The executive director of the Center for Auto Safety has asked the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York to request that the Federal Trade Commission temporarily shelve its proposed consent agreement with General Motors — an agreement that CAS contends would let GM sell certified pre-owned vehicles with outstanding safety recalls. A […] [Read More]

This week, Walser Automotive Group, one of the largest dealer groups in Minnesota, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Wichita Luxury Collection, a luxury automotive retailer in Wichita, Kan. Officials highlighted the award-winning Wichita Luxury Collection (WLC) brings 10 luxury brands — including Acura, Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, MINI, Porsche […] [Read More]

While the automaker contends there is a heightened public awareness of vehicle recalls, Mazda North American Operations acknowledged recall repairs remain comparatively low. To help both vehicle owners and franchised dealers, the OEM on Tuesday launched the new Mazda Recall Information Center — a website designed to help customers easily confirm if their vehicle is affected […] [Read More]

As CDK Global announced a $10,000 donation to the National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation’s Emergency Relief Fund, NADA continued to chronicle how dealership families have been displaced by the recent flooding in Baton Rouge, La., and surrounding communities. Preston Petersen, dealer partner and general manager of Team Automotive Group in Louisiana’s state capital, said 70 […] [Read More]

TrueCar said in a forecast Tuesday that used-vehicle sales for August could beat year-ago figures by more than 2 percent. The company is calling for a possible 3.30 million used-car sales this month, which would beat August 2015 by 2.3 percent. Last week, Edmunds.com also forecasted 3.3 million used-car sales for the month, down from […] [Read More]

Peter Welch recently walked through what previously was a lovely neighborhood in Louisiana’s state capital. Someone recording video followed Welch, the president of the National Automobile Dealers Association, as he passed by shoulder-high piles of floodwater-soaked furniture, possessions, drywall and other debris in an effort to show the devastation and subsequent need for dealers to […] [Read More]

Edmunds.com is forecasting 3.3 million used-car sales for the month, down from 3.4 million in July. The resulting SAAR would be 39.0 million, versus 38.9 million last month. These projections follow what Edmunds said what the best second quarter for used-car sales since 2007. There were a combined 9.80 million used cars sold in April, […] [Read More]

Volkswagen Group of America previously made arrangements for restitution with owners of vehicles involved with “Dieselgate.” On Thursday, the automaker released its plans to rectify the situation with its franchised dealerships. Volkswagen announced it has reached an agreement in principle to resolve the claims of VW-branded franchise dealers in the United States relating to TDI […] [Read More]

With Enterprise Holdings sending resources as well, National Automobile Dealers Association president Peter Welch and National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation chairman Annette Sykora arrived in the flood-ravaged areas of Louisiana’s capital city and announced they would seek to raise $2 million for franchised dealership families displaced by devastating flooding. Welch and Sykora are meeting with […] [Read More]

Jumpstart Automotive Group has unveiled a new logo and announced it is changing its name back to Jumpstart Automotive Media. The changes come on the heels of Jumpstart’s becoming part of the the newly formed Hearst Autos, joining such consumer brands as Car and Driver and Road & Track. “The formation of the Hearst Autos […] [Read More]