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Three years ago, Steve Stauning, popular automotive industry trainer, speaker and writer, delivered one of the most innovative and ground-breaking sessions ever at a Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition when he introduced his now famous “Shin

NEW YORK — Total advertising expenditures in the second quarter of 2012 increased 0.9 percent from a year ago and finished the period at $34.4 billion, according to data released today by Kantar Media, the leading provider of strategic advertis

According to September’s edition of Guidelines, NADA Used Car Guide’s monthly market update, used vehicle demand is still firm. Light vehicle highlights include: Wholesale Depreciation Slows in August Market average slips by a better-than-exp

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Several vehicles will be redesigned or dropped altogether in the 2013 model year, and that means car buyers can get an especially great deal on the outgoing 2012 models, reports Edmunds.com, the premier resource for automotiv

According to a J.D. Power and Associates blog post, fuel efficiency was on consumers’ minds in August, especially since the average price of unleaded gas at the pump in late August passed the $4 per gallon mark in Alaska, California, Connecticu

Autoshopper.com updating system to include live dealer chat support for all AutoPilot products. Lakeland, Florida — Autoshopper.com has integrated a new live chat with current dealers, who have frequently support issues regarding the newest pro

CHARLOTTE, NC – Erhard Automotive Group is using a cloud-based CRM system from AEROS by AULtec, Inc. to streamline its sales processes and aggressively purse sales opportunities. For its BMW dealership in Farmington Hills, MI, this CRM use has help

DETROIT – Reuters’ estimate of the current loss per unit for each Volt sold is grossly wrong, in part because the reporters allocated product development costs across the number of Volts sold instead of allocating across the lifetime volume of th

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — TrueCar.com, the authority on new car pricing information, trends and forecasting, today provided actual fuel economy numbers from August light vehicle auto sales that indicate TrueMPGTM increased to 23.2 mpg in August 20