RoShelle Salinas - Houston Automobile Dealers Association

February 15, 2018

Auto Show Bodes Well for 2018 Sales

Talk about starting the year off with a bang! Already the largest auto show in the South, HADA’s 2018 Houston Auto Show was a smashing success with attendance up an estimated 40 percent over last year. Show-goers jammed the freeway and waited in long lines to get into NRG Center to enjoy special attractions, […]

January 2, 2018

35th Annual Houston Auto Show Brings Biggest Vehicle Names to Clutch City

35th Annual Houston Auto Show Brings Biggest Vehicle Names to Clutch City Jan. 24-28, 2018 at NRG Center HOUSTON (Jan. 3, 2018) – Texans don’t play it small, and neither is the Houston Auto Show in celebrating its 35th anniversary. More than 700 of the latest model year imports and domestic vehicles will […]

September 1, 2017

World’s Largest BBQ Pit to Serve Meals at NRG Center

Media Contact: RoShelle Salinas rsalinas@houstoncardealers.com 281-509-1682 World’s Largest BBQ Pit to Serve Meals at NRG Center Auto Dealers and sponsors come together to serve evacuees and volunteers 50,000 meals. HOUSTON (September 1, 2017) – Hurricane Harvey evacuees, first responders, and volunteers can expect the welcoming sight of a 75-foot BBQ pit arriving tonight […]

September 1, 2017

Hurricane Harvey Update

Our hearts, positive thoughts and prayers are with our dealers, their employees, and the Houston community during this time of disaster. Our HADA staff members are thankfully safe, along with their immediate families. The HADA offices have not incurred any damage and we are up and running at this time. We’ve also confirmed that 90 […]

February 20, 2017

New Toolbox Scholarship Launches in 2017

HADA Launches Toolbox and Repair Sets Scholarship Program HOUSTON (Feb. 17, 2017) – By the year 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor projects there will be more than 1.2 million jobs in the automotive, diesel, collision repair, motorcycle, and marine industries alone. To fill that need, there will be more than 37,000 technician job […]

February 10, 2017

New HADA Chairman Steven Wolf Takes the Reins

New HADA Chairman Steven Wolf Sees Rebound for Houston Economy, 2017 Auto Sales Auto sales to get boost from Houston’s biggest, best ever auto show in April. HOUSTON (February 7, 2017) – After a six year run of record auto sales, the slowdown in Houston’s economy resulted in slower auto sales last year. But, Steven […]

September 9, 2016

HADA Awards $375,000 in Scholarships

Media contact: RoShelle Salinas rsalinas@houstoncardealers.com 281-509-1682 HADA awards $375,000 in Scholarships to Houston Students HOUSTON (August 22, 2016) – The Houston Automobile Dealers Association (HADA) issued $375,000 in scholarships to 126 deserving college students this week, providing financial support to Houston area dealership employees, their dependents and students enrolled in Automotive Youth Educational Systems. […]

May 9, 2016

HADA and Individual Dealers Step Up to Support the Texas War Memorial

During April’s board meeting the Houston Automobile Dealers Association board learned that more than 225,000 Texans have actually served in the Global War on Terror since 2011 and Texas has approximately 10 percent of the fallen and 10 percent of the wounded warriors in the nation. The committee from the Texas War Memorial presented […]

August 5, 2015

HADA awards $375,000 in Scholarships to Houston Students

The Houston Automobile Dealers Association (HADA) issued $375,000 in scholarships to 125 deserving college students this week, providing financial support to Houston area dealership employees, their dependents and AYES students.

May 28, 2015

HADA Donates $50,000 to American Red Cross Greater Houston Chapter

A historic storm pounded Houston with torrential rain and surging waters in late May causing severe damage to homes, vehicles and businesses. In an effort to aid flood victims in Houston who needed shelter, housing, food, supplies and transportation, the Houston Auto Dealers Association donated $50,000 to the Greater Houston Chapter of the American […]

January 13, 2015

Coming off a Record Year for Houston Auto Sales, HADA Chairman Chris Poulos “Very Bullish” on 2015

Like most new car dealers in Houston, Chris Poulos, Vice President and General Manager of West Point Buick GMC and West Point Lincoln, is coming off a strong year in sales – “the best since the recession began in 2008,” he says. “And I am very bullish on 2015 sales to keep the ball rolling.”