Audi today announced that it received the top overall ranking in the 2013 Luxury Customer Experience Index (LCEI), conducted by the independent and objective Luxury Institute. The LCEI is based on data collected from affluent customers who were asked

Judge dismisses Massachusetts State Automobile Dealers Associates Lawsuit Tesla Motors won dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the Massachusetts State Automobile Dealers Association claiming Tesla was in violation of Massachusetts law by conducting sal

Bloomington, Indiana — A study from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs casts doubt on the Obama administration’s goal of putting a million plug-in electric vehicles on the roads by 2015. But the study does f

Alexandria, VA – The American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) today released December 2012 sales figures for the international nameplate automobile industry. AIADA represents America’s approximately 10,000 international name

Washington, DC – According to the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) December poll, when asked if their personal financial problems were self-inflicted or the result of events beyond their control, the overwhelming majority of res

2012 was a year of heightened consumer protection enforcement activity by federal regulators. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) exercised its authority to enforce federal consumer protection laws by entering into three consent dec

“Dale, remember this. As the used vehicle department goes, so goes the entire dealership.” My dad offered this advice as I was taking over the used vehicle department at our Cadillac store. I don’t think his guidance was unusual for dealers of

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN), America’s largest automotive retailer, today announced that its retail new vehicle unit sales in December 2012, as reported to the applicable automotive manufacturers, totaled 27,958

ARLINGTON, Texas — SFG Finance LLC, a purchaser of auto paper from BHPH dealers, new car franchise dealers, finance companies, banks and credit unions, today announced two major changes in SFG’s business model for 2013. First, a new scoring model