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July 11, 2025 By admin

Tri-State Convention Registration is Open

The 2026 Alabama-Mississippi-Tennessee Car and Truck Dealers Convention is only four months away in Destin, Florida. Scheduled for June 21-24 at the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa, the gathering is one you will not want to miss.

Registration Information

Click Here to Register Online

Accommodations (Registration required separately)

Reserve your room directly with the Hilton Sandestin today using this QR Code or by calling reservations 850.267.9500 and reference our group code, AMN or click here to reserve your room online.

Sponsorship Opportunities
Numerous sponsorship opportunities are available for industry friends to connect with some of their most important customers by sponsoring the convention. To download Sponsorship information and a Sponsor Reply Form CLICK HERE. For additional information, contact Kelly Barber (615) 269-3433 or email kelly@taaonline.biz.

October 22, 2024 By admin

Johnny Wayne Farris named Tennessee Time Dealer of Year

Congratulations to Johnny Wayne Farris for being Tennessee’s nominee for Time Dealer of the Year

TAA congratulates Johnny Wayne Farris, president of Farris Motor Company in Jefferson City for being Tennessee’s nominee for the 2026 TIME Dealer of the Year national award. He is a recognized leader in our industry here in Tennessee and we congratulate him for this great accomplishment!

Johnny Wayne is one of a select group of 47 dealer nominees from across the country who will be honored at the 109^th annual National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 5, 2026.

Johnny Wayne literally grew up in the business founded by his grandfather in 1929. After earning a B.S. from Tennessee Technological University, he joined Farris Motor Company full time in 1972 and has led Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram dealerships through multiple industry cycles, centering the operation on the Golden Rule, transparency, and long-term relationships.

Johnny Wayne has served the TAA on the Board of Directors since 2000, including Secretary/Treasurer (2010–2011) and Chairman (2011–2012), In 2025, he received the Roberts V. Weaver Award, the highest honor a Tennessee dealer can receive.

His community work includes long-standing support of God’s Warehouse, which has shipped 140+ forty-foot containers of humanitarian aid over the last twelve years—supporting East Tennessee families, Israel (via the Joseph Project), and Ukrainian refugees.

The TIME Dealer of the Year award is one of the automobile industry’s most prestigious and highly coveted honors. The award recognizes the nation’s most successful auto dealers who also demonstrate a long-standing commitment to community service.

Farris was chosen to represent Tennessee in the national competition – one of only 47 auto dealers nominated for the 57^th annual award from more than 20,000 nationwide.

To read the press release from Time, please click here.

June 5, 2024 By admin

Support CARPAC

We appreciate Members support for so many years. We encourage more Members to support our political action committee. Under Tennessee law, corporations and individuals are allowed to donate under the guidelines.

We have made it simple for all our Members to support our PAC today. You are one click away – Donate here