EasyCare announced late last week the addition of another Motor Trend Certified dealership. The latest to officially join the program is Blue Springs Ford. The Kansas City, Mo.-area store is among the first group of dealers chosen for the pre-owned vehicle certification program, which was created for Motor Trend and powered by EasyCare. [Read More]

I received a note from a Midwest velocity dealer who ran into unexpected trouble during a recent meeting with his dealership managers and majority partner. It read: Dale: I had my annual forecast meeting last week with all my managers and our majority shareholder in the company. Keep in mind 2012 was a record year […] [Read More]

Each member of the the next group of nominees watched their fathers build customer relationships at their dealerships, but one was gearing up to be a football coach before a detour took him to store management. In the next group of profiles of nominees for theTIME Dealer of the Year Award, these store executives all […] [Read More]

As Edmunds.com made its selection as the best Super Bowl car commercial of all time, Hyundai outlined its strategy for its sixth consecutive year as a Super Bowl advertiser. The automaker highlighted its Big Game plan has five game-day ads, including four all-new spots. Two of the new ads are slotted for the pre-game show […] [Read More]

A dealer has to be concerned with advertising regulation and rules while marketing his own vehicles, but also needs to be careful when enlisting the help of others. A recent case that dealt with  a Louisiana-based marketing firm allegedly pitching false sales events and advertising at North Carolina dealerships focused on this very issue. [Read More]

This past month, certified pre-owned full-size trucks may have gotten a bit harder to pick up for dealers and consumers, alike. This is just one of the findings that popped up in the latest installment of vehicle scarcity data that is provided monthly to Auto Remarketing by AutoTrader.com. The auto industry saw what AutoTrader called […] [Read More]

Education — either at the family dealership, association training program or through experience in unrelated industries — all helped these potential award winners to successful auto sales and management careers. In the first group of profiles of nominees for theTIME Dealer of the Year Award, these store executives all share what’s important to them — […] [Read More]

Honda is recalling approximately 748,000 model-year 2009 through 2013 Pilot and 2011 through 2013 Odyssey vehicles in the United States and another 29,000 units in Canada. The recall stems from the need to inspect and if necessary replace the driver’s side airbag. The OEM explained driver’s-side airbags in these vehicles potentially were assembled without some […] [Read More]

Late last week, TrueCar.com revealed its annual Performance Scorecards, announcing what it sees as the “best manufacturers and brands” for 2012. Overall, the top manufacturers for the 2012 Annual Performance Scorecard were Subaru, Toyota and Jaguar Land Rover. Further explaining why these brands, in particular, topped the charts, Kristen Andersson, analyst at TrueCar, told Auto […] [Read More]

With consumers coming to expect a certain level of in-car technology, ranging from mobile offerings to satellite radio, it is becoming more and more important for used and new dealers to promote vehicle accessory sales. And one Toyota dealership serving the metro Boston region has focused on this profit avenue, in particular. According to accessory […] [Read More]