Only halfway through the first month of the year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has detailed three recalls that encompass more than 530,000 vehicles from the Ford, Mercury and Mini brand. The largest of the recalls is connected with the oldest model. NHTSA indicated that Ford is recalling 244,530 Escapes from the 2001 and […] [Read More]

As it celebrated the 2 millionth vehicle produced at its South Carolina plant, BMW announced late last week that it is pumping close to $900 million into the factory and adding 300 jobs there this year. BMW is expanding its X-model line and is building the new X4 at the Spartanburg plant, said Frank-Peter Arndt, […] [Read More]

A lot of you are hoping that 2012 is going to be an awesome year online and I am pulling for you, but what kind of plan have you developed to make it happen? Read on and I’ll map out eight steps you can do to accelerate your results. One of my favorite quotes is, […] [Read More]

Brasher’s San Jose Auto Auction recently appointed an industry veteran to be its northern California sales representative. Gaining the role is Shelly Frank, who comes into the position with more than 20 years of industry experience. Frank launched her career at Western Financial/Westcorp. Officials highlighted that Frank would later spend five years with Ford Credit […] [Read More]

Audi of America is using its foursquare account to augment its sponsorship of the U.S. Ski Team. Late last week, Audi explained that members of the U.S. Ski Team, including Olympians Lindsey Vonn and Andrew Weibrecht, are contributing tips with the best skiing destinations to Audi’s foursquare account. The OEM indicated that foursquare users who […] [Read More]

Dealer’s Auto Auction of the South announced recently that it took home Remarketing by GE Imagination Award honors for the second straight year. Auction owner David Andrews, general manager Phillip Butler and GE account manager Mark Hopkins accepted the award from Paul Seger — who is the vice president of GE Remarketing — last month […] [Read More]

A newcomer who manages an independent dealership might not recognize what the automotive landscape was like — especially for inventory floor planning — back in 1987 when Automotive Finance Corporation (AFC) started its operations. If a store was a franchised dealership, the opportunity for floor plan financing was much more plentiful at that time because […] [Read More]

Amid a modest uptick in used-vehicle prices from the previous month, December’s wholesale increases were led by gains in the larger vehicle categories, as these segments were ahead of the market curve in the year’s final month thanks largely to more moderate gas prices, according to the RVI Group. More specifically, the RVI Used Car […] [Read More]

Covering models in 23 different vehicle segments, U.S. News Best Cars recently highlighted its 2012 Best Cars for the Money Awards. Ford took home the most awards with five of its models selected as winners: Taurus, Fusion, Fiesta, Edge and Fusion Hybrid. For 2012, officials determined three brands emerged as winners for the first time: […] [Read More]

It appears like the U.S. won’t see any relief at the gas pump any time soon and considering some of the volatile concerns overseas, fuel prices may climb even higher, according to Kelley Blue Book. That said, automakers’ vehicle lineups have never been better-suited for gas-price hikes than they are now, KBB noted. What’s more, […] [Read More]