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Ally Financial Launches Innovative Vehicle Financing Product

DETROIT — Ally Financial Inc. launches Ally Buyer’s Choice, an industry-first product offering for U.S. dealers and customers on new 2011 and 2012 General Motors and Chrysler vehicles. Ally Buyer’s Choice is an innovative financing
Nov 3, 2011

Hyundai Turns Up the Heat on Toyota and Honda in the Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) Arena

ATLANTA — The rise of the Korean automakers in the wake of Toyota and Honda’s struggles earlier in the year has been well documented on the new-car front, but it appears that these Japanese automakers may soon be facing stiff competition
Nov 3, 2011

CarGurus Used Car Price Index Down 1.7% This Fall

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — CarGurus, the auto research and shopping website, released its CarGurus Used Car Price Index for October, which showed the average price of a used car at $19,278, down by 0.88% from September and down 1.7% from August. Used
Nov 3, 2011

BMW Certified Pre-Owned Sales Down

In October, sales of BMW used vehicles (including certified pre-owned and pre-owned) totaled 13,262, a decrease of 4.4% from the 13,867 sold in October 2010. Year-to-date, BMW used vehicle sales are down 5.5% on volume of 132,686 compared to 140,468
Nov 3, 2011

CarStations iPhone/Android app helps EV drivers find their charge

CATHEYS VALLEY, CA – A new charging station finder recently appeared in app stores as quietly as the EVs it was developed for whir along. Created by California rancher-come-programmer David Raboy, CarStations is the latest in a lineup of mob
Nov 3, 2011

Interview with Burnsville Toyota

Burnsville Toyota is the 2011 Top Winner of the Digital Dealer Website Excellence Awards – scoring higher than 229 other dealerships and dealership groups nationwide. Co-sponsored by Dealer Communications and Dataium, LLC, this new awards competiti
Nov 2, 2011

Average Unique Visitors to Websites in October 2011: 3,732

According to a data from Dataium, the conversion rate of the average unique visitor to shopper was up 54% during the month of October 2011. This information is based on statistics for national automotive Internet behavior for October 2011. Below are
Nov 2, 2011

Polk Reports Significant Growth in New Commercial Vehicle Registrations

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — New commercial vehicle registrations (Gross Vehicle Weight 3-8) in the U.S. are set to reach 440,000 units for the 2011 calendar year, an increase of 17.6 percent over 2010 calendar year and a 33 percent uptick from 2009, ac
Nov 2, 2011

Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan Named Top Safety Picks by IHHS

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — The newest Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan minivan models have been named Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety for 2012. In addition to receiving top scores in rollover tests,
Nov 2, 2011