Nissan North America said it reached the highest U.S. market share level in company history during February. The automaker discovered its U.S. market penetration climbed to 9.3 percent last month. The new record comes after Nissan says it gained 0.4 percentage points throughout 2010 to vault it to one of the three fastest-growing OEMs in […] [Read More]

Saab Cars North America revealed a new executive national sales director late last week. Appointed to the post is James Sweeting, who has 27 years of industry experience in the U.S., including his most recent post at Honda. The move is effective March 15. Sweeting’s responsibilities in the position will include heading up sales efforts […] [Read More]

The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association recently rolled out early registration and discounted hotel room rates for its annual Convention & Expo. The 65th annual event is scheduled for June 19 to 23 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. “Early Bird” promotional hotel rates starting at $144 per night now are available until March 22. […] [Read More]

A $750 million class action suit filed against General Motors of Canada and the Cassels Brock & Blackwell law firm was given the green light to move forward by an Ontario judge this week, according to a statement from plaintiff lawyers. In the suit, more than 200 former GM Canada dealers who were shut down […] [Read More]

For a month that analyst Dennis DesRosiers described as unsteady for auto market rehabilitation, new-vehicle sales in Canada dropped more than 4 percent in February, marking the first hiccup in quite some time. Specifically, there were 96,006 new units sold last month in Canada, softer by 4.2 percent when compared to February 2010. “Back to the […] [Read More]

The children’s nursery rhyme “Itsy, Bitsy Spider,” could take on a whole new connotation when considering the recall Mazda North America announced Thursday. Mazda said it plans to contact 65,916 owners of the Mazda6 from the 2009 and 2010 model years. These Mazda units equipped with a 2.5-liter four cylinder engine are to be inspected […] [Read More]

Chrysler is recalling more than 216,000 vehicles in an international recall to replace a wireless ignition node and key fob that could lead to the engine inadvertently shutting off in certain vehicles. The recall includes Chrysler Town & Country, Dodge Grand Caravan and Dodge Journey AWD vehicles, all of which are from the 2010 model-year. […] [Read More]

Toyota’s latest philanthropy effort is being dubbed “100 Cars for Good,” a campaign that intends to award 100 vehicles during the course of 100 days to 100 nonprofit organizations based on votes from the public. Beginning Monday, the automaker explained that registered 501c(3) nonprofit organizations can apply online through Toyota’s Facebook page for a chance […] [Read More]

For the first time since last September, independent stores sold more used vehicles than franchise dealers in February, according to CNW Research. The firm compiled the February used-vehicle sales data and found independent dealers sold 668,276 units, representing 37.08 percent of the month’s total. CNW determined that franchise stores moved 619,214 units in February, 34.35 […] [Read More]

A week after explaining a recall of more than 140,000 trucks, Ford on Wednesday released details about more recalls of various truck and CUV models in both the U.S. and Canada. The first voluntary recall the automaker revealed is connected with 25,000 Ford Rangers from the 2010 model year. The decision affects 23,000 units in […] [Read More]