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DETROIT – Globally recognized today, the Chevrolet bowtie logo was introduced by company co-founder William C. Durant in late 1913. But how it came to be synonymous with the brand is open to wide interpretation. Durant’s version of how the logo c

DETROIT – For the fourth month in a row, the Chevrolet Cruze is the best-selling compact car in the United States, recording a total of 21,807 sales in August. It is also the fifth-consecutive month of Cruze sales exceeding 20,000 units. Calendar y

Through the Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned (MBCPO) program, Mercedes-Benz USA sold 5,901 vehicles in August 2011, a decrease of 9%.  On a year-to-date basis, MBCPO sold 51,651 vehicles, a decrease of 5.6% over the comparable period last year.

In this highly competitive industry, dealers like you are constantly in need of more efficient and profitable means of selling cars. Taking advantage of every sales opportunity and sales channel available is the first step in offloading vehicles more

How can you identify technology based solutions to dramatically enhance the customer’s F&I experience? Generation X & Y buyers live in a world of streaming data and electronic content and often become disinterested during traditional paper-

Woodcliff Lake, NJ  – Through the use of the iPad in the dealer showroom, BMW Group Financial Services is taking valuable financial aspects of the buying experience to a new level, in an effort to create a more seamless interactive experience betw

In August, sales of BMW used vehicles (including certified pre-owned and pre-owned) totaled 13,335, a decrease of 6.5% from the 14,266 sold in August 2010. Year-to-date, BMW used vehicle sales are down 6% on volume of 106,295 compared to 113,061 in t

How can you synergize the sales and compliance processes into a single, consistent and effective system of checks and balances? How can you use your current CRM to review and monitor your sales and compliance processes?  If you are able to identify

As a result of two brand new research studies from Polk and KS&R, we now know for the first time ever how much time car buyers spend on the car shopping process, how much time they spend online versus offline, and which sites they spend their tim