Toyota Motor Sales USA announced late on Tuesday that it is conducting a safety recall of approximately 482,000 vehicles to correct an issue with the curtain shield air bags. The action by Toyota is unrelated to the ongoing Takata airbag recall. Included in the campaign is the Toyota Prius from the 2010 through 2012 model […] [Read More]

The Alberta Motor Vehicle Council is tightening its consumer protection education requirements to improve compliance with the laws. As such, any automotive salesperson who has been out of the industry for more than three years must now successfully retake the salesperson Fair Trading Act course before being granted a new registration to sell vehicles. "It […] [Read More]

For the third time in the span of about a year, New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman announced a settlement with a dealership regarding either the advertising or the financing practices conducted by the store. The most recent development is a settlement with Saratoga Springs Nissan, which operated a dealership in Malta, N.Y., under the […] [Read More]

Ally Financial has added a former General Electric executive to its own board of directors. The company announced this week that William “Bill” Cary has been appointed to the Ally board of directors, filling the role left by Cerberus Capital Management’s Stephen Feinberg, who stepped down from the board effective June 22. Cary worked at […] [Read More]

On the same day but some 2,800 miles east of the 68th CarMax Auction’s grand opening in the San Francisco Bay Area, dozens of dealers gather under and around a garage-like structure on Tuesday morning. Much like the soggy weather here in the capital of North Carolina, the exterior of this building is gray. But […] [Read More]

As an industry compliance expert tried to explain how complicated it might be to unwind installment contracts and leases, NADA Used Car Guide confirmed that its values are being used to generate the figures associated with the Volkswagen diesel emissions settlement announced on Tuesday. The data denotes how much the OEM will pay owners to buy […] [Read More]

Imagine if you could choose the sales associate from whom you will buy your next car — before you even set foot in the dealership. With Surge Curve, you can do just that. The web-based "meet the sales team" tool launched Tuesday with 12 beta active sites, and the company is seeking 12 additional retailers to […] [Read More]

The XLerate Group has purchased the EPI-El Paso auction from the McConkey Auction Group. With the addition of EPI, XLerate now has Texas auctions in Austin, Dallas and El Paso, plus its locations in California, Florida, South Carolina, Michigan and Wisconsin. “EPI is the latest step in XLerate’s plan to grow our business, footprint, and […] [Read More]

DealerSocket’s FEX DMS has added to independent dealers’ payment processing options by fully integrating with ProPay’s LenderPay platform, a credit processing platform for complete, end-to-end payment solutions that are designed to be simple, secure and affordable. The company highlighted this partnership will provide FEX users with more options to select the credit processor that best […] [Read More]

Experian has released findings from an analysis that examined vehicles on U.S. roads to see how many were manufactured in America. According to the analysis, nearly 60 percent of all light-duty vehicles on the road were assembled domestically, while the rest were built in Canada (12.6 percent), Japan (11.1 percent), Mexico (7.4 percent), Germany (4.3 […] [Read More]