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Steve Cannon, CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA, gives insight on dealership culture. F&I and Showroom describe his outlook on social media stings and dealer engagement surveys that do trickle-down to the digital consumer, impactive for CRM. ORLANDO,

AutoNation Dealership Group has made the move to re-brand all rooftops, say sources at  F&I and Showroom. Honda and J.D. Power comment on the successful marketing potential of AutoNation’s tactics, and the company’s one-of-a-kind mul

Ford Motor  Co. paid a hefty sum to lure Jim Farley away from Toyota Motor Corp. in 2007,  according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday. Farley, 50, Ford’s group vice president of marketing, sales, service and  Lincoln, a

According to Automotive News, the 2014 Ford Fiesta will be marketed with the help of 100 bloggers. The lucky hundred will

Survey results discovered by Ally Financial and KeyBanc Capital Markets  through the recent National Automobile Dealers Association Convention & Expo  reiterated how important the used-vehicle department is to franchised  dealers. In its surve

Fiat SpA will not build a Maserati in Detroit after all. The Maserati Levante, which shares a common architecture with the new 2014  Jeep Grand Cherokee, was supposed to have been built at Chrysler Group LLC’s  Jefferson North Assembly Plant

Porsche, Toyota, & Castrol GTX Digital Marketing Advisor, Google Digital Marketing Evangelist, and Best-Selling Author Avinash Kaushik will reveal the future of data and social media at Digital Dealer this May. With billions of users searching, r

Kelley Blue Book, the car-pricing guide, has released its 2013 5-Year Cost to Own Awards. Their picks are based on the vehicles’ Kelley Blue Book Fair Purchase Price, expected depreciation, financing, gas, maintenance and insurance costs over the f

A pair of new performance-inspired, limited-edition models featuring custom paint will join the Cadillac CTS Coupe and V-Series product lines this year. The Silver Frost Edition will be a special run of 100 CTS-V Coupes featuring a special low-gloss