After gaining feedback from the industry and its Client Advisory Board, which includes a cross section of consignors and dealers, SmartAuction has launched several initiatives to enhance its platform. One of the aspects of the enhancement is ramping up communication with dealers by sending alerts about vehicles that might fit their inventory needs. [Read More]

An electric vehicle’s sustained performance for weekly shopping activity at Kelley’s Blue Book’s Kbb.com is leaving the model with momentum going into an important West Coast auto show. Leading the way on the most recent Hot Car Report from Kbb.com was the 2011 Nissan LEAF. Site analysts determined among all models, the LEAF’s activity level […] [Read More]

When it comes to how the vehicles of tomorrow are designed, consumers are most concerned with attributes regarding unintended acceleration and fuel economy improvement, according to RDA Group’s 2010 Auto-Ideation Study. The study, which was unveiled this week, delves into the top 500 needs consumers want automakers to handle as they build future vehicles. [Read More]

Automotive Resources International has rolled a new flexible closed-end leasing program that it says it geared toward executive fleets, organizations in the process of stopping a vehicle-reimbursement program and companies that want to trim their chances of unexpected lease costs. [Read More]

General Motors said Thursday that it is conducting a recall of more than 14,000 Cadillac DTS and Buick Lucerne vehicles to fix a power-steering issue. The affected vehicles are all from the 2010 and 2011 model years, and all of the Lucerne vehicles included in the recall are V8 models. In total, 14,245 units have […] [Read More]

GE made what it believes to be the largest-ever single electric vehicle commitment on Thursday — with a major component of it connected to General Motors. GE officials announced they will purchase 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015 for their own fleet and through their business at GE Capital Fleet Services. GE said it intends to […] [Read More]

Liquid Motors unveiled a new version of its OptiSite Dealer Website technology this week that incorporates significant enhancements to core search engine optimization. Officials mentioned these that technological enhancements include improved geographic and keyword targeting, sitemaps for mobile sites and videos and RSS feeds. The company explained that improvements also have been made for the use […] [Read More]

The Dodge brand is hoping to reach out to a key demographic of customers in a new marketing strategy the automaker started on Thursday . The company highlighted a return to multicultural marketing and advertising with a new television campaign called “Secret Door” that’s aimed at specifically the Hispanic market. Dodge emphasized the TV spots […] [Read More]

In the last day of NRC, workshops will take precedence. The topics to be covered include a sneak peek into what 2011 might bring, a 2010 residuals report, some market updates from Experian Automotive and much more. The day kicks off at 8 a.m. (PST) with breakfast. [Read More]

In Thursday morning’s keynote address, several top industry executives and dealers took to the stage to discuss the state of the market and what they are doing to drive success. The panel covered "Why Resale Values Are Critical to the Automotive Industry’s Long-Term Success." [Read More]