time for me to have traumatic flashbacks to my horrific years in Little League. My brother’s tee-ball team went…
Lighten up, Francis!
Jeffrey Bellant
September 30, 2021
It’s one of the many funny scenes in the ’80s-era Bill Murray comedy “Stripes.” Murray’s character John Winger, a slacker with no direction, and his…
New Cars Cost Way Too Much!
Jeffrey Bellant
September 16, 2021
I’ve mentioned before the first new-car I ever owned was a 1993 Geo Metro. Just out of college, I basically bought the car with no…
The Industry Must Promote its Quality Dealers!
Jeffrey Bellant
September 09, 2021
The National Independent Automobiles Dealers Association recently named Georgia’s Lee Cavender as this year’s National Quality Dealer during its annual convention. For those who couldn’t…
