FloridaBraman lawsuit against GM heads for settlement 3:21 pm U.S. ET | June 4, 2013  Billionaire megadealer Norman Braman's two-tier pricing lawsuit against General Motors appears headed for a settlement. Lawyers for Braman and GM filed a joint motion last week in federal court in South Florida seeking to postpone upcoming court dates because of the pending settlement.... Read More »
Bill Templeton, longtime SW Florida Toyota dealer, dies at 84 1:46 pm U.S. ET | June 4, 2013 Bill Templeton, former owner of Fort Myers Toyota in Fort Myers, Fla., died May 20. He was 84.... Read More »
THE DEALER SPEAKS: ANDREW DIFEO, HYUNDAI OF ST. AUGUSTINE Customer data, online tools are key to dealer's strategy 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 3, 2013  Andrew DiFeo opened his own store, Hyundai of St. Augustine, in Florida, in 2008. By focusing on Internet marketing and online reputation- and customer-relationship management, DiFeo has increased average monthly new-vehicle sales from about 50 in the first year to about 115 through April this year.... Read More »
Chrysler buys former Ford testing site in Florida 3:04 pm U.S. ET | April 3, 2013  Chrysler Group has bought a 531-acre testing center in Florida, where it plans to expand its vehicle testing, especially in winter. The site has more than six miles of test track, including a 2.1-mile straightaway and a 1.1-mile ride and handling loop.... Read More »
Bankrupt Toyota store in Florida sells for $18.7 million 10:33 pm U.S. ET | March 22, 2013 A federal bankruptcy court has approved the sale of a bankrupt Toyota dealership in St. Augustine, Fla., for $18.7 million. The buyer, Michael Beaver, owner of Beaver Toyota in Santa Fe, N.M., will close on the sale in April, said Joe Luzinski, senior vice president of Development Specialists Inc. in Miami.... Read More »
EDWARD LAPHAM Why 'Back to the Future' resonates at NADA 9:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 11, 2013  It caught my eye immediately. Parked at a booth in the NADA exhibition hall was a DeLorean time machine. It looked as if it had just blown in from the "Back to the Future" movie trilogy -- complete with blinking dashboard lights and a flux capacitor.... Read More »
Kia to dealers: Get ready for more 2:37 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 10, 2013  Kia asked dealers at its make meeting during the National Automobile Dealers Association convention here to “take a longer term view” of Kia's growth plans and get ready for bigger volumes.... Read More »
Chrysler dealers hungry for more Wranglers 3:38 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 10, 2013  Chrysler Group dealers used its make meeting during the National Automobile Dealers Association convention here to voice a concern they share with the factory: There aren’t enough Jeep Wranglers and Grand Cherokees to meet demand in the United States.... Read More »
Volkswagen to bring infotainment system to U.S. this year 2:54 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 10, 2013  Volkswagen will begin offering an infotainment system in the United States this year, the company’s U.S. marketing boss said today. The system, named Car-Net, is similar to Ford's Sync and MyFord Touch software, Tim Mahoney, chief marketing officer at Volkswagen of America, told Automotive News here during the National Automobile Dealers Association convention.... Read More »
JAMIE LaREAU An NADA booth isn’t for everyone, but the convention is 2:30 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 10, 2013  Meeting up with EasyCare’s CEO at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention is not easy. I tracked him down at the NCM Associates booth. That’s because EasyCare is boothless.... Read More »
JAMES B. TREECE Three generations at NADA 2:15 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 10, 2013  Three generations of the family behind Colussy Chevrolet in Bridgeville, Pa., outside of Pittsburgh, are at this year's NADA convention: Tim, 55, the dealer principal; his father, Skip, 84, who remains part owner; and Tim's son, Dan, 22, who is learning the ropes in the parts department.... Read More »
New-generation Mini Cooper hardtop to be unveiled next week 2:55 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  Mini dealers will get a glimpse of the new-generation Cooper hardtop next week at a worldwide dealer meeting in Helsinki, Finland. The hardtop is scheduled to go on sale in March 2014 and is the first vehicle to be built on a BMW platform that will spawn 10 to 12 compact Mini and BMW front-wheel-drive models.... Read More »
Rising sales tide lifts new-vehicle grosses 11:44 am U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013 Dealers at three-fourths of the auto industry's brands are experiencing improved new-vehicle grosses as sales return to pre-recession volumes.... Read More »
Panel backs embedded, simple telematics systems 1:35 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  Telematics systems run the risk of becoming too complicated and distracting for drivers, yet they also can become outdated well before the vehicle's life is complete. So said a panel at the JD Power International Automotive Roundtable here.... Read More »
Old car, new repair prospect 4:02 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  Expect consumers to keep their cars longer, requiring more repair work, and expect more dealership groups to follow AutoNation's lead and brand themselves.... Read More »
Outgoing NADA chairman urges factories to be flexible on facilities 5:08 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  With little payback proven, automakers should back off demands on dealers for massive investment in facility image programs, outgoing Chairman Bill Underriner told dealers today at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention.... Read More »
Passion cools on facilities issue 9:00 am U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  Expansive new dealership buildings still aren't worth the millions of dollars invested in them, but facility renovation programs aren't as dramatic an issue for dealers as they were a year ago. So concludes an NADA study that was released Saturday. The finding on payback is an echo of the first phase of the study, released a year ago.... Read More »
JASON STEIN Mood swing in Orlando: This year, deals are everywhere 6:43 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  A lifetime ago -- like, way back in the bad old times of early 2010 -- you could have shot a cannon down one side of the Orange County Convention Center and not hit a soul. This weekend the message is clear: Dealerships are open for business. And people are buying in style.... Read More »
ARLENA SAWYERS Heavy snow won’t stop auction action, NAAA president says 6:22 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  The roads are blocked, businesses are closed and people have hunkered down in their homes as the Northeast rides out the great blizzard of 2013. But come Monday morning auto auctions located in the snow-covered Northeast will be ready for business, predicts Paul Lips, president of the National Auto Auction Association.... Read More »
Q&A: Lincoln will fund a 'date night' for buyers waiting for delayed MKZ 5:42 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  Matt VanDyke is global director of marketing, sales and service for Lincoln, which recently said it would do additional quality inspections of the 2013 MKZ sedan at Ford's Flat Rock, Mich., plant to help out the Hermosillo, Mexico, plant where the car is built. Lincoln is more than two months behind in delivering the MKZ.... Read More »
VW execs seek ways to shave sales costs 3:22 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  Volkswagen of America executives on Sunday plan to discuss with dealers a new plan for achieving an old goal: slashing the per-unit cost of selling cars.... Read More »
Supplies are tight for redesigned Range Rover 4:24 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  Land Rover dealers in most of the country are sold out of the new-generation Range Rover SUV through early summer.... Read More »
LARRY P. VELLEQUETTE Newborn Chrysler Capital shows up at NADA 3:42 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  There are lots of young companies on the expo floor at the NADA convention pushing this product or that service to help dealers. But as far as I can tell, there's only one so young that it ought to be wearing diapers.... Read More »
GABE NELSON How the NADA and EPA want to save energy at dealerships 2:17 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  The National Automobile Dealers Association and the EPA may not always see eye to eye, but they are collaborating on some common ground: saving energy at car dealerships.... Read More »
Used-car auction volumes seen rising 5% in 2013 10:51 am U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  New-vehicle sales to rental car companies in 2012 rose 11 percent to 1.55 million units in the United States, which will help increase the number of vehicles returning to the used-car market in 2013, predicts an annual report on the state of the used-car industry.... Read More »
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