February 06, 2023
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…
NAAA Convention Returns Live, Finally!
Jeffrey Bellant
September 29, 2022
DALLAS – In early September, the National Auto Auction Association returned in full to the Great State of Texas for its first convention since 2019.…
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…
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…
