Cox Automotive Shares 2020 Industry Insights
Cox Auto hosted their seventh annual Industry Insights Breakfast and have shared the materials online.

Cox Auto hosted their seventh annual Industry Insights Breakfast and have shared the materials online.
Photo courtesy of Cox Automotive
DETROIT – Earlier this week, Cox Autmotive hosted their seventh annual Industry Insights Breakfast.
They have posted a copy of the Industry Insight team's presentation on the Cox Automotive Newsroom. You can view that material and listen to the presenters here.
The presentation includes Cox Autmotive's analysis of the health of the U.S. auto industry, their perspective on 2019 results and forecast for 2020. They also provide a review of individual brand and segment performance in 2019 and a look at the potential size and shape of our industry in 2025. The material also includes Vince Zappa, president of Clutch Technologies, sharing his thoughts on the future of automotive subscription plans in the United States and a special guest, Sonya Harbaugh, co-founder and CEO of Steer, who talks about how her EV company is embracing the vehicle subscription model.
Originally posted on F&I and Showroom
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