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For many, the introduction of Automotive News' list of the top 150 dealership groups is equivalent to basketball's March Madness.

The 2025 Automotive News list of the top 150 dealership groups is live. Find out who made our ranking this year, including newcomers.

Find out which auto retailers rose and fell on this year's Automotive News top 150 dealership groups list, plus other highlights.

As the number of dealership owners has decreased since the 1940s, Automotive News looks at whether that decline will continue.

Jim Ziegler, president of Ziegler SuperSystems and a longtime auto industry veteran known as Alpha Dawg, died March 1 after a second cancer battle. He was 78.

Asbury Automotive Group said its planned acquisition of Herb Chambers Cos. includes 33 dealerships, 52 franchises and three collision centers.

Subaru, General Motors, Stellantis and Ford dealerships are among the latest buy-sell transactions tracked by Automotive News.

Buy-sell industry experts predict steady activity in dealership sales in 2025, though transactions may take longer to process.

Sonic Automotive CEO David Smith said the new hires helped boost its same-store fixed operations gross profit 12 percent in the fourth quarter.

Sonic Automotive Inc. posted higher fourth-quarter net income and an all-time quarterly revenue record.