NADA
Looking for the hip and nifty at NADA
12:01 am U.S. ET | March 1
Dealers walking the exhibition floor at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in Orlando were met by vendors offering new ways to cut costs, tap social media and monitor their business operations using a smart phone.... Read More » Comments [0] | Recommendations [0]
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NADA CONVENTION
NADA sales forecast: 11.9 million this year
12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 22
Powered by the improving economy, U.S. sales of cars and light trucks likely will rise 14 percent this year to 11.9 million vehicles and will go higher next year, the chief economist of the National Automobile Dealers Association predicts.... Read More »
NADA CONVENTION
Tonkin: NADA will be noticed
12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 22
Dealers who questioned whether the National Automobile Dealers Association adequately defended dealers' interests last year will see a lot more of the group in 2010, said Ed Tonkin, who became NADA chairman Feb. 15.... Read More »
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Sales
Whitacre: GM is on track for pre-June loan repayment
4:00 pm U.S. ET | March 10
General Motors Co. will pay back roughly $8 billion in debt to the United States and Canada before June, CEO Ed Whitacre said today. That repayment schedule would be quicker than the automaker has promised.... Read More »
Dealers
Like GM, Chrysler should reinstate rejected dealers, lawmaker says
10:43 am U.S. ET | March 10
A senior U.S. lawmaker is calling on Chrysler Group to follow General Motors Co.'s lead and reinstate rejected dealerships. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the sixth-ranking House member, noted that Chrysler itself has said a strong dealer network is instrumental to the company's growth.... Read More »
Finance & Insurance
Customers' driver's licenses pose hidden threat to dealers
11:02 am U.S. ET | March 10
For a dealership, a customer's driver's license isn't just a driver's license any more. Based on lawsuits, it's "a $16,000 liability" lying next to the copy machine, says Doug Fusco, founder and CEO of DealerSafeGuardSolutions in McKinney, Texas.... Read More »
Marketing
GM’s Suburban gets a free ride in ‘Crazy Heart’
12:35 pm U.S. ET | March 10
So how much did General Motors Co. pay to place a well-worn 1978 Chevrolet Suburban in a prime role in the hit film ‘Crazy Heart’? The truck was driven by leading man Jeff Bridges -- ironically, the voice of Hyundai commercials.... Read More »
Remarketing
SmartAuction will handle used-car disputes
12:01 am U.S. ET | March 8
GMAC Financial Services now will arbitrate disputes for dealers who find previously undisclosed problems with vehicles they bought through GMAC's SmartAuction online remarketing channel -- no matter the seller.... Read More »
Service & Parts
THE TOYOTA RECALL CRISIS
Toyota gets a court stay on executive testimony in Mich. suit
12:01 am U.S. ET | March 10
A Michigan appeals court today granted a stay requested by Toyota Motor Corp. that delays testimony by two top U.S. company executives in a case about a crash that killed a woman driving a Camry in 2008.... Read More »
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