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Survey: More than One-Third of Vehicle Owners Plan to Spend a Portion of Tax Refund on Their Car
SAN JOSE — As Tax Day fast approaches and refunds begin making their way into the bank accounts of many Americans, a new survey commissioned by eBay Motors found that more than one-third of vehicle owners anticipating tax refunds will spend a portion of their newly...
NADA, J.D. Power Form Strategic Alliance
MCLEAN, Va. -- The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) has formed a strategic alliance with J.D. Power and Associates to help dealers leverage their own business data to receive enhanced market intelligence through J.D. Power's Power Information Network...
CarMax Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Results
RICHMOND, Va. --CarMax, Inc. (NYSE:KMX) recently reported record results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 29, 2012. Net sales and operating revenues increased 10% to $2.48 billion from $2.25 billion in the fourth quarter of last year. For the...
The American Automotive Policy Council Touts Robust March Sales, Congratulates American Automakers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. automakers provided even more proof this month that they are back and leading America’s economic and manufacturing recovery with impressively strong March sales, including record sales for Ford and Chrysler. Despite rising gas prices and...
RoadLoans.com® Named Preferred Auto Lender for Cars.com™ Customers
DALLAS -- Online automotive research site Cars.com has selected RoadLoans.com as its exclusive lender for its online customers. Visitors to Cars.com, newcars.com and pickuptrucks.com can get pre-approved for auto financing as part of their automotive shopping...
AULtec, Inc. Earns Mercedes-Benz USA Certification for its AEROS CRM
CHARLOTTE, NC – AULtec, Inc., the technology innovator providing data integration services for numerous digital marketing companies, announced today that Mercedes-Benz USA has certified its AEROS “Crawl, Walk, Run™” Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software...
DealerTrack Delivers Audit Protect Program to Help Dealers Prepare for Growing Compliance Enforcement in 2012
Lake Success, N.Y. ─ To help dealers more effectively demonstrate their compliance with state and federal regulations, DealerTrack has included a unique program – Audit Protect - into its industry-leading sales and F&I compliance solution. The program, which...
Polk: Only 35% of Hybrid Owners Buying Hybrids Again
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- While the selection of hybrid models in the U.S. has more than doubled since 2007, only 35 percent of hybrid vehicle owners choose to purchase a hybrid again when returning to market in 2011, according to recent analysis by Polk (See Table A). If...
Chrysler Group LLC Introduces Industry-first In-vehicle Wireless Charging
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Charge On the Go Charges iPhone, Blackberry, MP3 Players and Droid-based devices New Mopar Feature First Available on All-new 2013 Dodge Dart Look mom, no wires. After being the first to eliminate heavy, bulky owner manuals from its vehicles,...
Great Transactions Plus Missed Opportunities Equals Low Profits!
Implementing a process and holding your service personnel accountable to follow the process is a common practice at most dealerships across North America. The challenge is to keep the process from being so “transaction” driven that you miss revenue opportunities along...
NCM® Associates Expands its Online Data Analysis Tools for Automotive Dealership Groups with Proprietary Heat Map
Overland Park, Kan. -- NCM Associates, a leading provider of automotive 20 group, retail operations consulting, training, and operations Benchmark® analysis services to franchised and independent auto dealers, today announced a new, complimentary service for its...
Spring 2012 Digital Dealer Website Excellence Award Winners Announced
DETROIT, MI -- Dealer Communications, the leading multi-media information source for franchised automotive dealers and managers, and Dataium, LLC, the largest aggregator of auto shopper behavior, have announced the winners of the Spring 2012 Digital Dealer Website...
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