The auto industry’s trust layer is cracking, from hidden salvage histories on used cars to recall databases that falsely show unsafe vehicles as repaired.

Today’s episode breaks down Solera Cap HPI’s 25% missing write-off marker problem, a $15 million New York dealer lawsuit against GM, NADA’s Washington policy fights, Ford’s reopened 255,404-vehicle Focus recall, and Magna’s decision to build XPeng vehicles in Austria while avoiding North American contract assembly without clearer rules.

Today's Key Headlines

~Solera Cap HPI finds more than 25% of reviewed accident-damage cases missing expected write-off or salvage markers

~A former DVLA employee allegedly manipulated records to hide vehicle write-offs

~A New York dealer files a $15 million lawsuit against General Motors

~Ford reopens a recall affecting 255 ...