Cherokee Automotive Group has announced that early registration for the National Remarketing Conference, as well as the other two Used Car Week Conferences, the CPO Forum and the Re3 Conference, will be ending Oct. 14. “If you are planning to attend any or all of the 2011 Used Car Week Conferences, now is the time […] [Read More]

A bevy of automakers have put a great deal of emphasis and investment into technological amenities within the cars they build these days, with the bells-and-whistles running the gamut of navigation to infotainment and more. Likewise, many car companies have upgraded the performance features in their vehicles to create more reliable, higher-quality product for today’s […] [Read More]

Amid what he called a “tough” and “worrisome” September that perpetuated the topsy-turvy Canadian new-vehicle sales, one of the bright spots pointed out once again by analyst Dennis DesRosiers, was Chrysler. The previously embattled Big 3 company has an outside shot — albeit slim — at bumping General Motors from the No. 2 spot for […] [Read More]

The Montreal Automobile Dealers Corp. and NADA University have broadened their training partnership to give the Quebec association’s dealer members three additional courses, each of which is taught in French. Late in 2010, the organizations rolled out the pilot course of their partnership, which delved into parts operations. Following the successful pilot, NADA U and […] [Read More]

The fate of ex-used-car sales manager Alireza Zolnasr is now in the hands of British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Peter Willcock after Zolnasr was convicted of  swindling nearly $260,000 from the Pacific Honda dealership that used to employ him, according to a report by North Shore News. Sentencing for Zolnasr is scheduled for November, and […] [Read More]

Earlier this week, Chrysler revealed several new incentives for October, while also upgrading an existing offer. The introductory incentives are good on select 2012 model-year units. The offers are as follows: —For the 2012 Chrysler Town & Country and the 2012 models of Dodge’s Grand Caravan, Charger and Challenger, qualified buyers can receive $500 in […] [Read More]

The National Vehicle Leasing Association announced it has changed the date for its annual conference. The NVLA conference will now be held April 23–25 at the Renaissance Worthington Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas.  The organization also noted one of the highlights of the 2012 conference is a special track on the lease-here, pay-here business. Other […] [Read More]

September marked the fourth straight time new-vehicle transaction prices have fallen on a sequential basis, resulting in a five-month low for what new cars are fetching, according to TrueCar. Specifically, the average new-car transaction price was $29,439 during the month. This is 1.2-percent higher than the year-ago figure but is off modestly (0.1 percent) from […] [Read More]

Dealers looking for off-lease units might want to mark March 2013 on their calendars. That’s when Kelley Blue Book thinks wholesale volumes for these valuable used units might finally edge higher. The reason KBB believes it will be about 18 months before off-lease availability increases is that’s when a larger amount of leased units begin […] [Read More]

Despite the high unemployment numbers and weak consumer confidence that plagued the economy, new-car sales saw nearly a double-digit rise as shoppers continued to flock to dealer lots, according to the American International Automobile Dealers Association. And while the most dramatic gains were spotted among the Big 3 OEMs, import brands enjoyed more than a […] [Read More]