Auto Retail News

The end of 2011 turned out to be a good year for Ford, General Motors, Chrysler and the rest of the auto industry. According to The Detroit News, auto sales were up 10.6% with 12.78 million vehicles being sold in 2011. The story said the top sellers

According to a data from Dataium, the conversion rate of the average unique visitor to shopper was up 55% during the month of December 2011. This information is based on statistics for national automotive Internet behavior for December 2011. Below a

Darin Partin, Internet sales director for Crest Auto Group, in Plano, Texas, doesn’t worry at all about beating the competition. Partin and his team are focused on beating their own record. Based on their sales numbers, that strategy is working to

DETROIT — PwC’s automotive analyst group, Autofacts, announced that it expects 2012 global light vehicle assembly will exceed 79 million units, an increase of 6.8% from 2011’s total.  Although many market uncertainties will carry

Auburn Hills, Mich. – Chrysler Group LLC announced that Fiat S.p.A.’s ownership interest in the Company has increased to 58.5 percent, from 53.5 percent (fully diluted), upon the Company’s achievement of the final of three performance-r

RESTON, VA – comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, reported that retail e-commerce spending for the entire November – December 2011 holiday season reached $37.2 billion, marking a 15-percent increase versus last year and an all-time

ORLANDO, FL — In what was a solid finish in 2011, for the mobile auto consumer, users climbed 60% on the Autoshopper.com site, with an average of 6 minutes of shopping.  Statistics show that mobile auto shoppers are in the market for used car

ATLANTA – A recent partnership between Manheim, the world’s leading provider of vehicle remarketing services, and Chapman Automotive Group, an auto retailer with more than 20 locations in Tucson, Phoenix and Las Vegas, resulted in significant in

COSTA MESA, Calif. – Hyundai Motor America released a rendering of its proposed new U.S. headquarters building in Fountain Valley, California, its U.S. base of operations for the past two decades. The new building will represent more than a $1