Ohio Automobile Dealers Association

09/24/2026

Ricart Automotive

A Ford F-150 runs on more than 100 million lines of code. Finding someone qualified to work on it is getting harder.

Ricart Automotive Group decided years ago that waiting for trained technicians to show up wasn’t a sustainable plan.

Through partnerships with ASE and Columbus State Community College, the group has built roughly 75% of its Ford technician workforce in-house. That pipeline now supports a 113,000-square-foot Ford Pro Elite facility with 64 bays and seven mobile service vans.

The program has been running for 10 to 15 years, which is part of the point. Technician development takes time, and the labor pool dealers are competing over isn’t getting any bigger.

There’s also a new type of technician entering the picture. Vehicles increasingly require people who are comfortable with mechanical work, software and electronics.

Dealers planning to grow service capacity five years from now may need to start building the people who will fill those bays today.

Read the full story: https://mtc.rocks/RicartTechnicianPipeline

09/24/2026

Hugh White Chevrolet Nissan Lancaster donated a 2019 Chevrolet Impala to the Wheels2Work program, which helps hard working high school students find a dependable vehicle that gets them to work and school.

National Automobile Dealers Association Jeff LaRe State Senator Tim Schaffer

09/22/2026

Ricart Automotive

NEWS | This Columbus dealer family is developing about 75% of its Ford technicians from within:

The Ford F-150 runs on more than 100 million lines of code, compared to about 14 million for a Boeing 787, and about 8 to 24 million for an F-35 fighter jet.

That doesn't make the F-150 more sophisticated or the jet less efficient; each is built for what it needs to do. But it underscores a real point: Today's vehicles are more complex than ever to repair.

That complexity means harder repairs, scarcer technicians, and real pressure on every fleet and retail customer relying on their vehicles.

So Ricart Automotive partnered with ASE and Columbus State Community College to build a "development from within" pipeline, starting 10 to 15 years ago.

Today, about 75% of their Ford technicians were developed in-house.

What this means for dealers: "We can't just rely on somebody else to develop it for us."

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(Source: Daily Dealer Live)

09/22/2026

Reineke Ford Lincoln of Findlay brought their mobile service van to the Children's Museum of Findlay Touch-a-Truck event for kids to check out.

National Automobile Dealers Association Susan Manchester Senator Matt Huffman

09/17/2026

Ohio's US Senator Bernie Moreno spoke to dealers from around the country at the NADA Washington Conference on 9/16, where he encouraged dealers to advocate for important industry issues on Capitol Hill, including his 'Connected Vehicle Security Act' legislation, which would ban vehicles from foreign adversaries (including China)

Ohio dealers making the trip/pictured included OADA Chairman Bill Dawes from Bob-Boyd Auto Family; Michelle Primm from the Cascade Auto Group; Suzie Reineke from Reineke Family Dealerships; Ed Keady from Mercedes-Benz of Cincinnati & West Chester; Josh Sweeney from the Jake Sweeney Automotive; & Jerry VanDevere from the VanDevere Auto Group. Also pictured are Zach Doran & Joe Cannon from OADA; Charlie Howard from the Greater Cincinnati Auto Dealers Assoc; & Lou Vitantonio from the Greater Cleveland Automobile Dealers' Association

VanDevere Chevrolet VanDevere Kia National Automobile Dealers Association

09/16/2026

The Greenwood Chevrolet team came out to support the 2026 Panerathon , helping to raise funds for the Mercy Health Foundation Mahoning Valley in support of the Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center.

National Automobile Dealers Association Lauren McNally for Ohio

09/15/2026

Bush Auto Place held a Fill the Backpack Challenge, distributing backpacks and school supplies to local schools.

National Automobile Dealers Association State Senator Kyle Koehler

09/10/2026

Tom Ahl Family of Dealerships hosted a car show and raised $15,000 for local soup kitchen, Our Daily Bread.

National Automobile Dealers Association American International Automobile Dealers Association Susan Manchester

Thank you again to all of our car show attendees, sponsors and donors for making this year's car show a success! We were able to raise $15,000 for Our Daily Bread 🎉

09/09/2026

Byers Airport Subaru donated $7,500 to help support 15 classrooms as they prepared for the new school year!

National Automobile Dealers Association American International Automobile Dealers Association State Senator Hearcel F. Craig Latyna M. Humphrey

09/08/2026

Wilmington Auto Center Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM gave back to several local schools, providing backpacks and school supplies.

State Senator Kyle Koehler