Avis Budget Group’s Ultimate Test Drive — the company’s car sales initiative — is now accepting trade-in vehicles.   Avis Budget has collaborated with AutoNation for Ultimate Test Drive, which “offers consumers a no-haggle, no-hassle process and features a wide selection of late-model Avis and Budget rental vehicles for purchase at competitive prices.” [Read More]

As relief efforts for victim’s of the tornadoes that ripped through Oklahoma earlier this week ramp up, companies in the auto space continue to lend a hand. Among those joining the fight and helping out were Cox Enterprises (parent company to Manheim), Ford, Mazda and Toyota. For example, Cox, in partnership with The James M. […] [Read More]

When searching for a new ride, which models are catching the eyes of Canadian consumers? This past April, the most popular passenger car in Canada was the Hyundai Elantra, which notched 5,535 sales, DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. reported. This marks a 3-percent year-over-year improvement for the No. 1 passenger car in the country. Coming in […] [Read More]

As summer travel season gets under way, including the family road trip, dealers may want to push affordable SUVs — and new SUV rankings by Kelley Blue Book could help that sales initiative. KBB.com released its inaugural listing of experts’ recommendations this week, as the 10 Best SUVs Under $25,000 in 2013. Coming in on […] [Read More]

For the second year in a row, Ford Motor Co. has announced it will increase capacity to meet strong demand for its products on dealership lots. The increase will come in the form of an additional 200,000 units of annual straight-time capacity this year, along with production of an extra 40,000 units by idling select […] [Read More]

Earlier this week, the nation was shocked by the destruction that tornadoes wreaked upon Oklahoma. And the automotive industry is wasting no time in comnig to the aid of victims of the storms. The GM Foundation is pledging $50,000, and Chevrolet is donating a 2013 Chevy Silverado to nonprofit Forgotten Harvest to assist with the […] [Read More]

Southeast Toyota Distributors announced seven senior-level promotions on Tuesday, all of which become effective June 1.  The appointments are as follows: — Hank Grooms takes on the new role of vice president, marketing and field operations. Prior to this position, Grooms was vice president of marketing. — Michael Brennan will be promoted to vice president, […] [Read More]

The Big Apple is tops when it comes to used-car sales by independent dealers and between private parties, but the crown for most used sales by franchised dealers is actually claimed by the nation’s second-largest city, according to CNW Research. Los Angeles was No. 1 on CNW’s list of top 10 DMAs for used units […] [Read More]

The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association highlighted two companies that now are National Member Benefit Partners of the association. The two newest partners are Security Key Systems and ALLDATA Security Key Systems, which has provided key control systems to dealerships for more than a dozen years, offers NIADA members two key security products: KeyBank and […] [Read More]

In the past couple of years, from the Tsunami in Asia to the recent Hurricane Sandy in the U.S., companies in the automotive space have been rising to the occasion to offer services to those affected by the storms. Now, the GM Foundation is pledging $500,000 to help victims of the recent tornadoes in five […] [Read More]