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Galt resident Donald Wallace  is the winner of Toyota’s “Maintenance Required” $4000 dream vacation sweepstakes. He received his prize from Brian Chase, service director at Elk Grove Toyota. Wallace, 58, owns a Sienna van and has been a custom

Every year I make sure I get to two shows: NADA in February and the Amelia Island Concours d’Elelgance in March. These are entirely different in their objectives, and yet they still play to the same audience; car people just like us. What is surpri

DETROIT – General Motors and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative four-year agreement at approximately 11 p.m. EDT Friday. “We used a creative problem solving approach to reach an agreement that addresses the needs of employees and pos

Ask consumers to tell you their thoughts about automobile dealership service departments and, chances are, you’ll hear that, apart from warranty or recall work, many consumers believe that getting a vehicle serviced at a dealership will be more

There is now an affordable way to secure your customer information through a managed gateway to comply with the Gramm Leach Bliley requirements, as well as preventing civil action. When we look to safeguard information we always think of the F&I

According to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website, Subaru of America is recalling certain model year 2011 Outback and Legacy vehicles to fix a problem with the moonroof. The website said the moonroof glass could actually com

Kia Motors Corporation has recalled about 10,000 2007-2008 Kia Sorento vehicles to fix a problem with the front passenger air bag sensor control module, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website said. According to the website, th

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL – MTec Materials Technology of Brazil, an innovative industrial solutions company, said today its new recyclable green degreasing solvent Purisolv — extracted from cashew nuts — is now available to U.S. metal finishin

Do you have any used Honda Accords or Toyota Camry vehicles on your dealership lot? If not, you might want to stock up. According to AutoTrader.com’s August Trend Engine Report on the list of most-searched used cars, both the used Honda Accord