It appears that a combination of downward pressures are to blame for a rather weak second half for January’s retail new-vehicle sales, according to J.D. Power and Associates, which said the seasonally adjusted annualized rate for retail sales likely won’t hit the 10 million-unit mark. [Read More]

Now approaching one year since OPENLANE rolled out its Dealer Group Remarketing Solutions Program at last year’s National Automobile Dealers Association Convention, the online auction company indicated that program users’ overall sales have increased nearly 50 percent. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; […] [Read More]

Along with recapping how the company performed in 2010, Dealer.com announced it acquired selected assets of EpikOne. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”; […] [Read More]

In its efforts to tap into the numerous benefits of positive consumer-to-consumer recommendations and bearing in mind the importance that auto shoppers place on research, Infiniti has been gathering feedback from owners and sharing these responses on its website. And soon — early this year, in fact — Infiniti customers will be able to post […] [Read More]

Dealers who seek more details about the new online remarketing program recently launched by Hertz Corp. can meet with representatives during the upcoming National Automobile Dealers Association Convention and Expo. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; […] [Read More]

Insisting that “our job is not yet done,” because the company still posted a net loss for the year, Chrysler Group chief executive officer Sergio Marchionne highlighted the positive strides the automaker made in the fourth quarter and all of 2010 in terms of net revenue and modified operating profit. Normal 0 false false false […] [Read More]

On Monday, General Motors revealed more retailers beyond Best Buy that will be offering the new stand-alone OnStar mirror starting this spring. Shoppers throughout the country can turn to Crutchfield, an online retailer, to buy the mirror. Crutchfield will refer customers to third parties for installation. Best Buy — which will be selling the product […] [Read More]

On Monday, Westlake Financial Services named its Auction Partner of the Year for 2010 and honored several other facilities  for superb performance. Taking the distinction as Auction Partner of the Year for 2010 is Manheim Nevada, which received a commemorative Westlake plaque. “Manheim Nevada has been a strong and consistent performer for us all year, topping our […] [Read More]

Chrome Systems recently announced that its automated mapping Web service solution, BookLink, has signed on another provider that joins NADA and Black Book. Brought in to BookLink was Kelley Blue Book. This allows BookLink customers to map between the data sets of Chrome and KBB in an efficient fashion. They don’t have to implement, host or update mapping tables […] [Read More]

Nissan Americas unveiled a few shifts in its senior leadership, filling two newly created vice president positions and announcing two other vice president appointments, as well. The company named Brad Thacker — vice president of business transformation and corporate services — to serve in the role of vice president of Total Customer Satisfaction. [Read More]