PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE The Final Lap: Closing in on CNCDA’s Top Priorities As we accelerate into 2025, it’s important to reflect on CNCDA’s purpose: to protect and promote the franchise dealer system. Your dealership’s success is the foundation of our work; everything we do is focused on ensuring that your business remains strong. It is CNCDA’s responsibility to ensure your dealerships’ continued success — a mission we don’t take lightly. At the association’s Strategic Planning Retreat in 2022, a group of dealers gathered with association leadership to establish a set of guiding priorities for our association over the next 3-5 years in alignment with our overall mission. I am proud to say that with hard work and focus our team has already accomplished many of these goals in the last two years alone. • AB 473 Increased Franchise Protections: In 2023, CNCDA introduced AB 473. As one of the first of its kind in the nation, the bill enacts strict protections for our dealers, preventing manufacturers from bypassing their franchise network, among other provisions. This law has become a critical tool in our current disputes with Volkswagen’s Scout brand and ensures our members don’t have to compete with their manufacturers who may want to offer direct-to-consumer sales. AB 473 maintains a fair and competitive market for California’s dealers, and many other states are now using it as a successful model for their members. It is CNCDA’s responsibility to ensure your dealerships’ continued success — a mission we don’t take lightly. COMPLETED Brian Maas, President, CNCDA 6 California New Car Dealer Quarterly
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