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Why AIADA?

International nameplate dealers face unique challenges in ensuring the long-term growth and success of their businesses. For more than 50 years, AIADA has provided dealers with a community of like-minded business owners and industry manufacturers focused on protecting America's 9,383 international auto franchises from damaging federal legislation and policy.

Our Mission

  • To create, maintain, and preserve a free market for international nameplate automobiles in the United States
  • To aggressively advocate this mission before the federal government
  • To preserve the economic viability of the association's members – 9,416 international nameplate auto dealers who employ more than 549,000 Americans with a $50 billion national payroll. 

What Do Dealers Get From AIADA Membership?

A lobbying team dedicated entirely to the needs of America’s international nameplate dealers, with particular focus on trade, tariff, and business issues. Our staff:

  • Works with Congress and the Administration to promote the benefits of free trade to our industry
  • Promotes the positive economic impact of America’s international auto industry
  • Advocates against regulatory overreach of federal agencies
  • Click here to learn more about our policy issues

A top-notch advocacy program that connects YOU with your legislators – both at home and in Washington, D.C.

A full suite of public relations products to help you stay on top of the events and issues that impact your business.

  • FirstUp: A daily compilation of the day’s top automotive headlines, delivered to your inbox early each morning
  • AutoDealer Magazine: A quarterly print and web magazine that offers exclusive interviews with OEM and industry leaders, coverage of the latest political events, and more
  • Beltway Talk Podcast: Interviews and perspectives from Washington, D.C.’s auto industry power players to help you understand how events in the nation’s capital intersect with our industry every single day
  • Annual Economic Impact Report: A detailed report covering the economic impact of the entire international auto industry in the U.S., including dealers
  • Click here to learn more about our public and industry relations program

Access to our auto industry Affinity Partners, who we vet to ensure they provide you with best-in-class services and products.

What is AIADA Doing for Dealers?

Dealers are busier than ever. AIADA is your seat at the table in our nation’s capital on issues that affect your ability to operate as an international auto dealer. Here are a few areas where we’ve worked on your behalf in recent years:

  • Defeated a proposed 25% border adjustment tax that would have been placed on all imported autos and parts
  • Promoted the interests of our members while key trade agreements – including the USMCA – were under negotiation
  • Testified at hearings on Capitol Hill and at the Department of Commerce regarding the disastrous impact of a 232 investigation into whether imported autos and parts were a national security threat

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Larry Kull & Bradley Hoffman

Larry Kull & Bradley Hoffman

2014 and 2015 Chairmen of AIADA's Board
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