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VW Gives Green Light to Bentley for World’s Priciest SUV
According to Bloomberg, VW gives green light to Bentley for world's priciest SUV. The new model for the British marque will go on sale in 2016, creating more than 1,000 jobs in the U.K., the VW unit said today in a statement. Bentley plans to spend more than 800...
A 10 Day Guide to Google Panda
A 10 day guide to Google Panda, according to Search Engine Watch. Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts recently clarified that Panda updates are still going out every month; Google won't tell you about it (although, Google did just confirm a Panda update last...
Get the Most out of Social Mobile Advertising
Get the most out of social mobile advertising, according to iMediaConnection. As the number of Android activations outpaces the U.S. birthrate, the use of mobile devices -- often two or more at a time -- has created this new and compelling opportunity for advertisers...
New Orleans to Host 2014 NADA Convention & Expo
The city of New Orleans, which has recently invested billions of dollars in major restoration projects, is hosting the 97th annual National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention & Expo next January. It will be the 10th time the convention has been held...
Help Wanted: Ford’s Largest Salaried Hiring Initiative in More Than a Decade Grows by 800 Jobs to 3,000 New U.S. Hires
Ford Motor Company will hire an additional 800 salaried employees for a total of more than 3,000 salaried employees in 2013. The new hiring represents a 36 percent increase over the original projection of 2,200 additional salaried jobs announced in January. With only...
New Franchise Rules Signed into Law by North Carolina Governor
According to Auto Remarketing, new franchise rules signed into law by North Carolina governor. The North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association applauded Gov. Pat McCrory signing several new motor vehicle franchise law provisions into the books last week. The signed...
Top 6 Cars in Class with High Resale Value
The top 6 cars in class with high resale value, from Bankrate. ALG, a Santa Barbara, Calif.-based automotive research firm, and Kelley Blue Book, an Irvine, Calif.-based provider of new- and used-car information, each year release their residual value awards, which...
Think You Can Sell a Purple Car? Chevrolet Bets You Can!
According to USA Today, Chevrolet comes out with crazy new paint jobs. There's something about the smallest of cars that lend themselves to wild paint jobs. But purple? And pink? When it comes to its two smallest models, Sonic and Spark, Chevrolet is plumbing the...
A $34 Billion Loss and a $295 Billion Opportunity
Annual new car sales have risen steadily since the economic collapse of 2009 when a mere 10.3 million cars were sold. In fact, 2013 is on track to see sales somewhere north of 15 million. While this is wonderful news, these numbers fall way short of sales the previous...
DealerRater Launches New Dealer Panel Account Management Hub for Certified Dealers
DealerRater, the world’s premier car dealer review web site, today announced the launch of a new and freshly designed Dealer Panel account management hub for DealerRater Certified Dealer partners. DealerRater’s Dealer Panel provides Certified Dealers with immediate...
GM Rolls Out New Parts Initiative
According to Search Auto Parts, GM rolls out new parts initiative. General Motors has launched a new parts initiative that will increase inventories of select parts at dealer service departments, and will incentivize parts managers to purchase more parts directly from...
P-F Pull Kits are Fast and Versatile
Portable Pull Kits from Porter-Ferguson make it easy for auto body repair operations to turn a 4-ton or 10-ton jack assembly into a multi-directional pulling assembly. There are two kits: the 4-ton PF0153 Speed Midget® Pull Kit and the 10-ton Hydro-Chief™ Pull Kit....
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