BMW of North America revealed late last week that it is recalling about 198,000 models to fix a potential power-breaking problem. The company said it would be notifying the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration via letter that it planned to pull the vehicles. Included in the voluntary recall are particular V12 and V8 models of the following vehicles: BMW […] [Read More]

Though details regarding net income are not made available by the private company, Enterprise Holdings said late last week that the profit improvement it made in fiscal 2010 was an all-time high. And with the smooth transition the Alamo Rent A Car and National Rental brands have made as well as the anchor Enterprise Rent-A-Car […] [Read More]

At the Paris Motor Show, Ford announced it is inviting just about everyone with an affinity for social networking and digital influencing to compete to participate in its inaugural global test drive of the next generation Ford Focus. [Read More]

vAuto announced one merchandising workshop and four Velocity Webinars for its customers later this month. Tracy Noonan Fred, senior director of performance management, will be leading the events. “The Effective Merchandising Workshop will focus on dealership online classified and presence that can help maximize a dealership’s online presence,” according to officials. [Read More]

Scion made its Canadian debut earlier this week, boasting a dealer network of 45 stores throughout Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. The automaker said it will add dealerships in additional markets. As Scion’s demographic tends to be a younger crowd, officials said Scion will one day have dealerships “in any Canadian city with a vibrant youth […] [Read More]

Commemorating its 25th anniversary, the Automotive Training Centre debuted the latest addition to the college on Wednesday. ATC held a grand opening ceremony for the new Surrey British campus on Wednesday, offering an open house. The school also held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially welcome the new campus into the college. Officials said the newest […] [Read More]

Earlier this week, CarProof Vehicle History Reports celebrated two consecutive years of making Deloitte Technology Fast 50 list. This honor is bestowed upon the 50 technology companies in Canada that have shown the greatest revenue increases over the last five years. CarProof earned the No. 13 spot in the rankings this year, as its revenue […] [Read More]

In late breaking news out Thursday, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group’s shareholders voted against a merger with Hertz. According to Bloomberg, the vote came in at 13.8 million shares against the Hertz bid, compared with 11.8 million shares in favor. The vote took place during a special meeting in Chicago that began at 11 a.m. and didn’t […] [Read More]

Experian Automotive revealed two clear trends during its quarterly automotive insights Webinar this week. Drivers are keeping their vehicles longer, while more units on the road are not covered under a warranty. While the warranty drop-off could lead to more activity in dealership service bays, Experian’s director of consulting and analytics Jeffrey Anderson wondered what […] [Read More]

Although there has been some slowdown in the last week of September from the rapid new-vehicle retail sales that opened the month — leading to what’s projected to be a softer-than-predicted seasonally adjusted annualized rate — the market is becoming healthier and still making strides, according to J.D. Power and Associates. Specifically, the SAAR for new-vehicle retail […] [Read More]