Do Cars.com and AutoTrader.com make up the majority of your used-car marketing strategy? If so, you are selling yourself short! While both of these properties are a great way to market your vehicles, there is so much more you can do that will double or triple your used-car sales numbers. [Read More]

 Asbury Automotive Group announced Monday it has appointed a new vice president and general counsel. Tapped for the position is George Villasana, who was most recently senior VP and general counsel at Swisher Hygiene Inc. The appointment is effective immediately. Highlighting his background further, before working with Swisher Hygiene, he served as executive VP and […] [Read More]

Hyundai Motor America and its nonprofit pediatric cancer organization, Hyundai Hope On Wheels, revealed that it will be presenting CHOC Children’s with the second installment of a $10 million gift committed last year. To commemorate this event for the Hyundai Cancer Institute at CHOC Children’s, Hope On Wheels will host its “signature Handprint Ceremony” with […] [Read More]

Dealers looking for first-hand feedback about the revenue capabilities of CarMark Certified Pre-Owned can find it during an upcoming free Webinar from the Pre-Owned Automobile Dealers Alliance. The next session of Pre-Owned LIVE is set for 2 p.m. ET on April 24. Scheduled to be a part of the Webinar titled, “CarMark Certified: Maximizing Third […] [Read More]

Chrysler announced a new senior vice president of purchasing and supplier quality on Friday to take the place of Dan Knott, who is taking a medical retirement. Appointed to the position, effective immediately, is Scott Kunselman, who was previously senior vice president of engineering. Meanwhile, Chrysler named Mark Chernoby as its new senior vice president […] [Read More]

Last year was the strongest ever for the certified pre-owned market, but it appears that dealers haven’t wasted any time making 2012 another record-breaker. CPO sales last month were the highest they have even been in any month (March or otherwise), capping what was the best quarter of all time, according to Autodata Corp. In […] [Read More]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials announced the Ford Focus from the current model year is the latest vehicle to be recalled. A total of 140,310 units — the 2012 Focus that Ford manufactured from Aug. 1, 2010 through Oct. 18 — may have a missing seal in the wiring harness connector to the passenger […] [Read More]

Both retail and wholesale gains as well as strengthening performance of its finance division all combined to push CarMax’s fiscal year net earnings higher by 10 percent, according to the company’s financial report released late last week. CarMax’s fiscal year 2012 net earnings came in at $413.8 million or $1.79 per diluted share, up 10 […] [Read More]

The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association announced last week that it has chosen an administrator for its all-new NIADA Certified Pre-Owned Vehicle Program. Tapped for the role was  Warrantech, an AmTrust Financial Services company. Warrantech, a provider of extended service contracts for the automotive industry will “administer the plan, handle and address all post-sale customer needs, […] [Read More]

In light of data suggesting the automaker’s cars tend to stay on the road quite a while, Subaru Canada rolled out a new 500,000-kilometer maintenance schedule designed to prompt owners of older units to continue stopping by the dealership service shop after the warranty expires. Citing the automaker’s Canadian sales data and R.L. Polk Canadian […] [Read More]