Company: GPI
Filing Date: 2025-10-28
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001031203-25-000061
Chunk: 33

Company: GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC
Filing Date: 2025-10-28
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 33
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 customer complaints until after December 4, 2025. The outcomes of the FCA’s review, any redress scheme and related proceedings remain uncertain.

On July 4, 2025, H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”), was signed into law. For the automotive industry, the bill provides consumers with a tax deduction for the interest on loans for certain U.S.-assembled vehicles. The bill also eliminates federal Electric Vehicle (“EV”) tax credits for vehicles purchased or leased after September 30, 2025. Additionally, the OBBBA reinstates 100% bonus depreciation for qualified property placed in service after January 19, 2025. This provision allows for immediate expensing for income tax purposes of the full cost of eligible tangible assets, including certain machinery, equipment and building improvements. The impact of the OBBBA on our results of operations cannot be predicted with certainty at this time.

On June 16, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Implementing the General Terms of the United States of America-United Kingdom Economic Prosperity Deal. This executive order, effective June 23, 2025, operationalizes a landmark trade agreement between the U.S. and the U.K., first announced on May 8, 2025, aimed at enhancing bilateral trade and addressing national security concerns. The order’s key provisions related to the automotive trade include (i) an annual quota allowing 100,000 U.K.-made vehicles to enter the U.S. at a reduced 10 percent tariff (7.5 percent plus 2.5 percent most-favored-nation rate); (ii) any additional imported vehicles each year will be subject to the standard 25 percent tariff rate; and (iii) automotive parts that are products of the U.K. and are for use in U.K.-made vehicles will be subject to a total tariff rate of 10 percent.

The U.K. government has established mandated targets for the sale of new zero emissions vehicles with increasing targets in future years. On April 6, 2025, the U.K. Prime Minister announced planned changes to the EV mandate, which aim to allow carmakers more flexibility in reaching their goal to phase out internal combustion engine vehicles. The plan increases flexibility of the mandate through 2030, allowing more EVs to be sold in later years as demand increases. Further, the plan allows for the continued sale of hybrid vehicles, which can be operated by both internal combustion and batteries,