CHICAGO — New car buyers looking for all the bells and whistles at a reduced cost should buy now, according to the editors at Cars.com, a leading online resource for new and used car buyers and sellers. To help shoppers identify what to buy, th

The Manus Group and other industry experts cite a need for U.S. dealerships to overhaul automotive recruitment and training programs to encourage Generation Y employees to pursue and develop their careers in the automotive retail industry. Program im

La Quinta, CA — As the final touches are being put into place for the August 17 – 22nd Concours d’Elegance, the top ranking car collector show in the world, final touches are also put on the software that will be used by one luxury car mak

IRVINE, Calif.– Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new car and used car information, predicts that the new-car sales and leasing slumps of recent years will impact used-car values for years to come.  Current supply reductio

Manheim Consulting’s monthly auto industry brief reported July 2011 wholesale used vehicle prices decreased when compared with June 2011’s numbers. The Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index is still up 5.9% (125.9) over July 2010 when it was 118.9

Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac dealers in the U.S. reported 180,303 sales of Certified Pre-Owned vehicles through the month of July 2011, a two percent increase compared to sales through July of last year. For the month of July 2011, combined sal

According to a data from Dataium, the conversion rate of the average unique visitor to shopper was up 48% during the month of July 2011. This information is based on statistics for national automotive Internet behavior for June 2011.   Below are

According to a story from Autoblog.com, Nissan may start using the social networking site for more than just posting interesting content. The story said the automaker responds to all of the posts on its Facebook wall, positive and/or negative, from i

Dealers are using their ad dollars more and more for marketing on social media sites online than actually at their dealerships, according to a story from USAToday. The story said dealerships don’t have actual sales that they can contribute to their