Auto Retail News

With all the talk of CAFÉ standards coming out of Washington in recent months, it’s easy to think that manufacturers and their customers have nothing but small cars, EVs and hybrids on their minds.  But, anyone who took a stroll along Woodward Av

Wolfsburg – The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 2.95 (January-July 2010: 2.62) million vehicles to customers worldwide in the period January to July. This represents an increase of 12.5 percent on the comparable prior-year period. The bra

YONKERS, N.Y. — After Fiat’s being out of the U.S. car market for nearly 30 years, Consumer Reports’ tests of the Fiat 500 revealed it to be a fun-to-drive car in tests of fuel-efficient vehicles in the magazine’s October issu

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — The most capable production off-road vehicle in the world gets better: dramatically improved on-road performance combines with even more off-road prowess All-new premium powertrain will excite core Jeep® followers and att

NEW YORK — A study released by Bankrate.com revealed a steep drop in consumers’ financial security. Bankrate’s overall Financial Security Index fell to a 2011 low of 92.3 amid a recent stock market correction, a U.S. credit downgrad

Madison, Ind. – Chief Automotive Technologies has assumed the exclusive marketing and distribution rights to Elektron products in North, Central, and South America, effective immediately, through an agreement with ELEKTRON Bremen GmbH. The product

  Ford and Toyota are collaborating as equal partners to accelerate consumer availability of a new advanced hybrid system for light trucks and SUVs New co-developed hybrid system ready for use later this decade on Ford and Toyota rear-wheel-drive li

Overland Park, Kan.:  NCM® Associates, the leading provider of 20 Group, retail operations consulting, management training and operations Benchmark® analytics to the retail automotive industry, announced today its intention to conduct the compan

LAS VEGAS — MPi, the leading provider of vehicle inspection tools, processes, and consulting for auto dealer service departments, announced today the establishment of Regional Dealer Advisory and Fixed Operations Advisory Councils to help auto