Women are the fastest growing segment of car buyers at car dealerships, spending billions of dollars annually on new and used cars, as well as car service and maintenance. They’re more confident, educated and prepared to make smart car decisions than ever before, and thanks to dealer rating websites like Women-Drivers.com, Facebook, Twitter and other […] [Read More]

More than three quarters of a million units are associated with the newest recall by Toyota Motor Sales USA, a campaign mostly for the automaker’s compact SUV, the RAV4. Officials said this week they will conduct a voluntary safety recall involving 2006 to early 2011 model-year RAV4 and 2010 model-year Lexus HS 250h vehicles sold […] [Read More]

Used-car consumer data took a big step this week as U.S. News & World Report announced the expansion of its Best Cars rankings to include some 600 used cars, SUVs and minivans from the 2009–2011 model years. Top-ranked vehicles in the study include the 2010 Nissan Versa as best used small car under $12,000; the […] [Read More]

Along with an announcement about the completion of its latest acquisition, DealerTrack revealed on Thursday that it received the endorsement from a state dealer association. Officials highlighted the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association has endorsed DealerTrack’s Sales and F&I, Inventory Management and Electronic Vehicle Registration solutions for use by Virginia dealerships. The DealerTrack solutions and services […] [Read More]

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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE BANDON, Ore. — When CNW Research tabulated last month's used-vehicle sales figures, analysts noticed subprime borrowers accounted for more of the total. CNW discovered subprime buyers constituted 20.2 percent of sales in July versus 17.2 percent last year. Overall, last month's used-sales volume moved higher by more […] [Read More]

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The summer continues to be a hot one for several automakers in Canada. Following about 3-percent year-over-year growth in June, Canadian new-vehicle sales last month improved 4.7 percent, according to data provided by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants. Specifically, automakers moved 148,184 new vehicles in July, with year-to-date sales coming in at 1.01 million units for a […] [Read More]

CarProof Vehicle History Reports provided assistance to children across Canada so they can have a season in sports through CarProof’s Drive to Help Day, a recently held fundraising event. CarProof pledged to donate a portion of its sales from July 18 to Canadian Tire Jumpstart, a national charitable program that helps financially disadvantaged children participate […] [Read More]