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Let the greening of Honda dealers commence!, from Technology Tell. Honda issued a 93-page document titled the “Honda ‘Green Dealer’ Guide” in an effort to help its dealers adopt what it called “more environmentally responsible business prac

Government Asks Court to Toss Chrysler Dealerships Suit, from The National Law Journal. The U.S. government has moved to dismiss a suit from 18 former Chrysler dealerships that lost their contracts with the automaker during its bankruptcy proceeding

Legal Expert Rings in the Holidays With ‘12 Days of Dealership Compliance’, from Auto Dealer Monthly. Based on recent developments, it’s obvious government regulators are active this holiday season. So to help ring in this season of regulatory

GM gets creative to spur recall repairs, from wusa9. After the effort that General Motors went through to quickly produce replacement ignition switches for millions of cars under recall, their hasty manufacture may turn out to be the easy part. The h

Dealerships boost fixed-ops spending to fend off rivals, retain customers, from Automotive News. Alan Brown, general manager of Frisco Volkswagen north of Dallas, has a 62,000-square-foot dealership under construction on 14 acres. About 60 percent of

Fix Fixed-Operations Faults, from Wards Auto. If dealers ran their fixed operations using the same practices they use in their variable operations, they would see business increase. One of the most important performance metrics dealers should track i

Local Family Owned Used Car Dealer Creates New Partnership to Improve Financing Solutions for Bad Credit Customers, from PR Web. Family owned used car and truck dealership, Carz Planet is now working with Jeremy Rich of JeremySaysYes in Milwaulkie to

Mazda November 2014 Sales Report, from The Auto Channel. IRVINE, CA — Dec. 2, 2014: Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today reported November U.S. sales of 21,242 vehicles, representing an increase of 2.4 percent versus last year. Year-to-

Ally, Wells Fargo prefer profit over volume, from Automotive News. Ally Financial and Wells Fargo Dealer Services, two of the nation’s largest auto lenders, say growing competition has them ready to sacrifice market share to protect profits. Both c