Auto Retail News

IRVINE, Calif. — Consumer car research website, zAutos.com, launches its Used Car Portal, a consumer’s complete source for information on used vehicles across the United States. The new application takes viewers step by step through the p

According to The New York Times, California has recently passed a used car law to help protect consumers. The law, the story said, requires dealers to check used cars on their lot for potential government issued problems. If the dealers find anything

Congratulations! You’ve closed the deal, done the paperwork, taken the trade in, handed her the keys and introduced her to the service manager. (You did take her to the service department, didn’t you?) Now you can relax a bit and wait for the nex

The economy over the past few years have presented some pretty significant challenges to the sales and profitability side of the dealership business. Most dealerships responded to the 2008-2009 recession with an array of effective headcount reduction

Irving, Texas — myAutoloan.com, an online direct-to-customer auto finance company, launched their newest consumer tool last week called an Interest Rate Estimator. “We took a look at our most frequently asked questions and customers were

ATLANTA – To meet its customers’ changing business needs and to offer all customers a more consistent sales experience, Manheim will align its major dealer and dealer sales functions within a single unit. Susie Heins, former vice president of ma

SANTA MONICA, Calif.  — An estimated 1,038,052 new cars will be sold in September for a projected Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of 12.9 million light vehicles, forecasts Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive informati

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — TrueCar.com, the authority on new car pricing, trends and forecasting, today released its September 2011 sales and incentives forecast.  The forecast shows the following: For September 2011, new light vehicle sales in

HERNDON, Va. — Andrew Stuart has been appointed President and CEO of VW Credit, Inc., effective January 2012. He will report to Frank Witter who is Chairman of the Board of Directors for VW Credit, Inc. Stuart will succeed Kevin Kelly, 65, the