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Luxury Automaker Reports 17% Increase in CPO Sales

For the month of October 2011, Porsche’s Approved Certified Pre-Owned vehicle sales were 652, compared to 565 last year. The year-to-date total is 7,241, compared to 6,210 in the previous year – a 17% increase.
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

Equifax: Total Outstanding Consumer Debt Now Nearly Equivalent to Pre-Recession Levels

ATLANTA — Equifax’s latest National Credit Trends Report shows that Total consumer debt now stands at $11.2 trillion, nearly equivalent to the $11.1 trillion posted pre-recession in 2006 according to the most recent Equifax Nation
Nov 3, 2011

Mercedes-Benz CPO Sales Down 21.8%

The Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned (MBCPO) program sold 5,571 vehicles in October 2011, a decrease of 21.8%.  On a year-to-date basis, MBCPO sold 62,929 vehicles, a decrease of 7.6% over the comparable period last year.
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

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

US Mobile Ad Spending to Top $1 Billion for First Time in 2011

NEW YORK —Spending on mobile advertising—long a bit player in the digital media mix—will top $1 billion in the US for the first time this year as smartphone adoption and rising mobile internet usage have made the market more attractive to adver
Nov 2, 2011

New Initiative to Yield New Insights for Automotive Advertisers

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — J.D. Power and Associates has signed an agreement with Kantar Media to integrate auto buyer data with television audience viewing behavior data to provide marketers and media buyers and sellers with new tools and enha
Nov 2, 2011