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Fleet Versus Retail: GM’s New Approach with the Chevy Impala
Sources at Auto News offer their predictions on how the logistics of Impala sales are likely to affect Chevy dealers’ stats in the future. The newly re-designed 2014 Chevrolet Impala is recommended as highly competitive, but changes in structur
Mar 14, 2013
DARCARS Automotive Group Hires RP3 Agency
Shop to Create Integrated Marketing Campaigns as AOR BETHESDA, Md. – DARCARS Automotive Group, operator of more than 30 auto dealership franchises in the Metro D.C. area, has selected RP3 Agency as its agency of record. RP3 president Beth Johnson m
Mar 13, 2013
U.S. News Announces the 2013 Best Cars for Families
13 brands win awards across 19 categories; General Motors has the most winners WASHINGTON — U.S. News & World Report today announced the 2013 Best Cars for Families award winners, featured at www.usnews.com/cars-families. Covering 19 catego
Mar 12, 2013
Ford SUVs No Longer a Rollover Risk
From The Detroit News, a NHTSA recall investigation finally came to an end. 2002-2005 Ford Explorers, Mercury Mountaineer, and 2003-2005 Lincoln Aviator were reviewed for a defect in the automatic transmission and brake shift interlock failures that
Mar 12, 2013
Top 10 Cheap Cars: Low Sticker Price, Lowest MPG
The LA Times offers a more in-depth look at Edmunds top-priced cars. From top ranking Ford C-Max to the Chevy Volt and other electric and hybrid versions, tips on household income and accuracy of MPG rankings are taken into consideration below: Click
Mar 12, 2013
Hiring for Skillsets, Tougher than it Sounds
From NCMi, the car dealership’s system of hiring is examined for training techniques. As most dealerships have a long lineage of hiring, firing, and methodology, there is no general standard and ways of hiring and ranking employees vary per dea
Mar 12, 2013
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Return to American: Auto Buyers Attracted to New Stateside Luxury
From The Detroit News, new releases from American auto manufacturers are gaining in popularity, and even taking some attention away from European luxury cars. Customers change brands based on the across-the-board improvements on quality that Amer
Mar 12, 2013
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Ford C-Max, Focus Recall for Child Safety
According to The Detroit News, a recall numbering 6,500 new vehicles from Ford Motor Co. has been issued as a result of a false child safety lock arming mechanism. Issues with the recall, shipment halts and investigations regarding the reasons for
Mar 12, 2013
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Ford Launches Biggest UEFA Champions League Final Ticket Giveaway; New Kuga Leads ‘Drive to Wembley’ Campaign
Ford is launching “Drive to Wembley” – the biggest-ever UEFA Champions League Final ticket competition in the history of the tournament Ford, the longest-standing official partner of the UEFA Champions League, is giving away 360 tickets for the
Mar 12, 2013