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Gasoline: More Performance, More Economy, More Green!
Consumers are motivated by many factors that influence their automobile-buying decisions: price, prestige, creature comforts and resale value, just to name a few. Likewise, there are many reasons why vehicle owners purchase preventive maintenance ser
Aug 13, 2012
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Floor Mats Cause Luxury Automaker to Recall Vehicles
According to The Detroit News, Mercedes-Benz is recalling the 2012 and 2013 ML-Class vehicles to replace the floor mats. The story said the floor mats could get stuck under the gas pedal. Dealers will replace the floor mats free of charge. Click here
Aug 13, 2012
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TrueCar.com: Average Fuel Economy for New Cars Sold Up After Three Months of Decline to 23.1 MPG in July 2012
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — TrueCar.com, the authority on new car pricing information, trends and forecasting, today provided actual fuel economy numbers from June light vehicle auto sales that indicate TrueMPG™ increased to 23.1 mpg in July 2012
Aug 10, 2012
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Joe Basil Chevrolet Receives Prestigious Dealer Of The Year Award
Local Buffalo Chevy Dealership Wins National Award BUFFALO, N.Y. — On August 2, 2012 local, family owned business Joe Basil Chevrolet a Buffalo Chevy dealershipreceived the General Motors Prestigious Dealer of the Year award. This award attests
Aug 10, 2012
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GM Expands its Definition of Customer Experience
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – General Motors definition of customer experience is expanding to include what happens before, during, and after the sale – instead of just what happens in the dealership, U.S. Vice President of Customer Experience and Vice
Aug 10, 2012
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Experian Automotive: Loan delinquencies and automotive repossessions drop in Q2
Schaumburg, Ill. — Experian Automotive today announced that consumers continued to make timely automotive loan payments in Q2 2012, lowering the average delinquency rate across all lending organizations, including banks, captive finance arms, finan
Aug 10, 2012
Wholesale Used Vehicle Prices Decline 1.8%
According to Manheim Consulting, the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index fell again in July. Manheim said wholesale used vehicle prices declined 1.8% in July. This was the fourth consecutive monthly decline and brought the Manheim Used Vehicle Value I
Aug 10, 2012
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Kbb.com Analyst: New-Vehicle Sales Increase at Expense of Used Cars
According to Alec Gutierrez, senior market analyst of automotive insights, Kelley Blue Book, the gap between new- and used-vehicle pricing in many segments has narrowed significantly, with new vehicles, on average, selling for only 11.5 percent more
Aug 10, 2012
GM Reports CPO Sales Totaled 23,224 in July 2012
Below please find sales numbers for General Motor’s certified pre-owned vehicles for the month of July 2012: Chevrolet, Buick, GMC July 2012: Month end total sales: 22,039 Month over month percent change vs. June 2012: -8.5% Year over year perc
Aug 10, 2012