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The Washington Area New Automobile Dealers Association (WANADA) count nearly all franchised new car dealers in and around the Capital Beltway in DC, Suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia as members.

A regional trade association, in the Washington area, WANADA has about 225 new car dealers as members and another 75 “kindred line” members which interface these dealerships as contractors, service providers and consultants. WANADA has been a Washington area business organization continually since 1917.

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2008 WANADA Open
Golf, Networking, and Good Natured Competition

Monday June 02, 2008 - Join us for a day of golf on two of the best courses in the Washington, DC area. Stay for cocktails and the Awards Dinner buffet. It's a great opportunity to get some fresh air with good natured competition and a chance to network with friends and associates. Don't miss the golf and fellowship!

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Washington Area New Auto Dealers Association elects first woman chair, Tamara C. Darvish
Marking a first in its 90-year history, the Washington Area New Automobile Dealers Association (WANADA), has elected a woman chairman--Tamara C. Darvish, vice president of DARCARS Automotive Group. Darvish will be inducted as chair of the venerable regional trade association that represents more than 225 member dealers on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at WANADA's annual meeting and luncheon at the McLean Hilton. [MORE INFO]

MD Dealers Gain Net-Of-Trade in MD Special Legislative Session
Joint Association Effort Achieves Objectives
In one of the most successful lobbying and grassroots efforts by any business group in the recently concluded Special Session of the Maryland General Assembly, WANADA and MADA succeeded in their number one goal - to secure the net-of-trade, or "trade difference," in legislation increasing the vehicle title tax from 5% to 6%. Dealers also achieved an important win in the Special Session by defeating a proposed tax on vehicle repair labor. When the session ended at 2:34 a.m. on Monday, November 19, 2007 morning, final compromises and adjustments had been made to the $1.4 billion in annual tax increases proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley and approved by the General Assembly. Through MADA's website, Maryland dealers and their employees participated in a massive grassroots effort that produced more than 7,000 calls, emails and letters to legislators. This effort bolstered the on-the-ground lobbying efforts from MADA, WANADA and individual dealers. On other tax fronts, legislators moderated an increase in the state's top income rate to 5.5% from its current rate of 4.75%. Gov. O'Malley had proposed 6.5%, and the House plan included a top rate of 5.75 percent. The new top rate was a major concern for leaders in Montgomery County, which is home to more high-end earners than any other Maryland jurisdiction.

For more information, contact Steven Arabia, Director of Public Affairs at WANADA at 202.237.7200 or sa@wanada.org


Earth Day the Fitzway
Fitzgerald Auto Malls First in Nation to become EPA "Green Power Partner"
WANADA Chairman Jack Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald Auto Malls, who has earned an array of awards for his business innovations and community activism, added another distinction last Friday when he kicked off Earth Day weekend with a special celebration to announce that his Maryland stores will be the first in the U.S. to become “Green Power Partners” with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). [MORE INFO]

Dealers Urged to Take Advantage of
WANADA’s New “Mix & Match” Tech Training
It’s Not Just for Beginners!

With school out, there tends to be an emphasis on getting fresh, high school graduates into WANADA’s apprenticeship technician training program. But the association wants to remind dealers that, besides our basic training program for beginners, our new modular training approach also offers “mix and match” training for established technicians already working in the service department. [MORE INFO]


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Upcoming Events
Dealer Recruitment Breakfast (MD)
05/28/2008   Register
Dealer Recruitment Breakfast (VA)
05/29/2008   Register
2008 WANADA Open
06/02/2008
1st Annual WANADA Business Meeting
06/12/2008