DETROIT — Ally Financial has been honored with a 2011 Auto Finance Excellence Award for its notable success and contribution to the auto finance industry.  The award was presented today at the annual Auto Finance Summit by Auto Finance News. A

IRVINE, Calif. — Kia Motors America, Inc. (KMA) announced a major improvement to its Kia Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) program. KMA, which distributes vehicles through its network of authorized independent Kia-brand dealers in the United States, h

MEDFORD, OR — Lithia Motors, Inc. reported 2011 third quarter income from continuing operations of $16.3 million, or $0.61 per diluted share. This compares to a 2010 third quarter income from continuing operations of $9.6 million, or $0.36 per

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — The proportion of vehicle shoppers who use smartphones to access automotive information on the Internet has increased by more than 40 percent from 2010, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Automotive Mobil

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford will become the first automaker to allow parents to block their teens from receiving phone calls and deter text messages while driving with a new MyKey®  Do Not Disturb technology that launches on the Ford Explorer in

It appears that most dealers have mentally accepted the fact that they need to embrace the digital age. The interesting disconnect is that many dealers are still only allocating 20%-30% of their advertising budget to the digital side of the equation.

TROY, Mich. – Open Dealer Exchange, LLC, a technology leader that streamlines the automotive buying process for lenders, F&I product providers and dealers, is pleased to unveil its newly redesigned website, www.opendealerexchange.com. The enhan

OAKLAND, Calif. — Pandora (NYSE: P), the leading personalized radio service, is now a standard feature on three popular luxury Lincoln models: the MKZ, MKZ Hybrid and the Navigator. The vehicles arrived on dealer lots inSeptember 2011. Linco

VIENNA, Va. – Localeze, the largest business listings identity management provider for local search, today announced it is supplementing online local business listings for automotive resource Edmunds.com’s newly launched used car dealer