For 100 years, the Washington Area New Automobile Dealers Association has served the nation’s capital region by advocating on behalf of franchised auto dealers, their employees, and their customers.
WANADA operates The Washington, D.C. Auto Show, the region’s largest annual indoor event.
Show InformationWANADA is comprised of 270 corporate members, which consists of new automobile dealerships as well as “Kindred-line” or contractor businesses that service auto dealerships. The WANADA organization consists of a non-profit association, WANADA Business Services Corporation, Automobile Dealer Education Institute (ADEI), WANADA Community Support Foundation, WANADA Insurance Services and The Washington Auto Show.
The Automobile Dealer Education Institute scholarship is a free, NATEF certified, 2-year technician-training program that combines structured classroom, shop and interactive curriculum teaching with full time, paid on-the-job training.
Start Your CareerThe Automobile Dealer Education Institute (ADEI) celebrated another successful year of workforce development on August 26 at Montgomery College’s Gudelsky Institute for Technical Education, with the program’s largest graduation ceremony to date. More than 120 dealership sponsors, apprentices, family members,...
On Tuesday, September 1, WANADA and MADA held a joint fundraiser where Maryland Governor Wes Moore met with a strong...
Fitzgerald Auto Malls today announced that it has earned Gold-level certification under the Montgomery County Green Business Certification Program, administered...
New vehicle registrations in the Washington area continued to soften through August, reflecting broader national trends while highlighting shifting consumer...
The following bullets are excerpted from Maryland MVA’s April 2026 “Talking Points” newsletter. We hope you find this information useful,...
WANADA’s Annual Meeting will be returning to The Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner, VA this year. This year’s event will begin...
Since 1917, WANADA has served as the voice for automobile dealers in the Washington region, advocating for the interests of its members in the media, in local, state, and national policy discussions, and as a provider of insurance and other benefits for its members.