An unintended acceleration-related lawsuit against Toyota has been given the OK by a U.S. District judge to continue, plaintiff attorneys said Monday. A statement released Monday said that the ruling from Judge James Selna of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California indicated that there was enough evidence from the plaintiff attorneys […] [Read More]

General Motors has not wasted any time in planning how to use the $2 billion the company recently allotted for U.S assembly and component plants, an investment which aims to create or retain more than 4,000 jobs across the country. On Friday, GM officials announced they would be investing $109 million of the larger sum […] [Read More]

Subaru of America revealed its new senior vice president of sales late last week, appointing Bill Cyphers to the post. The longtime Subaru executive has worked in several roles for the company since joining in 1984, the most recent of which was his position as regional vice president of the Eastern region. Other vice president […] [Read More]

Hyundai Canada’s certified pre-owned program may have just made its debut this week, but the preparation for the automaker’s Canadian CPO offering has been years in the making, Hyundai Canada remarketing manager Alex Johnston told Auto Remarketing Canada. “Hyundai Canada has been studying the potential for a CPO program for quite some time. We’ve worked […] [Read More]

Everything old is new again. Anyone who has been in the car business long enough knows that saying to be true. Both good times and challenging times are cyclical, and most of the crises we face today have been seen before. For a veteran dealer like me, that’s a good thing. It means I’ve sold […] [Read More]

The end to the fiscal year for Nissan was somewhat of an enigma. The Japanese automaker was in the midst of wrapping up the most successful year for global vehicle sales in its history when the March 11 disasters in Japan put Nissan and its island nation peers temporarily back in “recovery mode,” as president […] [Read More]

Porsche Cars North America says it’s building a new headquarters, but it’s not leaving Atlanta, the city it has called home for 13 years. The automaker indicated its new complex will be located in the Aerotropolis Atlanta development site, near the new international terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The company highlighted its new facility […] [Read More]

Herb Gordon Mercedes-Benz has a new name and a new showroom. A year after breaking ground, dealership management celebrated the opening of the new rooftop this week at 3301 Briggs Chaney Road, just off of Route 29 in Silver Spring, Md. The franchise operation is now called Mercedes-Benz of Silver Spring. Since inception in 1972, […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing learned on Wednesday that Cadillac has revamped and relaunched its certified pre-owned program. Cadillac said it’s relaunching the program to boost the resale value of the models and provide “added confidence to customers seeking a used luxury automobile.” Cadillac’s enhanced CPO program being rolled out this spring includes a more robust vehicle inspection system, a six-year, 100,000-mile limited warranty, 24-hour […] [Read More]

I have been invoking the inimitable Yogi Berra a lot recently; in particular, his observation about a restaurant that was so busy that no one ever went there. Perhaps unwittingly, Yogi highlighted one of the effects that makes auto sales forecasting tricky these days. It is that people modify their actions based on what they […] [Read More]