DETROIT — Decisive magazine has announced “The 2012 Urban Vehicles of the Year”; after their selection by an esteemed panel of independent automotive journalists. The Urban Wheel Awards judging panel spent several months determining

IRVINE, Calif. — Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new car and used car information, today reports the vehicles with the best Total Cost of Ownership among cross-shopped models for the Chevrolet Cruze and Honda CR-V, two of

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford will become the first automaker to allow parents to block their teens from receiving phone calls and deter text messages while driving with a new MyKey®  Do Not Disturb technology that launches on the Ford Explorer in

LOS ANGELES — Allstate Insurance’s recent announcement that it has wrapped up its acquisition of Esurance and Answer Financial highlights ongoing changes in the way consumers are shopping for auto coverage—and the opportunities those ch

Auburn Hills, Mich. – Chrysler Group LLC confirmed this week that a new national labor agreement, covering 26,000 employees, has been ratified by the UAW-represented workforce in the U.S. New four-year labor agreement continues Company’s forw

RESTON, VA – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, released an analysis of mobile financial services usage in the U.S. showing that 32.5 million Americans accessed mobile banking information on their devices at the end of Q2

NEW YORK — The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had slightly improved in September, declined in October. The Index now stands at 39.8 (1985=100), down from 46.4 in September. The Present Situation Index decreased to 26.3 fro

It appears that most dealers have mentally accepted the fact that they need to embrace the digital age. The interesting disconnect is that many dealers are still only allocating 20%-30% of their advertising budget to the digital side of the equation.

IRVINE, CA, October 26, 2011 — Paragon Honda-Acura, a Queens, NY-based dealership is selling 95 additional units a month from its existing customer base by using portfolio lead management software from AutoAlert, Inc.™ “It’s like we’ve