Public Companies’ U.S. Acquisitions Drop 55 Percent SAN FRANCISCO — The Presidio Group LLC, through its subsidiary Presidio Merchant Partners LLC, today released its Automotive Retail M&A Market Report for the first half of 2012. Some hig

Jumpstart Automotive Group Reveals Top Contender with Online Shoppers   San Francisco, CA – Nissan is battling for the best-selling midsize sedan spot this year – a move the automaker’s CEO Carlos Ghosn touted at the New York Auto

According to Bankrate.com, auto loan rates were down this week, with the average rate for a 60-month new-car loan falling 1 basis point, to 4.45 percent, a new record low. Click here for more information from Bankrate.com. 

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — The August new-vehicle selling rate is expected to be the highest monthly rate in more than four and one-half years, according to a monthly sales forecast developed by J.D. Power and Associates’ Power Informatio

CHICAGO, IL —  For the second consecutive quarter, the national auto loan delinquency rate (the ratio of borrowers 60 or more days past due) hit its lowest level since TransUnion began tracking the data in 1999. Auto loan delinquency rates in

NEW YORK — Data through July 2012, released today by S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian for the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, a comprehensive measure of changes in consumer credit defaults, showed that most loan types s

Sales of new vehicles are rebounding, but growth in mobile technology and consumer-generated content have completely changed how car buyers shop. This is particularly true of new car shoppers, who often have many choices when deciding where to buy. L

A more competitive and transparent retail environment requires dealers and managers to establish a market-specific strategy to ensure success in their used vehicle departments. vAuto Founder, Dale Pollak, will reveal to you how to establish a strateg

NEW YORK — Sirius XM Radio this week announced that customers will automatically receive a 3-month SiriusXM subscription when they purchase any pre-owned vehicle, regardless of manufacturer, with a factory-equipped satellite radio from particip