Auto Retail News

5 Best Year-End Lease and Finance Deals From Automakers Closing Out 2014, from Main Street. Not that holiday shoppers notice, but cars are being discounted almost as much as off-brand televisions and high-end kitchen accessories. Automobile pricing s

GM program sees dealers taking on way more loaner cars, from Auto Remarketing. Given the volume of vehicles we’re talking about, this is a significant development for GM’s bottom line. Bring your car into the dealership for service, and y

Auction forecast: Stable prices, more volume in 2015, from Dealernews.com. Powersports auction prices are expected to remain stable, while the volume of bikes and other items coming to auction should increase. Jim Woodruff of National Powersports Auc

What 2015 May Have in Store for Independents, from Auto Remarketing. New-car sales have picked up nicely, lease returns are aplenty and franchised dealers are trading for more cars — all of which means more used supply entering the market and event

Ford May Be Sitting on a Digital Marketing Goldmine in Response to The Safety of its Vehicles, from Mobile Marketing Watch. According to a forthcoming digital marketing report from a leading global research firm, marketers in the automotive industry

Let’s Rate the 60-Minute Car Deal, from Wards Auto. Most people want a quality dealer relationship more than an express purchase, says DealerRater CEO Gary Tucker. Are 1-hour car deals do-able? That’s a discussion topic in an age when vehicle sho

Toyota plans $126M expansion of MI R&D facility, from Auto Blog. Toyota has just announced that it will be investing $126 million to expand its operations in and around Ann Arbor, MI. The move will add around 85 jobs. In addition to expanding it

Digital storefront is a gutsy move, from Automotive News. At Foresight Research, we believe AutoNation is making a gutsy move by building a digital storefront for new-auto purchasers (“The retail game is about to change,” Nov. 17). Our 20

Urbandale, IA–December 22nd, 2014–Flick Fusion (www.flickfusion.com) today introduced VidMagnetTM, a powerful addition to inventory videos that leverages Video SEO (VSEO) and drives more traffic from YouTube and other video websites to au