May 13, 2025
Jeffrey Bellant
Looking Back and Ahead
Jeffrey Bellant
January 21, 2023
Here’s to 2023 being better than 2022. That may be wishful thinking as waves of job cuts are hitting and though inflation is ticking down…
Nightmare at Woodward Dream Cruise
Jeffrey Bellant
August 25, 2022
For more than a decade, my 20-year-old nephew and I have attended the Woodward Dream Cruise, the great event in Michigan that draws classic car…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Auction Academy Hits the Assembly Line
Jeffrey Bellant
August 05, 2021
DEARBORN, Mich. – On Aug. 3, I joined Auction Academy officials and members of its Group 6 class to tour the historic Ford River Rouge…
Books are Your Friends
Jeffrey Bellant
July 09, 2021
We recently ran an article in the print edition of Used Car News on book recommendations from people in the industry. As an avid reader…
