Flexcar is adding to its fleet in style. The month-to-month flexible car lease company said it is adding 2025 Mercedes-Benz vehicles to its options for Flexcar members. The new Mercedes sedans and SUVs join Flexcar’s previous luxury-car offerings, including BMWs, Cadillacs, Infinitis, Jaguars and Genesis vehicles. The new models include the Mercedes GLA 250 turbocharged […] [Read More]

Longtime business executive Justin Saye has been named chief operating officer of Dealer Alchemist, the automotive digital marketing company announced. Saye will oversee daily operations and lead operational strategies to maximize efficiency and productivity across all departments, Dealer Alchemist said in a news release. “I feel very fortunate to join the world-class team at Dealer […] [Read More]

A small California dealership group is putting its trust into a new Kia store. Trust Auto Group, a locally owned Southern California business, has acquired Palmdale Kia in Palmdale, Calif., from Nouri/Shaver Automotive Group, according to Performance Brokerage Services, which brokered the deal. Trust, led by president Edgar Castellanos, now operates five locations in Palmdale, […] [Read More]

AJ Philippakis and Vish Talreja are the co-founders of Kord, an electric vehicle insight product designed to share essential EV data with shoppers on vehicle details pages. Kord works with dealers and groups like Kia North Shore, Volvo Cars Richmond, Dilawri Automotive Group and others to help educate shoppers about EVs and facilitate confident EV […] [Read More]

Sunroad Automotive Group already has 11 dealership locations and a collision center in southern California. Now, the dealer organization is about to make it a dozen sales points as VinFast announced that Sunroad will operate the electric vehicle manufacturer’s first authorized dealership in the Golden State. VinFast San Diego is set to officially begin operations […] [Read More]

Asbury Automotive Group opened the path for Vaughan Automotive to enter California. According to a news release from The Presidio Group that helped to facilitate the transaction, Asbury on Monday closed its sale of a Toyota dealership and related real estate and business operations located in Lemon Grove, Calif. Asbury purchased the Toyota dealership as […] [Read More]

With J.D. Power recently saying certified pre-owned vehicles are “again quietly emerging as an important strategic play for both automakers and their dealers,” the newest data from Cox Automotive showed the CPO sales market is making upward strides. Cox Automotive estimated May’s CPO sales came in at 231,137, down only slightly from the strong April […] [Read More]

“It’s just a chunk of ice.” I’m sure that’s what the captain of the Titanic thought. In all seriousness though, they were given seven different warnings before their impending collision. So, with that being said, who’s truly steering the ship that is the dealership? Well, in a perfect world, the dealer principal would happily take […] [Read More]

The Auto Care Association and MEMA Aftermarket Suppliers are bullish about their prospects for competing for consumer business in the car-repair industry after releasing multiple annual forecasts and reports last week. According to the 2026 Auto Care Factbook, the car care industry grew in 2024 and in line with expectations. Despite continued challenges throughout the […] [Read More]

A trio of domestic franchised dealerships changed hands, with the Tim Lamb Group facilitating the transaction involving Germain Motor Co., and Chesrown Automotive. The sale involved Germain Chevrolet-GMC, Germain Ford, and Germain Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Sidney, Ohio going to Jim Gill, Ryan Gill, and Joseph Gill of Chesrown Automotive. According to a news […] [Read More]