Year-to-Date Sales up 12.2% in Southland

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SMCDA Board Attends Annual NADA Conference, Meets with Legislators in Washington D.C.

SMCDA board members held meetings this week in Washington D.C. with local legislative representatives Janice Hahn, Grace Napolitano, Allan Lowenthal and Lucille Royball-Allard. They discussed the overreaching recall legislation and LIFO reform. Pictured at left are SMCDA President Greg Bozzani, left, and Vice President Chad Charron.

Year-to-Date Sales up 12.2% in Southland

Honda and Kia saw significant sales increases this year (32 percent), resulting in market share increases of 2.5% and 1.5%, respectively. Overall, sales remained strong across all brands, and Southland dealers' sales still outpaced national figures.

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Northwood F&I Class offered this fall
Class will meet Tuesday evenings, October 25 - December 13
Northwood University’s Cerritos Campus is offering an 8-week course that instructs students in F&I and legal issues, and it counts toward AFIP certification. For more information about AFIP, please visit. www.afip.com.

The 8-week course is offered on Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m. October 25 - December 13. Contact Todd Leutheuser at the Northwood office at (562) 653-7852 for more information.

DMV Courses Offered
Motor Vehicle Software Inc, (MVSI) will offer Intro to DMV Processing and Fundamentals of Registration and Titling this fall at the SCCTT.

Intro to DMV Processing on September 29 provides a general overview of the registration and titling processes for new vehicles. Intended for contract and new registration and title clerks with less than six months of experience.

Fundamentals of Registration and Titling on October 11 provides detailed instruction on processing the most common types of title and registration transactions. Designed for clerks with less than one year of experience.

The College of Automotive Management Believes Good Ethics is Good for Business

Southland Dealers are signing up their sales teams for the online compliance and ethics course though the College of Automotive Management and are pleased with the results. For more information about CAM enrollment, please contact Kevin Smith at (949) 378-5413 or Bill Hanyak at (714) 336-5799.

Industry News
Perhaps you've already seen the following industry headlines, but just in case, here they are again.

Feds preview rules of the road for self-driving cars
Fox News
Obama administration officials are previewing long-awaited guidance that attempts to bring self-driving cars to the nation's roadways safely — without creating so many roadblocks that the technology can't make it to market quickly.

VW investors seek $9 billion in damages over emissions scandal
Automotive News
Volkswagen Group faces 8.2 billion euros ($9.14 billion) in damage claims from investors over its emissions scandal in the legal district where the automaker is based, a German court said.