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Study: Volkswagen Has Best Total Quality, Toyota Fewest Problems
San Diego — Strategic Vision announces the results of its 2012 Total Quality Index™ (TQI) study. With the industry best of only 17% of owners reporting problems, Toyota Motor Sales corporation had the lowest reported problems, resulting in Strategic Vision's lowest...
GM Leads Industry Evaluation of Rear Impact Crash Dummy
DETROIT – General Motors, which has a long history of crash test dummy design, is leading research on the potential for global auto industry use of a new dummy that would help automakers and safety experts better understand how crash victims are hurt in rear impacts....
Auto/Mate Announces Relocation of Company Headquarters
Albany, NY -- Auto/Mate Dealership Systems today announced it has relocated its headquarters from Clifton Park, New York to Albany, New York. The move is due to the company’s continued growth and need for a larger facility. Auto/Mate’s new address is 4 Airline Drive,...
Lithia Motors Announces Acquisition of Chevrolet Store
MEDFORD, OR -- Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE: LAD) announced this week it acquired Connell Chevrolet in Killeen, Texas. The store will be named All American Chevrolet of Killeen, and adds $60 million in estimated annual revenues. Bryan DeBoer, President and Chief...
MediaTrac Launches 130 New Designer Marketing Templates, Helps Boost Auto Dealer Customer Retention and Customer Pay Revenue
San Ramon, CA – MediaTrac, a leading marketing technology company that specializes in automotive, entertainment, retail and salon loyalty programs, prepaid maintenance, retention and media tracking, today announced the launch of 130 new designer email marketing...
RedBumper Releases New Three Second Operating Platform; Auto Dealers using Analytical Tools Enjoy 30-35% Used Car Performance Increases
Dallas, TX – RedBumper, LLC , a new breed automotive inventory management company, today announced that it is now delivering more information in 3 seconds than any other inventory management system on the market. Not only is it returning the fastest downloads, but it...
Best Practices for Better Profits
Many dealerships today have shifted their sales and marketing focus to embrace how car buyers have moved to a new digital purchasing model. But today’s purchasing model is fluid, dynamic and constantly changing as new technology and ideas are introduced to the...
Survey: Negotiating Price Worst Part of Buying a New Car
CarFinance.com survey finds consumers apprehensive about new car price negotiations and low interest rates; offers car buying and auto finance tips to simplify process IRVINE, Calif. -- In part two of a recent survey from CarFinance.com, a website dedicated to...
Auto Dealer M&A Activity Declines
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 highlights of Presidio’s...
Nissan Altima Battles Toyota Camry for Best-Selling Sedan Spot
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 Show in April - hoping the Altima has...
Bankrate.com: National Auto Loan Rates Fall to 4.45%
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.
J.D. Power and LMC Automotive Report: August New-Vehicle Retail Sales Show Strength Amid Weak Economic Growth and Consumer Uncertainty
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 Information Network® (PIN) and LMC...
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