Are automotive advertisers embracing mobile video advertising to target consumers? A new report says yes, in a big way. Vdopia Inc. this week announced the launch of the Vdopia Mobile Insights series with the release of the first report, Vol. 1.1 Automotive Industry, offering its analysis of mobile video advertising by the auto industry. Focused […] [Read More]

Incentives spending growth has crept back up to exceed auto sales figures this month, according to the NADA Guidelines report for November, with the numbers rebounding after a quarter of decline.   In its Used Car Guide Update, released Tuesday, NADA analysts cite Autodata figures showing average incentives spending at $2,583 this month. While sales increased […] [Read More]

Thanks to a new licensing agreement, fleet management firm LeasePlan Corporation N.V., announced that it will expand its North American service offering to include Canada in January 2014.  LeasePlan and Canadian fleet management company Foss National Leasing Ltd. have entered into a licensing agreement whereby FNL will operate its newly-formed subsidiary, LeasePlan Canada, company officials […] [Read More]

IntelliChoice announced the winners of the 15th annual IntelliChoice Certified Pre-Owned Car Awards. The awards were announced Tuesday at the Certified Pre-Owned Forum and National Remarketing Conference in San Diego, as part of 2013 Used Car Week. Taking home top honors in the 2014 CPO Car Awards were Volvo and Hyundai, both of which are […] [Read More]

Salespeople are hardest to retain, women and Generation Y workers are on the rise, and F&I managers tend to have the highest income growth — these are just a few of the results of a new report aimed at helping dealers meet the challenges of recruiting and retaining top talent.   The National Automobile Dealers […] [Read More]

Thanks to a $400,000 grant from the GM Foundation, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra is headed south for the winter. The orchestra, led by Music Director Leonard Slatkin, will perform with Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn and Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medalist Olga Kern during a tour of Southern Florida that will take place […] [Read More]

Leasing rates are at an all-time post-recession high, approaching 30-percent penetration of all vehicles bought in 2013. This article speaks to what the industry and dealerships are doing to attract women toward leasing. Much has happened to almost double the leasing rates from just five years ago. This exponential growth is attributed to the sum […] [Read More]

International automotive retailer Group 1 Automotive Inc., on Tuesday announced its acquisition of dealerships in the Lone Star State. Group 1 has taken ownership of Moritz BMW/MINI and Moritz Cadillac in Arlington, Texas, which is located in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area.  The dealerships, which will operate as BMW of Arlington, MINI of Arlington, […] [Read More]

Since re-tooling its certified pre-owned program in early 2012, the strides Ford has made in CPO sales have been as rapid as they have been steep. In the first three quarters of 2013, the automaker sold 170,397 certified vehicles, which was nearly a 33-percent improvement over the same period of 2012. That’s quite an impressive […] [Read More]

Chrysler Group LLC announced Monday a series of changes affecting its leadership team. Effective immediately, the company has a new president and chief executive officer of the Chrysler Brand. Chosen for the position is Al Gardner, who was most recently director of Chrysler Group’s Southeast Business Center. Gardner replaces Saad Chehab, who is now chief […] [Read More]