Toyota provided a strong selling point for its dealers this week, making standard maintenance plans for all new Scion and Toyota brand vehicles a free, permanent selling point.  As well the complimentary normal factory-scheduled maintenance, included in the Toyota Care and Scion Service Boost plans is free 24-hour roadside assistance. These services are provided for whatever […] [Read More]

While most of the time, automakers pile on incentives to get a lift in new-vehicle sales, it appears the reverse scenario has occurred this year, according to TrueCar.com. Domestic brands, whose incentives have declined, have been the ones to see significant increases in sales. Meanwhile, some of the leading Japanese brands’ sales have largely been […] [Read More]

Pittsburgh Independent Auto Auction now is the sixth ServNet location to become a partner for General Motors and GMAC this year. PIAA assistant general manager Chris Angelicchio said the inaugural sale is set for Thursday. Angelicchio went on to mention the auction plans to run a GM closed sale every other Thursday at 10 a.m. and […] [Read More]

In an interesting hands-on approach to educating its dealer body, General Motors is bringing in close to 900 Buick and GMC dealers to tour a production facility and to test-drive new models from the two brands. The dealers, who are paying their own way, are coming to Michigan in three waves of about 300 dealers […] [Read More]

When looking at used vehicles in four segments to find which models with low mileages offer the best deals, CarGurus found that in three of the four classes, the vehicle offering the best value was from a Big 3 brand. Assessing the values through DealFinder, CarGurus listed the following used vehicles from the 2007 through […] [Read More]

On Wednesday, Chrysler unveiled the incentives that will be available for this month. Breaking the October incentives down by brand, Chrysler’s dealer body can offer consumers the following: Ram Truck The “Ram Handshake” promotion for 2010 models will be kept running. Basically, this is a pledge that allows shoppers buy a Ram truck and take […] [Read More]

Two more brands now are included within the Certified Pre-Owned Center of Dealix’s flagship site for dealers. Now integrated are CPO units from Nissan and Infiniti. Dealix executives noted Nissan and Infiniti are the eighth and ninth manufacturers in the past year to bring their CPO inventory to UsedCars.com. During that period, they mentioned the […] [Read More]

The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association recently rolled out the first of two phases of its revamped website. The first phase incorporates four brand-new features aimed at bringing more clarity and ease of use for NIADA dealer members and association service providers. They include: —More user-friendly site interface and navigation. —The entire NIADA membership roster […] [Read More]

The American International Automobile Dealers Association is calling for nominations for its David F. Mungenast Lifetime Achievement Award that annually spotlights an auto industry professional for achieving business success while also being dedicated to his family and community. The winner will be revealed at AIADA’s 41st Annual Meeting and Luncheon, which will be held in […] [Read More]

The International Automotive Remarketers Alliance recently welcomed another member. Deciding to join the organization is Remarketing of America, a provider of repossession, remarketing and asset recovery services for loan servicing companies, finance companies and insurance companies. Officials noted ROA’s management team is composed of individuals with a total of more than 100 years of financial […] [Read More]