According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Ford is recalling the 2013 Ford Escape to fix a problem with the engine cooling system. NHTSA’s website said 6,146 vehicles equipped with the 1.6L engine are included in the recall. T

The decline in new car sales that began in 2008 had a predictable outcome: less late-model vehicles on the road and on the service drive. The bad news: J.D. Power and Associates says there are 63 million vehicles on the road under five years old. Thi

ORLANDO, Fla. – US Equity Advantage (USEA) – the nation’s loan acceleration services leader – announces a new partner dashboard for finance and insurance (F&I) managers, automotive dealerships, and agencies to track and forecast commissi

A second-generation auto dealer, Paul Walser, 57, and his brother Andrew, 44, operate Walser Automotive Group, a 12-franchise enterprise servicing communities in and around Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN. Like many second-generation dealers, whatever t

Owner Ted Bessen and President Steve Risso have built up one of the top-selling certified pre-owned dealers in the country, as well as the No. 1 dealer in the New York City market for July. NEW YORK — After being named the No. 1 certified pre-

MCLEAN, Va. — The National Automobile Dealers Association Used Car Guide is now providing manufacturer-certified pre-owned (CPO) values for every qualified vehicle in its printed and electronic editions. “We recognize the tremendous effo

Dealers look at metrics all day long: number of units sold, front gross, F&I penetration rates, service gross, etc. And if they don’t like what they see, the department manager hears about it pretty quick. In a typical scenario, the dealer asks

I’ve had chocolate chip cookies on my mind lately. The reason? I can’t eat them the way I used to, thanks to a daily diet and exercise regimen I’ve adopted. I’ve come to (reluctantly) embrace the “new me” because I now understand its rewa

While subprime lending is on the rise, loans are balanced by lower loan-to-value ratios SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Experian Automotive today announced that loans to customers in the nonprime, subprime and deep-subprime risk tiers accounted for more th