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NADA Supports Bill to Eliminate Obsolete Mandate That Requires NHTSA to Distribute Insurance Data Booklets to Dealers
WASHINGTON – Legislation introduced Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives repeals an obsolete mandate that requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to print and distribute an insurance report to more than 17,500 new-car dealerships...
TrueCar.com Identifies 10 Most Popular Cars for Moms
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Just in time for Mother's Day, TrueCar.com, the authoritative voice in new car pricing and industry trend information, has identified the 10 Most Popular Cars for Moms. Based on 2011 data received from women with children about the cars they...
Voting Results from Ford Motor Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
WILMINGTON, Del. - A total of 63 people attended the annual meeting of shareholders in Wilmington, Delaware, on Thursday, May 10. Voting results indicate that a total of 3,154,667,973 shares of common stock and 70,852,076 shares of Class B Stock with a total aggregate...
Chevrolet Impala is the top selling Certified Pre-Owned vehicle for April 2012
Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac dealers in the U.S. reported 23,062 sales of certified pre-owned vehicles for April 2012. This represents an 11.6 percent decrease compared to April 2011, and a 28.4 percent decline compared to an exceptionally strong March – the...
AutoTrader.com Enhances Display Advertising Solutions For Dealers
ATLANTA -- AutoTrader.com, the ultimate automotive marketplace, today announced several enhancements and additions to three of its display advertising solutions for dealers: Skyscrapers, Spotlights and Alpha. From providing more real estate and interactive features to...
Edmunds.com Offers Car Buyers Advice on How to Avoid “Yo-Yo Financing”
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Car shoppers should make sure that their financing deals are completely set before driving away from the dealership in a new or used car, advises Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information. The recommendation aims to...
comScore Reports U.S. Retail E-Commerce Spending Is Up 17% vs. Year Ago
RESTON, VA – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, this week released its Q1 2012 U.S. retail e-commerce sales estimates, showing that online retail spending reached $44.3 billion for the quarter, up 17 percent versus year ago. This represents the...
KBB.com: European Financial Crisis Hits U.S. Automakers
European Financial Crisis Hits U.S. Automakers The euphoria over the positive first quarter results of the U.S.-based carmakers should be tempered by the recessionary situation in Europe, which could be further exacerbated by this week’s election of Socialist...
Civic Hybrid Judgment
This week, a judge overturned a small-claims judgment against American Honda Motor Co. that was won by a car owner who said the automaker misrepresented the gas mileage of her hybrid Civic. Edmunds.com Senior Analyst Bill Visnic offers the following reaction: “Today’s...
Audi, Chevrolet, and Volkswagen Rate Highest in Automotive Advertising ‘Best Practices’ With Messages of Efficiency and Innovation
DETROIT -- Phoenix Marketing International, a Honomichl Top-50 market research firm, has reported findings that reveal "best practices" in automotive advertising for all of 2011 across multiple vehicle segments and ad media types. The analysis was conducted using...
Toyota Sales Resurgence Gets Help from Popular Hybrid Products
TORRANCE, Calif. - The Toyota Division’s strong April sales performance (160,493 units for 13.1 percent increase compared to April 2011) was helped in large part by the release of its latest hybrid products that created high levels of consumer demand. Rising fuel...
Are you Reacting to Customers?
hen it comes to our customers, we need to have more reacting and less responding. I realize this is backward of the teaching of life coaches, but customers are looking for a reaction and are getting frustrated by responses. Let’s start with auto responders. I realize...
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