Honda Canada Inc. announced this week it is launching a Safety Improvement Campaign in Canada to replace the driver’s front airbag inflator in certain 2001 through 2010 Honda and Acura vehicles. The airbags in question were designed by Takata, and contain inflators that may rupture under intense pressure and have been the subject of 8 […] [Read More]

Though most dealers are used to wholesale prices falling right along with the leaves, the tides turned a bit this past November. According to ADESA Analytical Services’ monthly analysis of wholesale used vehicle prices by vehicle model class, wholesale prices rose by 1.8 percent compared to October. The average price of $9,862 in the lanes […] [Read More]

Jeff Dyke doesn’t mind competition stopping by and checking out EchoPark Automotive, the pre-owned vehicle retail store concept recently launched by Sonic Automotive. In fact, Sonic’s executive vice president of operations welcomes them, along with the OEMs, Wall Street folks and many others who have checked out the pre-owned program that opened its first store […] [Read More]

Insurance Auto Auctions Inc. announced this week that it has raised over $142,000 to donate to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for the purpose of raising awareness and funds to battle childhood cancer.                                               Just […] [Read More]

In the latest development associated with defective Takata airbags, Honda said earlier this week that the company will voluntarily expand a regional recall first initiated back in June into a national campaign affecting certain 2001 through 2011 Honda and Acura vehicles in the United States to replace the driver frontal airbag inflator. Honda explained that […] [Read More]

DealerRater announced the expansion of its leadership team with the addition of two new vice presidents. The executive team welcomes Bobby Gaudreau and Jeff Provost, both with a wealth of prior knowledge with related organizations, into the positions of vice president of sales and marketing and vice president of customer service, respectively. Both additions will […] [Read More]

Black Book on Tuesday promoted one of the many industry experts featured at Used Car Week — Jared Kalfus. Kalfus now is senior vice president of sales, expanding his current role overseeing data licensing and lender solutions to now include the sales team of Black Book’s Activator division. The company contends the promotion further solidifies […] [Read More]

MileOne Automotive announced this week it has donated a new car, for the 15th consecutive year, to the American Cancer Society for a charitable raffle. More than 7,500 raffle tickets were sold in Maryland for a shot at the 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA that MileOne donated. The raffle raised over $75,000, funds that will support the […] [Read More]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently released its semiannual report to Congress and contained within the nearly 200-page document are the top six debt-collection complaints the regulator received. Here is the percentage breakdown of those six grievance categories consumers reported to the bureau between April 1 and Sept. 30. CFPB officials indicated they received approximately 86,900 debt-collection […] [Read More]

In an effort to decipher which auto research sites are favorites among the female population, Women-Drivers.com utilized a survey technique to rank the top sites. And it seems dealers are doing something right when it comes to their online presence, because dealership websites remain the No. 1 online research option for women, with 41.27 percent […] [Read More]