Manheim Consulting’s monthly auto industry brief reported November 2011 wholesale used vehicle prices increased for the first time this year after a five month decline.  The index rose 0.8% to 123.8 compared to 122.8 in October 2011. When comp

Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac dealers in the U.S. reported 24,872 sales of certified pre-owned vehicles, a 14 percent increase compared to November of last year, and a two percent decline compared to last month. Through the month of November 201

Washington D.C. – The American Automotive Policy Council (AAPC)  joined with other leaders of the North American manufacturing industry to applaud the announcement by President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper that the United States

DEARBORN, Mich. — FordDirect, a joint venture between Ford Motor Company and its franchise dealers, announced today the appointment of two executives – Ryan Soffa, senior vice president of product development and Fadi Aoude, senior vice p

In my last column, I suggested that “provisioning” is a more apt description for determining the types of vehicles that are appropriate for a dealership’s inventory and marketplace. I like this term as a replacement for “stocking” because i

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

SAN FRANCISCO — Representatives from Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc., (MMNA), along with San Rafael Mitsubishi, conducted the very first fleet delivery of the all-new 100% electric-powered 2012 Mitsubishi i to the California Bay AreaR

I was training with a dealer group the other day, and during a break the Internet managers were jovially reminiscing about the days – way back in 2003 and 2004 – when dealers were still not sure they even needed a website. I was working for Deale

DEARBORN, Mich. — FordDirect, a joint venture between Ford Motor Company and its franchise dealers, announced today that Meri Glade has been named general counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of the Company. Ms. Glade joins FordDirect to overse