Dealership service department diagnostic solution provider MPi is again orchestrating a skills competition to determine who is the best service technician. With Lexus of Henderson serving as the host, MPi is expecting 7,000 technicians from 455 dealerships nationwide to compete in REV It UP — a series of four races designed to test technicians’ skills […] [Read More]

While also sharing the story about his reunion with a long-lost classic-car favorite, ADESA president and chief executive officer Tom Caruso offered his take during a recent video interview on how the Web has impacted the auction business. In the video — which was recently posted to ADESA’s Overdrive blog — Caruso talks with Motor […] [Read More]

Late last week, Dataium released its latest Auto Shopper Intensity index  — a measure of online car-shopping activity designed to project sales 30 to 45 days in advance — and found the brand leading the pack was Nissan, which was joined in joined in the top five ASI rankings by two of its Japanese peers. […] [Read More]

Late last week, Mercedes-Benz USA and Sonic Automotive announced a settlement of all legal disputes between the two companies effective immediately. Both companies declined to provide details of the settlement, but a report in the Charlotte Business Journal might have shown where the litigation began. [Read More]

The national gas price average had climbed to nearly $3.65 a gallon late last week, and it is believed that a few more coins at the pump may have a significant impact on used-vehicle prices. AAA’s Daily Fuel Gage Report released early Friday morning had the national average for regular gasoline at $3.647. According to […] [Read More]

At the Manheim North Carolina sale last week, dealers were stopping to see what the company’s new “On the Go” sessions were all about. And as the curious onlookers stopped at the booth to check out demonstrations of the Manheim mobile app, many expressed how "crucial" it is to have in-depth vehicle information at your […] [Read More]

With much of their attention dedicated to new-vehicle sales projections, TrueCar.com gave a glimpse as to where February’s used-vehicle sale total might land when it released estimations at the same time as Edmunds.com. TrueCar estimated this month’s used sales figure to land at 2,099,298 units, a sum that would be 16.5 percent higher than February […] [Read More]

Just a few years ago, store closures permeated the entire car business throughout the U.S. amid slumping sales and the bankruptcy of two Big 3 automakers. Now — in sharp contrast to those troubling times — one of those OEMs that went through bankruptcy is adding stores left and right in the country’s most populous […] [Read More]

Subaru launched a campaign late last week that pulls on consumers’ nostalgia for their first vehicle, searching for stories of 16-year-olds working for their first car and happy shoppers gaining their first set of wheels.  In launching its First Car Story campaign, the OEM aims to advertise the all-new 2012 Subaru Impreza. [Read More]

WASHINGTON D.C. — Several American Financial Service Association board members and staff met recently with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray and other senior officials to discuss some issues that directly affect the automotive industry, as well as familiarize themselves with the new association’s membership. And the discussion broached several topics that have […] [Read More]