AADA is disappointed the Federal Budget has retained inefficient new car taxes and missed the opportunity to reward consumers and local businesses. “The first budget since the cessation of local passenger vehicle manufacturing provided the Government with an opportunity to…
Since AADA reformed in 2013 we have massively increased the amount of advocacy work we do on behalf of Dealers. We have formed relationships with governments and with regulators such as the ACCC and ASIC. Thanks to these relationships AADA…
The presence of Deputy Prime Minister, Michael McCormack, and high-ranking Opposition MP, Anthony Albanese, at the 2018 AADA National Dealer Convention is a sign of the growing power of the advocacy work AADA does on behalf of its members. As…
In our endeavours to represent the interests of Australia’s retail automotive Dealers, AADA has put in place a highly experienced, qualified team of professionals. Together they share decades of experience and a passion for our industry that drives them to…
The AADA CEO David Blackhall wrote an opinion piece on the issue of used car imports. The article came off the back of Senator David Leyonhjelm’s article in the Australian Financial Review, in which he expressed support for the wide…
On 28 February 2018 the Federal Government initiated the largest compulsory recall in Australian history – for all vehicles fitted with ‘affected Takata airbag inflators’ (Takata Compulsory Recall). At present the Takata Compulsory Recall affects approximately five million vehicles in…
A new study has found that car dealerships and sales personnel are a major obstacle to the switch to electric vehicles (EVs) in the Nordic region and possibly beyond. The study, undertaken by Aarhus University, Denmark, and the University of…
The death of a woman killed by one of Uber’s self-driving cars shows that we are still a long way from transitioning to an autonomous driving utopia. Elaine Herzberg, 49, was hit by a self-driving Volvo XC90 SUV in Arizona…
A former Tesla employee has sued the company, claiming it sold defective vehicles and fired him because he knew about it. Adam Williams began working for Tesla at the company’s Springfield, New Jersey location in 2011. In his lawsuit he…
Marketing is one of the top expenses for Dealers. There are ways for you to instantly improve the business impact of marketing through deploying a few simple tactics on Facebook. How you spend your marketing budgets can have a material…