“All organizations must share some data,” says Paul Hockel of General Dynamics Technology. “But if it goes to the wrong people, that gets serious.”

A manufacturer-dealer partnership has led to a “renewed common ambition,” says Nissan’s Jeremie Papin.

The retail management system supplier says the new look illustrates the company’s modern developments.

It could be 5 years before annual U.S. light-vehicle sales return to the pre-pandemic level of 17 million, Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke says.

A lineup tailored for U.S. tastes positions the manufacturer for success.

The automaker hopes the move will boost dealers’ inventory.

“We’ve created one view of the customer and a complete deal workflow with unmatched data insights,” says Lori Wittman.

Though much has changed, one long-time attendee says the core benefits of the annual NADA meeting remain.

“Rather than letting seismic shifts rock us to the core, let’s make this a defining moment and create our own destiny,” says 2021 NADA Chairman Paul Walser.

“It was standing-room-only with people lined against the back wall, something I’ve never seen before at a franchise meeting,” says Tim Hovik, chairman of Ford’s National Dealer Council.