SANTA MONICA, Calif. — One year after the March 11, 2011 earthquakes that sent ripples across the auto industry, Japanese car manufacturers are finally back on track in the United States, reports Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automo

Arlington Heights, IL–American Auto Guardian, Inc. (“AAGI”) announced that Lanny Cox joined their sales team as Central Regional Vice President. Lanny has more than 18 years of diverse experience within the automotive retail, aftermarket and co

NEW YORK — The American automotive industry had traveled a tough road through the economic downturn, but according to a new complementary study and accompanying infographic from local market consumer research firm Scarborough, the American aut

DETROIT – The 2012 Buick LaCrosse with eAssist continues to lure customers looking for a spacious fullsize luxury sedan that gets the fuel economy of many compacts. In February, an all-time high one in four LaCrosse buyers chose the eAssist model.

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — Blue Ridge Mazda, a Mazda dealer in Lee’s Summit, MO, is excited to announce that for the month of February MNAO reported a total of 25,651 vehicles sold. That figure represents a 32 percent increase over last ye

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. — BMW of North America, LLC announced its annual Center of Excellence honors, awarded to the top performing dealerships in the U.S.  Thirty-one of the 339 BMW dealers nationwide achieved “2012 Center of Excellence&#

Not all new employees are promoted from within. Rarely have all of the sales managers at your store once been the salespeople on your floor. In other words, dealers often look outside of their own four walls and bring in a candidate from another deal

I’ve not written much about selling cars to women and couples that come to a dealership accompanied, or burdened, by their children. Once I started giving it thought in preparation for this month’s column, I just kept coming up with more and more

DETROIT – Ally is launching a marketing program in March to help drive showroom traffic and increase new vehicle sales at General Motors- and Chrysler-affiliated dealerships. The program kicks off in the following initial test markets over the comi