They’re spread throughout the country, from Newport Beach, Calif., to Sterling Heights, Mich., and countless towns and cities in between. They sell import brands, domestic brands, luxury rides, family vehicles, trucks and cars. But they’re all part of Auto Remarketing’s Top 100 Used Car Dealers, presented by Black Book. Throughout this series, which begins with […] [Read More]

How to convert 3 percent to 5 percent of service-drive customers into sales is the topic of a 30-minute webinar to be presented by NADA University Online on Wednesday. Complimentary for NADA members, Turn Service Customers into Sales will be held at 1 p.m. EST, with presenter William Hamlin of TEGA Technologies LLC. Hamlin will […] [Read More]

A name well known across the country already announced plans to open additional AutoMatch USA Supercenters in Salt Lake City and Fort Meyers, Fla.,this summer. Entrepreneur Marcus Lemonis — chairman and chief executive of Camping World and Good Sam as well as star of CNBC’s “The Profit” — first showcased the pre-owned store brand in […] [Read More]

General Motors announced four separate recalls in the U.S. on Tuesday that include a combined total of roughly 2.42 million units. Most of the recalled models are comprised in the two significantly larger of the four actions. The complete list of the actions is below, as listed in the GM statement: 1,339,355 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet […] [Read More]

Group 1 Automotive on Monday announced the acquisition of South Point Kia in Austin, Texas.  The dealership, which will operate as Kia of South Austin, is expected to generate $55 million in estimated annual revenues. "We are delighted to further expand our footprint in the Austin market, which includes Maxwell Ford, Town North Nissan and […] [Read More]

MojoMotors.com took a different approach to gauging vehicles’ reliability — looking at how much mileage could accumulate before a car becomes valueless. Although just because a car has lost all of its residual value doesn’t mean it won’t keep on running, MojoMotors pointed out “less reliable brands will lose value quicker since they have a […] [Read More]

General Motors said it came to an agreement with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday for failing to report in a timely manner the ignition switch defect that’s resulted in the non-deployment of airbags in more than 2 million Chevrolet Cobalt and other GM models. As part of this agreement, GM will pay […] [Read More]

General Motors now is well above the 5-million mark for the number of recalled vehicles so far this year. The automaker said Thursday it has informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of five safety recalls covering about 2.7 million vehicles in the United States. The latest recalls involve: — 2,440,524 previous generation passenger cars […] [Read More]

You can’t secure a traditional consumer lease from Tesla. But the company did recently introduce its new Resale Value Guarantee program  that offers a similar deal. The program offers to buy back a Model S between 36 months and 39 months at a guaranteed residual. According to Tesla officials, "When combined with a car loan […] [Read More]

With recalls making headlines in a big way so far this year, officials both in Washington, D.C., and California are pushing for more regulation of automakers and dealers to enhance the process for repairing recalled vehicles and to keep units regulators deem to be unsafe off of the road. Included in the Grow America Act […] [Read More]