Auto Retail News

Alexandria, VA – The American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) released October 2011 sales figures for the international nameplate automobile industry. AIADA represents America’s approximately 10,000 international nameplate f

In October, sales of BMW used vehicles (including certified pre-owned and pre-owned) totaled 13,262, a decrease of 4.4% from the 13,867 sold in October 2010. Year-to-date, BMW used vehicle sales are down 5.5% on volume of 132,686 compared to 140,468

ATLANTA — Equifax’s latest National Credit Trends Report shows that Total consumer debt now stands at $11.2 trillion, nearly equivalent to the $11.1 trillion posted pre-recession in 2006 according to the most recent Equifax Nation

When Chad Baker and his business partners at Marc Heitz Chevrolet in Norman, OK erected their 81,000 sq. ft. Chevrolet showroom in 2008, it was just in time for the recession that came roaring through the nation. Fortunately, the entertaining ideas t

BURLINGAME, Calif. — CarWoo! announces a strategic partnership with DealerRater through which the CarWoo! MarketPlace enables DealerRater’s recently launched PrivateBuy.  For consumer members, PrivateBuy provides the CarWoo! MarketPlace

The Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned (MBCPO) program sold 5,571 vehicles in October 2011, a decrease of 21.8%.  On a year-to-date basis, MBCPO sold 62,929 vehicles, a decrease of 7.6% over the comparable period last year.

DETROIT – After being awarded the Chevrolet franchise in 1915, brothers Harold A. Benson and Ray Benson and their cousin Roy Benson drove nearly 300 miles from New York City to a tiny New Hampshire town in their first Chevrolet. Nearly 100 years la

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — AutoNation, Inc., America’s largest automotive retailer, announced that its retail new vehicle unit sales inOctober 2011, as reported to the applicable automotive manufacturers, totaled 18,530, an increase of 6% a

DETROIT – Chevrolet is celebrating its Centennial today by saying thanks a million – literally – to buyers of its top-selling Chevrolet Cruze. The compact car, which launched globally in 2009 and in North America in 2010, reached 1 million sale