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Hyundai To Fight Childhood Cancer By Donating $200 From Every Vehicle Sold To...
Hyundai has pledged to donate $100,000 each to 68 hospitals and non profit organizations to help fight pediatric cancer. Dealers will contribute $200 from each vehicle sale to the cause, and most of...
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Chyrsler Dealers Meet For First Time In 3 Years, Fiat Dealers To Launch By...
Chrysler‘s first dealer meeting in years will kick off today in Orlando as the company shows off 15 new or improved products slated to roll out within four years. The onslaught comes as Chrysler went...
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Lincoln Dealers Wont See New Product At Meetings With Ford Execs
Lincoln Dealers Won’t See New Product At Meetings With Ford ExecsWith 200 of Lincoln‘s 1200 dealers staring down a possible termination of their franchise, an upcoming dealer meeting will provide...
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Ford Continues To Terminate Lincoln Dealerships
Ford‘s quest to trim the fat from Lincoln‘s dealer network continues as the company aims to cut another 100 dealers in what it calls “major markets”, from 500 to 325. So far the brand is down to 434...
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Auto Transaction Prices Highest Since 1996
Dealers and their automakers have some good news recently: they are getting the highest transaction prices in 15 years, according to a new report. CNW Research has crunched the numbers and found that...
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GM Letting Dealers Sell all 2,300 Volt Demo Models
General Motors has probably put more effort in the Chevrolet Volt project than in any other car they have produced in recent times, and they are adamant about turning it into a success. The goal is...
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Saab Dealerships Seek New Manufacturers
Nails just keep dropping in Saab‘s coffin, despite Chinese company Youngman’s attempts to sway the tide otherwise. The latest detail in what’s become a sad saga of failure has to do with dealerships...
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Two-Tier Pricing, Mandatory Upgrades Concern Dealers
The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) is tackling two contentious issues facing new car dealers in the U.S. today: two-tier pricing programs and mandatory facility upgrades. Speaking to...
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American Suzuki Needs Loan to Limp from US Market
American Suzuki ended its North American car selling operation earlier this week, but that left a crowd of unhappy dealers the company is now trying to pay off. Suzuki will continue to sell its...
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November 2012 Auto Sales: Hurricane Highlights
Things are looking up for automakers in the United States. All told sales topped 1.1 million new cars and trucks in November. That’s nearly a 15 percent increase compared to the same month in 2011....
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New Mazda3 Heading to Dealers in fall 2013
The same new design language and platform pulling the Mazda6 and CX-5 out of automotive doldrums will likely make it to the compact Mazda3 by this fall according to a new report. A company spokesman...
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Lincoln MKZ Finally Fully Stocked at Dealers: Exec Says
It’s been four months since the Lincoln MKZ midsize sedan was supposed to arrive at dealerships around the country. That’s finally the case according to Ford marketing executive Jim Farley, who made...
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Tech Support: How Lexus is Helping Customers Understand Advanced Features
We live in a digital world. For many new-car shoppers megabytes and gigahertz are just as important as horsepower and fuel economy. To members of the younger demographic chips are made of silicon, not...
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New Scion Vehicles Not Coming Any Time Soon
Scion’s sales have been sagging but dealers involved with the youth-oriented Toyota brand will have to solider on for a few more years before fresh product arrives. This is not necessarily good news,...
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GM Expands Online Shopping Tools For Buyers
Everyone has an interesting dealership experience, usually involving a stressful and pushy salesperson. GM is thinking of changing the way dealerships treat customers with its new “Shop, Click, Drive”...
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January 2014 Auto Sales: Winners and Losers
Welcome to 2014! Apparently in Chinese Astrology it’s the year of the “wood horse” but let’s hope this timber pony can canter away and carry the auto industry to continuing sales success. Which brands...
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Used Vehicle Prices Hit All-Time High
Considering a pre-owned vehicle instead of a brand-new model? Going used is generally a good idea but you may want to think twice about the decision because prices are creeping upward. According to...
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August 2014 Auto Sales: Winners and Losers
Like memories of band camp August is dead and buried. Regrettably the eighth month of the year didn’t go quietly; it took summer down with it. Sure, the season’s not officially over but we’re too...
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Tips From a Salesman on How to Buy a Car
Buying or leasing a new vehicle can be terribly stressful. This is understandable because cars and trucks are often the most expensive things people purchase after their homes. Driving off the lot...
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American Auto Loans hit Record Levels
No, you’re not imagining things. Both new- and used-vehicle prices are on the rise and American motorists are paying more than ever to purchase cars and trucks. The latest numbers reported by Experian...
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