The country’s largest minority-owned auto franchise just got bigger, with the addition of a Toyota dealership in the Lone Star State. RML Automotive, which is headquartered in Little Rock, Ark., announced this week its acquisition of Toyota of Lewisville in Lewisville, Texas. The 74,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility was previously owned by Rene Isip and currently employs […] [Read More]

Certified pre-owned sales were strong in August for the European automakers, with one luxury brand, in particular, touting its best August ever for CPO sales. Audi Canada had its best August ever this past month, with 436 CPO vehicles sold. Jonathan Breton, manger of certified pre-owned and corporate sales, said this number is up 16.9 […] [Read More]

The Kelly Auto Group — which has been doing business in the Pennsylvania Lehigh Valley since 1967 and has delivered more than 100,000 vehicles — prides itself on putting its customers first, says John Lim, general manager at Kelly Nissan of Route 33.   Lim says, “at Kelly Nissan, our customers come first, and we […] [Read More]

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicated Toyota is recalling more than 750,000 units for a similar issue that prompted the automaker to push a campaign for the same models about a year ago. NHSTA said Toyota is recalling the Toyota RAV4 from the 2006 through 2011 model years as well as the 2010 Lexus […] [Read More]

In what turned out to be the best certified pre-owned month ever – and the first time the market broke 200,000 sales — 11 CPO programs were found to have posted record sales last month, according to Autodata Corp. Reaching all-time highs were Audi, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Nissan, Porsche, Subaru and Toyota, […] [Read More]

Coming off a record-high month for sales, Mazda North American Operations rolled out enhancements to its certified pre-owned program last week. In addition to the existing three-year AutoCheck Buyback Protection, Mazda now will offer its CPO customers an additional 12-month/12,000-milelimited warranty. The automaker said it is also adding one year and 20,000 miles to CPO […] [Read More]

Below is a question from a Velocity dealer, and my response: Dale, I have a question that has been lingering in my head, and I would be honored to get your input to it. I value your experience and expertise. I am working very hard to make our pre-owned operation successful, since our “New Car” […] [Read More]

Toyota is gearing up for the third year of its 100 Cars for Good Program, naming its new finalists late last week. The campaign awards 100 vehicles during the course of 100 days to 100 nonprofit organizations based on votes from the public. This year, 250 new nonprofit organizations have been named finalists in the […] [Read More]

For the certified pre-owned market, it truly might be the best of times. With leasing volumes at a record high,  creating inventory for down the road, Autodata Corp. reported on Thursday that monthly CPO sales surpassed 200,000 units for the first time. Analysts tallied up August’s total and found the figure came in at 200,332 […] [Read More]

Chrysler Canada is gearing up for the eighth season of its Dodge Caravan Kids Program. The program works to support children and families facing the financial struggle that can come with playing Canadians' favorite pastime — hockey. These financial burdens can include hockey registration fees, gear and more. That’s where Dodge Caravan Kids comes in […] [Read More]