Auto Retail News

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

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – BMW Group Financial Services has opened the door for college graduates and young professionals to increase their purchase power through the company’s College Graduation Program.  The Program encompasses both leases and loans

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — Social networking site Facebook refers nearly as much new-vehicle buyer traffic to automaker websites as do major independent automotive content providers (for example, Autotrader.com, Cars.com and Edmunds.com), accor

LONG BEACH, Calif. – AiM Mobile Inspections, evaluators of new and used vehicles, has identified a growing trend among off-lease vehicles in the Northeast: tampered digital odometers.  AiM which reviews up to 9,000 off-lease vehicles each month in