GM and Ford top execs say U.S. consumer demand for cars and trucks remains strong, despite soaring interest rates and gas prices.
Experts suggest automakers focus their attention on the user experience and greater collaboration as they content with limited semiconductor chip supplies.
Auto manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe continue to lose production time over the lingering global microchip shortage, now well into its second year.
Hopefully, supply chain issues will resolve sooner rather than later, but until they do, dealers can take the time to prepare for some inevitable downstream repercussions.
The Ukraine invasion has ramped up the price of metals used in vehicles and OEMs likely will pass these costs on to consumers.
Aluminum jumped up to 4.8% to $3,449 a ton on the London Metal Exchange, while nickel rose to the highest level since 2011.
A coalition has asked the U.S. Treasury Department to grant relief to dealers employing the LIFO tax deferment strategy who face excessive tax bills this spring.
Dealers who build a used inventory strategy can now use it as a backbone of their success moving forward.
Production cuts because of a shortage of microchips slow.
Ford Motor Co. partners with chip maker GlobalFoundries to address the auto industry’s semiconductor supply shortfalls.
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