Dealer OPS & Leadership
Ford, Toyota, BMW, Lexus, Mercedes Rank among Top-performing Automotive Brands
Phoenix Marketing International’s Automotive Brand Health Tracker: Winners in the Non-Luxury and Luxury Categories Benefit from Distinctive Brand Identity in Communication Strategies Detroit, MI -- Phoenix Marketing International (Phoenix), a Honomichl Top-50 market...
GM Reports Third Quarter Net Income of $1.5 billion
DETROIT – General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) today announced third quarter net income attributable to common stockholders of $1.5 billion, or $0.89 per fully diluted share including the impact of special items, which reduced net income by $0.1 billion and diluted earnings...
NADA: Rise in New-Vehicle Demand Helps Stabilize Used Prices
McLEAN, Va. -- After three years of dramatic growth, the average price of used cars and light trucks will rise a modest 1 percent to almost $14,500, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Used Car Guide predicts in its latest special report. This is part...
Consumer Reports Auto Reliability Survey: Ford Continues Fall While Seven Japanese Brands Top List
Audi and Cadillac make major jumps in rankings YONKERS, NY—A perfect storm of reliability problems has dropped Ford to next to last among the 28 car brands ranked in Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Survey, while its luxury brand, Lincoln, placed just a...
GM Third-Quarter Earnings Good News for U.S. Auto Industry
Arthur Wheaton, an expert on the automotive industry and senior extension associate at Cornell University’s ILR School, comments on today’s announcement of General Motors $1.5 billion third-quarter earnings exceeding expectations — following Tuesday’s announcement of...
White Paper Shows Direct Connection Between Online Advertising And Distance Buyers Travel To Make A Vehicle Purchase
Geo-distance analysis provides key insights into what dealers can do to reach outside of their immediate market to attract more buyers. ATLANTA – AutoTrader.com has released a new white paper which quantifies for the first time ever how much influence online...
59% of Under-35 Auto Service Customers Want Communications Via Mobile Apps
DMEautomotive survey reveals auto service customers open to variety of communications platforms; BUT majority of younger demo want contact through ALL platforms Key Findings: Over a third of consumers are open to receiving communications from their automotive service...
Update: GM Reports Storm-Related Impacts
DETROIT – We continue to monitor the impact of Hurricane Sandy on our manufacturing operations. At this point, we're not seeing significant delays in our supply base deliveries. GM Baltimore Operations cancelled production for Tuesday and is on track to resume...
AutoFlipr™ can now provide the precise cost to pick up and ship an automobile
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Automotive Technology Services (ATS) announced today a new feature, utilizing Ready Auto Transport, has been integrated into the AutoFlipr™ application so a buyer will now know the precise cost to 'pick-up and ship' a vehicle, as well as an...
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