NCM Associates revealed late last week members of its Hyundai Profit Council Dealer 20 Group will receive the first presentation of the Google Dealer Jumpstart Program. NCM highlighted the search engine giant will provide attending dealers and managers insights into the online dealer landscape and give a strategic overview of online best practices, along with […] [Read More]

Timely revealed  late last week, the Vets-Cars Group — a veteran-owned business which works to match members of the U.S. military community in the market for a new vehicle with pre-approved dealers — launched its Vets-Shield Vehicle Service Contract Program. These protection plans — developed by veterans for veterans — are offered for auto, powersport, […] [Read More]

Chevrolet is launching a new campaign in partnership with Klout, a company that measures a user’s online influence, to promote the 2012 Sonic among a targeted group of consumers. Building on the success of a Klout campaign with the Chevy Volt in Chicago, Chevy explained it is again partnering with Klout — this time to […] [Read More]

AutoCanada revealed Thursday that it has added two Volkswagen stores in British Columbia to its dealer network. The company is purchasing two stores formerly under the Valley Autohouse name in Abbotsford and Chilliwack. These dealerships will now go by the names Abbotsford Volkswagen and Chilliwack Volkswagen.  The stores went into receivership on Oct. 27 and operations were […] [Read More]

The Canadian car market showed modest improvement in October, but things were still rather sluggish in light of low consumer confidence, which sparked from negative news around the globe, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants. Overall, there were 125,680 new vehicles sold in Canada last month, a 2.1-percent hike. Through October, year-to-date sales are up 1.5 […] [Read More]

Monthly certified pre-owned sales fell on a year-over-year basis for the first time since July, but the current sales pace remains well above year-ago levels. The market again saw multiple brands reach best-ever certified sales. Overall — according to statistics from Autodata Corp. — there were 139,532 CPO sales in October, down 1.4 percent year-over-year. […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing recently learned that Volvo Cars North America has a pre-owned car line manager to replace Diana Lidgett, who is moving over to Volvo’s Southern region to serve as its distribution manager, effective Dec. 1. Taking on the pre-owned position is Steve Golow, who has been with the company since 1995, most recently serving […] [Read More]

Toyota will recall about 550,000 six-cylinder Toyota and Lexus units throughout the world in response to a potential issue with the crankshaft pulley, a problem that could result in the power steering pump coming loose. Toyota Motor Sales USA issued a statement Wednesday announcing the recall of 420,200 vehicles in the U.S., and told Auto […] [Read More]

General Motors generated $1.7 billion or $1.03 per fully-diluted share in net income attributable to common stockholders during the third quarter, but Dan Akerson isn’t satisfied. The chairman and chief executive officer acknowledged, “GM delivered a solid quarter thanks to our leadership positions in North America and China where we have grown both sales and […] [Read More]

For the two sisters that own Hare Chevrolet, the passion for their family’s business came later in life. As youths, the women just wanted to escape their hometown. But now, as sixth generation dealers recently taking part in Chevrolet’s Centennial Celebration, the women embrace their family and store heritage. They are in charge of a […] [Read More]