DealerRater, a dealer review website, reached a new threshold for its Certified Dealer program while also marking a two-fold increase in the program’s  membership in the past six months. The site now has 2,000 dealers in the fold. Officials believe such monumental growth in the number of Certified Dealers underscores the significance of the certification […] [Read More]

The American International Automobile Dealers Association is offering a free Webinar for both members and non-members about the value of vehicle history reports. AIADA is hosting the event with Carfax’s Jay Luna on Nov. 18 beginning at noon (EST). Luna, the process improvement manager at Carfax, is scheduled to give a presentation titled “Vehicle History […] [Read More]

General Motors revealed Monday that it will be parting ways with its Goodwrench service brand name and will instead have a Certified Service brand for each of its four core vehicle makes. They will go by the following names: Chevrolet Certified Service, Buick Certified Service, Cadillac Certified Service and GMC Certified Service. Explaining its decision, […] [Read More]

Dealers turned out in abundance for the CPO Forum that was held Monday and Tuesday at the San Diego Grand Hyatt. Three top dealers took to the stage on the first day to discuss inventory management and how their businesses have found such success in a recession. The dealers included Howard Hakes, of Hitchcock Automotive […] [Read More]

Although President Obama signed sweeping financial reform back in July, the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association is still working feverishly in Washington, D.C., to ensure that dealers can navigate through new regulations. NIADA general counsel Keith Whann is scheduled to gather with staff of the Federal Trade Commission on Nov. 17 to follow up on matters discussed during […] [Read More]

About two weeks after announcing it was launching a used-vehicle pricing index, TrueCar utilized this week’s CPO Forum as platform to reveal who will be the executive vice president and general manager of the initiative. Picked to serve in this role for ClearBook is industry veteran Jim O’Brien. Officials said O’Brien will work directly with […] [Read More]

General Motors said late last week that it has appointed a U.S. vice president of diversity. Named to the position was Eric Peterson, who will also keep his current role as director of industry dealer affairs. [Read More]

The momentum kept rolling in the industry’s certified pre-owned segment during October, especially for a trio of automakers that posted best-ever CPO months, according to Autodata Corp.  With a double-digit improvement from October 2009, the certified segment made its eighth consecutive month of year-over-year gains, and year-to-date sales showed upward movement for the fourth straight […] [Read More]

Pickups are leading the way in an auto market that has steadily grown healthier, according to a recent Forbes.com report. Forbes said two of these trucks, in particular, have been the industry’s top sellers so far in 2010. The site released the list of top-10 best-selling new vehicles of 2010, and the No. 1 model […] [Read More]

Chrysler Canada said earlier this week that last month represented its strongest October for retail sales in six years. Overall sales were up 6 percent at 15,168 units sold. This marked the 11th straight time overall sales have improved. Through 10 months of this year, total sales have hit 175,240 units, a gain of 27 […] [Read More]