More resources are being pushed into making the car repair business better. ATI, a coaching, training, and consulting organization for independent automotive repair and collision shop owners, recently launched Automotive+ Reach. The online training program is designed to empower mechanical and collision shop owners to leverage Google’s capabilities and the broader internet to drive customer […] [Read More]

Canada-based dealership group HGreg is doing its part to help its adopted American home. HGreg, which operates 10 dealerships in Florida, including one in the Tampa Bay area, has donated $10,000 to Feeding Tampa Bay, a local nonprofit dedicated to fighting hunger in the area. The donation will support the organization’s ongoing relief efforts for […] [Read More]

When Asbury Automotive Group says “trust me”, they’ve got an award to back them up. The dealership group was selected by Newsweek for its World’s Most Trustworthy Companies 2024 list, ranking 27th among the 52 companies named in the Vehicles & Components industry. “It is an honor to receive the title of one of the […] [Read More]

AutoCanada continued its drive toward a return to profitability by shedding another Stellantis dealership. The dealership group said it has sold Okanagan Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Kelowna, British Columbia, to Kot Auto Group for $10 million in cash, a move it called a “strategic divestment” that “supports AutoCanada’s focus on enhancing profitability and lowering […] [Read More]

Ford was the big winner in Vincentric’s 12th annual Best Certified Pre-Owned Value in America Awards. And when I say big, I mean big — as in trucks and vans. Ford owns the CPO awards for the largest vehicles, claiming the Best CPO Value Truck Brand for the fifth time and the Best CPO Value […] [Read More]

A major dealership group just got a little bigger. Keating Auto Group, one of the largest dealers in Texas, has acquired Buckalew Chevrolet in Conroe, Texas, a transaction announced by Kerrigan Advisors, which represented the seller. Keating, based in Victoria, Texas, operates 30 dealerships in the state, as well as an insurance company an advertising […] [Read More]

Sutherlin Automotive Group is out of the Florida market. The Alabama-based dealership group, owned by Brett Sutherlin, sold its last store in the Sunshine State, Sutherlin Nissan of Vero Beach, to Andy Unanue, according to Pinnacle Mergers & Acquisitions, which represented the seller in the transaction. The dealership has been renamed Nissan of Vero Beach. […] [Read More]

Drive Pink has shifted into high gear. AutoNation has launched its eighth annual DRV PNK Across America campaign, a nationwide series of events that serves as the highlight of the company’s year-round commitment to supporting cancer-fighting organizations and cancer-related causes. The DRV PNK initiative has donated and raised more than $40 million to advance cancer […] [Read More]

Another Megasite, another new market for Carvana’s same-day vehicle delivery. The online used-car retailer announced Las Vegas has become the latest market to offer select customers the opportunity to take delivery of their vehicle as soon as the same day they place an order on Carvana.com. Las Vegas is also home to the company’s third […] [Read More]

Thomas and Ashley Peden are building a dealership group. The brother-sister partnership have acquired three stores on the Ohio-West Virginia state line from Richard Nourse of the Nourse Family of Dealerships, according to the Tim Lamb Group, which worked with the seller in the transaction. The dealerships — Pioneer Chevrolet and Family Ford Lincoln in […] [Read More]