The DrivenToDrive program helps injured veterans, like retired Air Force Senior Airman Karah Behrend, regain their independence and get back behind the wheel of a retrofitted vehicle. “No one can see my disability when I’m behind the wheel of a car,” Behrend said in a news release. TrueCar, AutoNation, and Disabled American Veterans, or DAV, […] [Read More]

The Boise Rescue Mission women and children’s shelters need pajamas and pajama sets in all sizes year round for women, boys and girls. Through Nov. 30 as part of its “Driven to Assist” initiative, Larry H. Miller Dealerships is hosting a pajama drive for the shelters, and on Christmas, guests staying at the organization’s City […] [Read More]

Perhaps it’s a question you asked a dealership manager or store colleague this summer when used-vehicle values were as hot as the outside temperature. “Can you believe what we had to give on that trade?” Well, in what might be good news for dealers’ used departments, trade-in values are returning to normal levels after skyrocketing […] [Read More]

Lithia Motors & Driveway has bulked up its presence in LA and the Southwest. The company said in an announcement Tuesday that it has purchased nine stores from Keyes Automotive Group, an acquisition that “rounds out” the retailer’s Southern California footprint and expands it to Phoenix. According to a separate news release from Kerrigan Advisors, […] [Read More]

In what the company says supports the continuing expansion of its dealer network into urban and rural markets, Karma Automotive opened the latest addition to its Texas dealer network. The dealership is Principle Karma in San Antonio and it serves the greater San Antonio metropolitan area. As it looks to expand its global presence into new and […] [Read More]

AutoNation will “adopt” 50 local families through a new program in which it will ask the public to drop off unwrapped toys at any AutoNation store in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. The program is called Adopt a Family 4 the Holidays, and AutoNation is partnering in the program with Neighbors 4 Neighbors, an organization that […] [Read More]

Hoping to bring happiness to educators and first responders amid their workday, the Jim Ellis Buick GMC Mall of Georgia team, along with vice president Stacey Ellis, recently delivered 171 meals for the Gwinnett County Sherriff’s Office, Gwinnett County Fire Department Station 24 and teachers at Buford Elementary. The team placed meals inside a GMC […] [Read More]

Carlos Sandoval guides Bartow Ford’s philanthropic efforts supporting various causes, including Achievement Academy, Club Hispano de Lakeland, Central Florida Speech and Hearing, and Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine. Those efforts are one reason that Cox Automotive, in partnership with the National Association of Minority Automotive Dealers, or NAMAD, awarded its Rising Star Award to Sandoval, who […] [Read More]

Over the course of an expanded agreement between SiriusXM and Kia Motors America, Kia will broaden the installation of SiriusXM throughout Kia models and trims produced in North America. SiriusXM and Kia Motors America on Friday announced an expansion of their long-term agreement, with the relationship extending through 2025. The increased penetration rate, which will […] [Read More]

Sonic Automotive ramped up its online retail efforts with three executive moves announced Friday. The retailer has hired its first-ever chief digital retail officer, bringing in former Hertz executive Steve Wittman, as well as a vice president of eCommerce, hiring former Belk exec Stephen Conrad. Sonic also promoted director of brand management Marti Eulberg to […] [Read More]