The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urges owners of more than 4.7 million vehicles originally manufactured by Toyota, Honda, Mazda, BMW, Nissan and General Motors to act immediately on recall notices to replace defective Takata airbags. Federal officials stressed that their message comes with added emphasis, especially for owners of vehicles affected by the regional […] [Read More]

Add more than a million vehicles to this year’s record-breaking total of recalls as Chrysler Group and Volkswagen of America rolled out a combined three separate campaigns. With this year’s total now well above 20 million in the U.S. alone, the figure grew because Chrysler’s newest two campaigns stem from an alternator issue and the other […] [Read More]

The folks at Swapalease.com released a blog post on their site this week regarding photo-taking mishaps to avoid when selling a vehicle online. While most of these tips are aimed at private sales, these guidelines are good to keep in mind for dealer sales, as well. The following 11 suggestions from the Cincinnati-based marketplace are situations […] [Read More]

As part of a reported recall of more than 1.6 million vehicles worldwide, Toyota Motor Sales USA announced plans to conduct a voluntary safety recall of approximately 423,000 Lexus vehicles for an issue with the fuel-delivery system. Included in the U.S. campaign are: — Lexus LS from the 2007 through 2010 model years — Lexus […] [Read More]

With the launch of the company’s “No Surprises” initiative, TrueCar Certified Dealers must now share “upfront information” on any non-governmental fees in the transaction — like document fees — as well as the costs for any accessories they add on to the vehicle. These fees and costs must now go alongside the Guarantee Savings off […] [Read More]

The board of directors for the National Automobile Dealers Association has elected its 2015 chairman. Chosen for the post during the board’s annual meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz., is Bill Fox, who is currently NADA’s vice chairman and also represents New York’s franchised dealers on NADA’s board.  He is a partner in Fox Dealerships, which includes […] [Read More]

When Tesla confirmed rumors of a new certified program last week, it was evident the company had given some thought to sourcing the new program. The automaker is giving Tesla Model S owners the option to return the car after three years and recover 45 to 50 percent of its sticker price. And with the first […] [Read More]

Chrysler Group is voluntarily recalling more than 180,000 SUVs globally for a problem with a component that manages restraint-system deployment — a similar issue that prompted Ford to recall more than 850,000 units last month. On Tuesday, Chrysler estimated that 184,215 vehicles are included in its campaign, including 126,772 U.S.-market vehicles. An estimated 8,106 are […] [Read More]

If Alabama football coach Nick Saban has any extra time from running the Crimson Tide, he can check to see how his pair of luxury brand dealerships are doing. Two dealerships previously owned by Crown Automobile recently were sold to a partnership including Saban and the chief executive officer of Dream Motor Group, Joe Agresti. These […] [Read More]

Used- and new-vehicle sales are rising, and the latest survey data from the National Automobile Dealers Association and Ally Financial showed dealers continue to increase their level of giving to charitable causes. In fact, more than 70 percent of franchised dealers surveyed in September said they increased their charitable giving so far in 2014, up […] [Read More]