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Steven Abernethy of Feldman Automotive Group was named one of Automotive News’ 40 Under 40. This annual program honors 40 high achievers at new-car dealerships who are under 40 years old.

Lindsberg Pettway, a former high school principal and floor sales manager at Feldman Chevrolet of Livonia in suburban Detroit, says he brings transparency to the car-buying process through TikTok and Instagram.

Dealership groups on the list performed better than the industry as a whole in a year that saw overall U.S. light-vehicle sales decline. The top 150 groups collectively retailed 3,233,234 new vehicles, down 6.7 percent from 2021, according to the Automotive News Research & Data Center, which compiles the list. Combined retail and fleet sales for the groups on the list were 3,440,740 new vehicles, down 5.8 percent. By contrast, overall industry new-vehicle sales tumbled 7.9 percent last year.

“Big” Al Gillespie and his team at the Feldman and Mark Wahlberg Automotive Groups will talk with Car Wars’ Cassie Broemmer about the key shifts he’s seen in consumer behavior during his expansive career in automotive retail and why it’s critical to stay ahead of the curve in customer communication.