BSM has been contacted by a number of Hyundai dealers across the country who are questioning the appropriateness of the IONIQ EV Participation Agreement. Like electric vehicle agreements proposed by General Motors, Volkswagen and others, the IONIQ EV Participation Agreement raises potential...

Under the guise of providing convenience to customers, Volvo has recently announced that it intends to offer retail customers the option of purchasing vehicles directly from Volvo at a non-negotiable, fixed price. Interaction with the retail customer has traditionally been solely within the...

BSM is assisting dealer associations representing nine (9) states with franchise law issues during their 2021 Legislative sessions. In some of those states the non-franchised direct selling OEMs (i.e. Tesla, Rivian, Lucid, et al.) have filed bills seeking to open the states to an unlimited number...

As we begin the New Year, the team at BSM looks back at 2020 and forward to 2021 for what we might expect as dealer advocates this year. 2020 Review Just when 2020 was getting off to a good start, the entire economy was put on pause due to the spread of Coronavirus. Thankfully, your state and metro...

2019 was an impressive year for the buy-sell market, and the start of 2020 appeared to continue the trend. January and February, which are normally slow months, saw unusually high buy-sell activity. But, by the start of March, the buy-sell market came to a screeching halt. General uncertainty over...