Less than a week after reaching the 100 mark, America’s Car-Mart rolled out its 101st dealership Thursday. While store No. 100 came online in Opelika, Ala., company executives decided to broaden their footprint near their headquarters and open a second facility in Springdale, Ark., for this new opening. The store raises Car-Mart’s total in Arkansas to 37. […] [Read More]

Chrysler’s Ram Truck brand has rolled out a new marketing promotion that, once again, taps into what looks to be a built-in base of consumers with a strong potential to buy pickup trucks: country music fans. After partnering with the Academy of Country Music for its annual awards program earlier this year, Ram has now teamed […] [Read More]

The owner of Stadium Auto could have kept all of the healthy profits he made when he turned trades from a customer who was downsizing due to ill health and serious financial troubles. Instead, Hassan Rhamatti decided to write out a sizable check back to the customer. Rhamatti called the customer to inform him a […] [Read More]

More than 700 General Motors dealers recently took home 2009 Mark of Excellence awards, Auto Remarketing learned this week. The list of winners represents a broad spectrum of the U.S. markets. The dealers recognized by GM for their achievements appear to be quite honored. For example, Jim Ellis Chevrolet claimed its management beamed with pride and gave a pat on […] [Read More]

NADA University said Wednesday that its services are now available for all professionals in the auto business. Officials also revealed that NADA University has made several upgrades and also brought in a new NADA University partner in 30-year industry veteran Jeff Sacks, who will be a part of the training team. Looking more specifically at […] [Read More]

The Pre-Owned Automobile Dealers Alliance recently announced that another Partner has come on board. The 10th Alliance Partner is AutoTrader.com, a leading online marketplace for buying and selling new, certified and used vehicles. AutoTrader.com will join other POADA Partners, which include Manheim.com, Ally Financial, EasyCare, DealerTrack, CDMdata, Carfax, RouteOne, Black Book and Kelley Blue Book in […] [Read More]

The Regulatory Affairs Committee of the National Automobile Dealers Association updated members this week about deadlines for compliance with spill prevention, control and countermeasure rules for oil established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The SPCC rules amended in 2008 provide dealerships with regulatory relief by creating a category of Tier 1 qualified facilities. Service […] [Read More]

The Pre-Owned Automobile Dealers Alliance recently announced that AutoTrader.com, a leading online marketplace for buying and selling new, certified and used cars, has joined the Alliance as a Partner. AutoTrader.com will join other POADA Partners Manheim.com, Ally Financial, EasyCare, DealerTrack, CDMdata, CARFAX, RouteOne, Black Book and Kelley Blue Book in connecting with and providing value […] [Read More]

Hyundai Motor America said Tuesday that Dave Zuchowski has a new role with the automaker. The executive, who has been with the company since 2007, is now serving as executive vice president of sales. In this position, his duties include heading up Hyundai Motor America’s sales, sales operations, market representation and field operations functions, as well as […] [Read More]

To better capture the “voice of the customer," J.D. Power and Associates plans to establish what it’s calling the J.D. PowerPanel. Executives said the J.D. PowerPanel is scheduled to launch during the fourth quarter. They contend this group will enhance the company’s existing survey-based customer satisfaction and product quality research by expanding the demographic and geographic range […] [Read More]