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Audi and Cadillac make major jumps in rankings YONKERS, NY—A perfect storm of reliability problems has dropped Ford to next to last among the 28 car brands ranked in Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Survey, while its luxury brand, Linc

Arthur Wheaton, an expert on the automotive industry and senior extension associate at Cornell University’s ILR School, comments on today’s announcement of General Motors $1.5 billion third-quarter earnings exceeding expectations — following Tu

Geo-distance analysis provides key insights into what dealers can do to reach outside of their immediate market to attract more buyers. ATLANTA – AutoTrader.com has released a new white paper which quantifies for the first time ever how much infl

DMEautomotive survey reveals auto service customers open to variety of communications platforms; BUT majority of younger demo want contact through ALL platforms Key Findings: Over a third of consumers are open to receiving communications from their a

DETROIT – We continue to monitor the impact of Hurricane Sandy on our manufacturing operations.  At this point, we’re not seeing significant delays in our supply base deliveries. GM Baltimore Operations cancelled production for Tuesday and

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Automotive Technology Services (ATS) announced today a new feature, utilizing Ready Auto Transport, has been integrated into the AutoFlipr™ application so a buyer will now know the precise cost to ‘pick-up and ship

GEORGETOWN, Ky. — Toyota celebrated the 25 millionth vehicle manufactured in North America today at a ceremony at its Georgetown, Ky. plant coinciding with the start of production for the all-new 2013 Avalon.  The milestone vehicle – a Class

After three years of dramatic growth, the average price of used cars and light trucks will rise a modest 1 percent to almost $14,500, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Used Car Guide predicts in its latest special report. This is par

New case study shows how Auto Sound teamed with AOA and dealerships to drive a 50% increase of in-dealership sales of Auto Sound products in just four months Las Vegas, NV – One year after launching, izmocars’ AOA Supplier Digital Network is gene