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John Huetter
Reporter covering finance and insurance and retail for Automotive News
john.huetter@crain.com
John Huetter is a finance and insurance reporter covering subjects such as auto loans and leases, vehicle protection products, identity theft and synthetic fraud in auto transactions. He also writes about compliance, unfair and deceptive trade practices and the Federal Trade Commission’s CARS and Safeguards Rules. Huetter also covers Asbury Automotive Group Inc. and Lithia Motors Inc.

Latest from John Huetter

Approved House bill includes tax deduction on first $10,000 of auto loan interest for U.S.-made vehicles

The deduction under the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' could save many Americans hundreds of dollars.

F&I tips: How lenders can get dealers to use their technology

A dealership does not want a lender's new technology that will complicate the workflow.

Consumers show record pessimism about auto loan approval, survey shows

A record number of consumers expect to be turned down for an auto loan, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York survey.

Dealers not fans of tariffs despite profit, sales bump from customers racing the duties

Dealerships reaped the benefits of impending tariffs during the second quarter, but dealers don’t view them as a positive — and some stores are already hindered by them, according to a spring Cox Automotive poll.

Captive finance companies, other auto lenders describe issues, benefits of tariffs

Auto finance executives on May 13 at Auto Finance Summit East shared considerations and approaches for a U.S. tariff policy that lenders suggested could pose borrower affordability and lease depreciation challenges to their sectors. But some described an upside to the duties as well.

GM overhauls GM Rewards program, credit cards

General Motors is overhauling two key loyalty initiatives, consolidating all its GM-branded credit cards into single business and personal card programs involving Mastercard and Barclays and expanding consumers’ options for spending and sharing their GM Rewards points.

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2025 100 Leading Women, Tina Miller, CFO of Lithia Motors.

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