While the “recipe for success” at General Motors basically boils down to four key commitments the automaker has made, one “ingredient,” in particular, stands out in terms of importance, according to GM vice president of global design Ed Welburn. After he delved into the areas of financial wellness, fuel efficiency and technological innovation, Welburn suggested […] [Read More]

NCM Associates and EasyCare formed a long-term strategic alliance last week that the companies hope can deliver best practices and solutions to their dealer partners. Executives explained this alliance will include leveraging the services and products of each company to provide an unprecedented level of support in assisting dealers in growing their businesses and serving […] [Read More]

Roughly a year after the Saab brand was sold to Spyker Cars N.V. by General Motors, Saab Cars North America has rolled out a new ad campaign to emphasize the brand’s presence and what officials described as its resiliency. “The Story of Saab” will share what the automaker is all about and stresses “that we […] [Read More]

Coming in a year where it secured a larger stake of Chrysler among other activities, Fiat Group Automobiles reported this week that it posted revenues of 27.9 billion Euros in 2010, representing a 6-percent increase over 2009. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; […] [Read More]

NADA University said this week that the next Dealer Executive Education program at Babson College will kick off with a session that runs March 14 through March 18. The program includes six one-week sessions during the year and takes place on Babson’s campus, which is located in Wellesley, Mass. [Read More]

In hopes of building momentum months before the vehicles arrive in franchise inventory, Volkswagen of America announced Wednesday it will have two advertisements during the Super Bowl. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; […] [Read More]

vAuto founder Dale Pollak plans to answer a pair of common used-vehicle dealer questions at next month’s National Automobile Dealers Association Convention and Expo. For dealers who wonder “where did the profit go and where is the business headed,” Pollak has three workshops scheduled for NADA’s annual event, which is scheduled for the Moscone Center […] [Read More]

Building stronger customer relationships often is top of mind for dealers, so that’s why one of the first events in conjunction with this year’s National Automobile Dealers Association Convention and Expo is scheduled to hone in on just that subject. Discussing “what it takes to win big at retail” is the main theme for the […] [Read More]

Close to 2 million vehicles are being recalled by Toyota in three separate announcements that came out today. Two of the recalls are outside of North America, while one involves the U.S. [Read More]

To help consumers learn more about the automaker’s certified pre-owned vehicle program, Chrysler has brought in a dummy. A cartoon crash-test dummy, that is. “Carl,” the animated character, hosts an online auto-related pop culture quiz game called “What’s My AQ (automotive quotient)?” [Read More]