Earlier this week, Toyota filed a Reply Brief in Support of its Motion to Dismiss the consolidated class action that the company is facing over claims of an alleged electronic defect causing unintended acceleration. Toyota contends that no defects in its Electronic Throttle Control System have been brought to light by the plaintiffs, and the […] [Read More]

Nissan North America management offered an update this week on the number of franchise dealers who have completed electric vehicle readiness training and are among the first to add EV charging infrastructure to their store operations. As the automaker prepares for Nissan LEAF deliveries in December, company officials indicated that by the end of this […] [Read More]

Sewell Automotive Companies recently bolstered its presence in Houston with the purchase of Millennium Audi. Now, Sewell has two stores in Texas’ largest city and 11 stores total, all of which are located in The Lone Star State. Sewell opened the doors on its latest addition, now known Audi North Houston, last month. The store […] [Read More]

Subaru of America bested its previous record for October sales by more than 25 percent and appears like it is headed for a best-ever year, as well, according to the company. Specifically, Subaru moved 22,720 vehicles in the U.S., a year-over-year gain of a little more than 25 percent from October 2009, which was when the prior […] [Read More]

The previous sales and service agreements General Motors had with the its dealer body expired on Sunday and the new agreements came into effect Monday. So despite the outspokeness of several lawmakers in opposition, the dealer body of GM will now include about 4,500 stores, a figure the automaker had revealed back in August and was […] [Read More]

The previous sales and service agreements General Motors had with the its dealer body expired on Sunday and the new agreements came into effect Monday. So despite the outspokeness of several lawmakers in opposition, the dealer body of GM will now include about 4,500 stores, a figure the automaker had revealed back in August and was […] [Read More]

In less than one week, the Auto Remarketing Forum Series will be welcoming attendees to the 2010 CPO Forum in San Diego. The conference is the first in a weeklong conference event that brings both the CPO Forum and the 2010 National Remarketing Conference to the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego. The two conferences […] [Read More]

Dodge revealed details about MSRP and more for its six all-new or significantly updated vehicles designed to generate substantially more traffic in dealer showrooms for the 2011 model year. The two units that appear the strongest standouts for the OEM are the 2011 Dodge Durango with an MSRP of $29,195 and the all-new Dodge Charger that starts […] [Read More]

For the second time this year, Nissan North America unveiled a new comprehensive training center for franchise dealer service personnel. The opening of the new Ontario Training Center — located about 40 miles east of Los Angeles — is geared to provide technician product training on both Nissan and Infiniti products for service center personnel […] [Read More]

Nissan North America revealed the extent of a voluntary safety recall to replace an electrical relay for the engine control module. The recall is connected with certain Nissan and Infiniti truck and SUV models in the U.S and Canada. The automaker said approximately 747,000 potentially affected vehicles are in the U.S. and approximately 23,000 are […] [Read More]