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Houston region’s total sales retail sales were up compared to Q3 2020 and down compared to Q2-2021. Read a full market report here:

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Danner’s Security has been a leader in the automotive and commercial security solution business since 1939. With over 80 years of experience, Danner’s has helped commercial businesses, including car rental facilities and automotive dealerships like yours, find security solutions to fit their exact needs. Danner’s Security knows not all security solutions fit the same, […]

Roger Elswick, Community Honda, Kia and Toyota June 2021 Despite a severe inventory shortage affecting automakers and dealers nationwide, I believe we are beginning to see signs of normalcy. You could see it at the recent Houston Summer Auto Show. Automotive News reported that “normalcy was one of the biggest attractions” at the show […]

Houston region’s total sales were up in the first quarter 2021 compared to Q4 2020. Read a full market report here:

Common Metal Roof Problems to Watch For   Nice, clean (and dry!) showrooms help to sell cars. It seems that just about every Auto Dealership has one or more buildings with an exposed fastener metal roof system. It could be the body shop, parts building, repair shop, or showroom and offices. This style of […]

By. Ritch Wheeler, Vice President of Training One of the common questions I get from dealer partners is, “Do I need a digital retailing department?”  Every time I hear that question it makes me think of Carl Sewell. I once read an article in which Carl Sewell was asked about a customer service department. […]

Keep Your Foot on the Gas By. Roger Elswick I would like to begin as your HADA Chairman with a big thanks to Houston area dealers for allowing me this high honor. I pledge, as I did as your South Texas NADA Director, to do the absolute best job I can to represent all […]

Houston Auto Market News is prepared for HADA by InfoNation, Inc. from data and analysis published in its monthly TexAutoFacts Report. This Forth Quarter Report takes a look at 2020 sales in the Houston region based on title transactions recorded by the Texas DMV.

In March 2020 school and education as we know it changed. Classes were blasted into a trajectory that may never return to what they once were. Specifically, automotive technology courses were completely overhauled. From the hands-on skills sector to the classroom lecture some students will not get the full automotive technology experience that their […]

More than half of attendees to the Houston Auto Show expressed intent to purchase a new vehicle within six months of attending the event, per five years of private surveys taken by visitors exiting the show. Additionally, those attendees were influenced by brands participating in the Houston Auto Show and 80 percent rated the […]