Sales & Variable OPS

NHTSA Nominee Faces Senate Grilling, from The Wall Street Journal. National Transportation Safety Board member Mark Rosekind is an expert on how tired pilots, ship’s captains and drivers put people at risk. On Wednesday, members of a Senate panel will ask him what he...

Takata says U.S. demand for national air-bag recall is premature, from The Buffalo News. In letter to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, air-bag maker says there’s no proof of danger outside of high-humidity areas Takata Corp. defended its rejection of...

GM recalls more than 300,000 SUVs, sedans for headlamps that go dark, from Automotive News. General Motors is recalling 316,357 older-model SUVs and sedans for a problem with malfunctioning headlamps. The recall covers 2006-07 Chevrolet TrailBlazer and GMC Envoy SUVs;...

Phoenix auto-dealer chain censured for credit practices, from The Arizona Republic. Phoenix-based DriveTime, which operates 117 used-vehicle dealerships across the nation, was ordered to pay an $8 million penalty and told to clean up its credit-reporting and...

U.S. accuses Toyota credit unit of discriminatory loan pricing, from Chicago Tribune. Toyota Motor Credit Corp. said federal authorities have raised concerns about the pricing of its auto loans, saying that the loans could be discriminatory, and warning that Toyota's...

Take it to the bank: U.S. auto loans hit 8-year high, from MarketWatch. Show us the car facts? All right, here’s one. The number of new auto loans in January and February hit an eight-year high, another sign the U.S. economy continues to forge ahead despite plenty of...