After this Used Car Manager e-newsletter, Auto Remarketing and SubPrime Auto Finance News will go dark Thursday and Friday to celebrate the holiday with our family. However, Auto Remarketing Canada will be published as usual on Friday. We will pick back up on Monday morning when our readers can expect a new edition of Auto Remarketing […] [Read More]

Be it with food drives, volunteering or reconfiguring vehicles, Ford described several ways it’s looking to support needy individuals at Thanksgiving and throughout the holiday season. For 9,000 homebound seniors and homeless people, Ford is giving its support to generate hot, fresh meals on Thanksgiving. Many meals are set to be packed and delivered by […] [Read More]

How big was Chrysler’s investment announcement on Tuesday? President Obama and Vice President Biden came to the automaker’s Indiana Transmission Plant II to be a part of the festivities. Included in a string of investment decisions totaling nearly $3 billion, Chrysler confirmed that it is looking to invest $843 million in its Indiana Transmission Plants […] [Read More]

With turkey on the minds of many today as Thanksgiving is only a day away, MSN Autos decided to take this turkey concept in a new direction. The site unveiled a list of “turkeys” that is probably the last thing used-car managers want on their holiday dinner plate — or in their inventory. The website compiled a file […] [Read More]

As November gets ready to draw to a close with Thanksgiving tomorrow, TrueCar decided to announce its sales expectations for the month, covering both used- and new-vehicle sales results. The site is projecting that used sales will reach almost 2.6 million units, which would be almost unchanged from the year-ago period and less than 1 percent stronger compared to […] [Read More]

Taking a look at the most recent wholesale price trends, Black Book managing editor Ricky Beggs reiterated a familiar refrain — car prices remained volatile, while truck prices have been more stable. Black Book found 10 of the 14 truck segments declined less than $50 this past week, but only two of the 10 car […] [Read More]

As an attorney for General Motors who specializes in securities work, when it came to the automaker’s initial public offering, Robert Shrosbree had his work cut out for him. “This began back in May when we started interviewing underwriters,” he explained on the Faces of GM Blog. Since that time, Shrosbree indicated he has been […] [Read More]

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced recently that it is investigating how adequately rental car companies conducted proper fixes on a slew of recalled models from Big 3 automakers before renting out the vehicles. More specifically, the agency is looking at rental companies’ work on 29 different models that were recalled by Ford, Chrysler […] [Read More]

In what the company described as a response to broadening expansion, Innovative Funding Services recently promoted one its executives to director of operations. Taking on the role at the financing company for lessors and fleet-management businesses is Robert Rohner. When IFS moved to its new location on Burnett Road in Austin, Texas, last year, management […] [Read More]

In the spirit of Thanksgiving and just a week after its initial public offering commenced, General Motors plans to show the nation its gratitude on Thursday through a 60-second TV commercial. The spot, which does not include a voiceover, starts with “serious and comic images of failure” one after another. Then, the commercial shows recovery-themed images. [Read More]