Auto Dealer News

U.S. auto sales will rise 8.5 percent in April from a year ago as spring weather entices consumers to look at new products, industry research firms J.D. Power and LMC Automotive said on Thursday.

Three Federal Trade Commission officials said Thursday that laws protecting car dealerships against Tesla's direct-to-consumer sales model are "bad policy."

Earlier this month, General Motors released March sales growth of 4.1%, positively surprising the much lower consensus 0.8% increase.

General Motors' recall crisis virtually wiped out its profit for the first three months of the year, as it said Thursday that the cost of repairing millions of vehicles would come to $1.3 billion.

The auto industry is looking for more than a few good men and women to fix cars at dealerships around the country.

Asbury Automotive Group has chosen Tampa for the location of its first stand-alone used vehicle store under the "Q auto" brand name.

Blair Qualey, president of the New Car Dealers Association of B.C., says he has never seen an association member scanning licences for marketing purposes.

Tim McGraw drives in the carpool lane most days instead of pushing 100 mph with the windows rolled down and hair pulled back.

A former auto dealer who used the same vehicles to obtain financing from two different lenders has pled guilty to wire fraud.

Toyota's previous-generation Corolla, which was replaced by an all-new model earlier this year, is set to rise from the dead to offer South Africans a more affordable entry into the C-segment.

The jagged, tire-eating craters wreaking havoc on Michigan roads the last few months have forced some drivers to protect their wheels -- and pocketbooks -- every time a tire meets its demise.

Hyundai Motor America and its dealers have been fighting the war on pediatric cancer for more than 15 years, and to date, they have raised more than $86 million in research funds through their non-profit organization, Hyundai Hope on Wheels.

Alberta's association of auto dealers says it is facing a severe labour shortage, but it's not as bad as has been portrayed by the province's labour minister.

Don Chalmers, the Albuquerque auto dealer who was also the principal partner in the Coronado Park Racetrack and Casino proposed for Tucumcari, died Sunday after a two-year bout with cancer, according to a news release from Don Chalmers Ford, a dealership he owned in Albuquerque.

This machine is used to scan drivers' licences at Dueck GM car dealership on Marine Drive in Vancouver.

But despite all of the advanced technology - and sometimes because of it - modern vehicles are complex machines that will inevitably face mechanical or electrical problems.

Eric Lane, president of Gerry Lane Enterprises and its car dealerships, says vehicle recalls like the current one by GM are important.

Barrick Gold has been in a financially precarious place for the past two years, according to Seeking Alpha; however, its position is improving, and the publication recommends the company as a good long-term pick.

Auto dealerships can make a good profit from lease deals - it's just a matter of doing it right.

This 2012 file photo shows a Tesla Model S driving outside the Tesla factory in Fremont, Calif.