Auto Retail News

TORRANCE, Calif. — Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. this week launched the second annual Shareathon program, where customers can tweet about their plans to buy or a lease a new Toyota during Toyotathon and earn a $500 prepaid debit card. Bui

IRVINE, CA –Fletcher Jones Motorcars is the top-selling Mercedes Benz dealer in the nation. In a typical month, it retails 600 units or more. Up to 20 percent of those sales every month are to existing customers, enabling the Newport Beach, CA deal

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, announced that it has promoted three of its long-standing executives. Effective immediately, Jeremy Anwyl is Vice Chairman of the company, stepping up from

A story from Mary Ellen Biery, Research Specialist, Sageworks Inc. said auto sales should keep on trucking into 2012, according to some industry experts. And that’s good news for privately owned auto dealers, which are in their second year of doub

ALPHARETTA, GA. – Contact At Once!, the leading dealer chat provider to the automotive industry, today announced the beta release of a new SMS text-to-chat feature for automotive advertising.  Delivered as an extension to the Contact At Once! chat

New mobile application provides used car buyers with access to AutoCheck® vehicle history reports when and where they need it most Schaumburg, Ill., Dec. 13, 2011 — Experian Automotive today launched AutoCheck® Mobile for ConsumerSM, a new applic

A story from The Business Journal Daily, out of Youngstown, Ohio said auto sales at local auto dealers are up 4% over last year. The story said this was much better than sales last year of 1,752 new cars and trucks.

Three dealers in the metro-Milwaukee area have decided to start upgrading their dealerships with new renovations, a story from the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel said. According to the story, these new dealership makeovers are part of a trend i

Norfolk, VA – Dominion Dealer Solutions, an industry leader in automotive technology and services and a division of Dominion Enterprises, announced today the reorganization and unification of its businesses and products.  These changes, as repor