Although Ricky Beggs conceded again the seasonal wholesale price softening hasn’t been as noticeable this autumn as previous years, the Black Book managing editor noticed several adjustments pop up last week for the first time this year. During the latest “Beggs On The Used Car Market” video report, the Black Book analyst revealed just 8 […] [Read More]

Subaru of America bested its previous record for October sales by more than 25 percent and appears like it is headed for a best-ever year, as well, according to the company. Specifically, Subaru moved 22,720 vehicles in the U.S., a year-over-year gain of a little more than 25 percent from October 2009, which was when the prior […] [Read More]

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group’s corporate adjusted EBITDA showed double-digit improvement for the seventh straight time during third quarter, which marked what the company’s chief executive officer called the “best quarterly performance” that Dollar Thrifty has ever had. [Read More]

JMN Logistics, a sponsor of the next week’s National Remarketing Conference, revealed which executives will be attending the event to promote its services to dealers and other industry outlets. Expected to be in San Diego are owner Jon Nuckolls, Cindy Darnell, director of sales, and Kelly Collinson, customer relations manager. Since 1999, JMN Logistics has […] [Read More]

The previous sales and service agreements General Motors had with the its dealer body expired on Sunday and the new agreements came into effect Monday. So despite the outspokeness of several lawmakers in opposition, the dealer body of GM will now include about 4,500 stores, a figure the automaker had revealed back in August and was […] [Read More]

The previous sales and service agreements General Motors had with the its dealer body expired on Sunday and the new agreements came into effect Monday. So despite the outspokeness of several lawmakers in opposition, the dealer body of GM will now include about 4,500 stores, a figure the automaker had revealed back in August and was […] [Read More]

Word on the street is that leasing penetration is soaring, and ALG recently offered some analysis to back this up. Just what did the company discover? Looking at lease penetration, ALG reported it has reached its most robust level in two years during the third quarter and almost surpassed 20 percent. Breaking it down, ALG said mainstream brands […] [Read More]

In less than one week, the Auto Remarketing Forum Series will be welcoming attendees to the 2010 CPO Forum in San Diego. The conference is the first in a weeklong conference event that brings both the CPO Forum and the 2010 National Remarketing Conference to the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego. The two conferences […] [Read More]

Consumers Digest revamped its listing and evaluation process when the publication came up with this year’s Best Buys for new vehicles — 17 of which were not listed a year ago. Magazine officials whittled down more than 250 vehicles from the 2011 model year to 35 vehicles and seven companion models. The publication broadened its […] [Read More]

Dodge revealed details about MSRP and more for its six all-new or significantly updated vehicles designed to generate substantially more traffic in dealer showrooms for the 2011 model year. The two units that appear the strongest standouts for the OEM are the 2011 Dodge Durango with an MSRP of $29,195 and the all-new Dodge Charger that starts […] [Read More]