Automakers and dealers are teaming up on a fresh lobbying effort aimed at preventing states from getting the authority to enforce their own greenhouse gas emissions rules for vehicles. Top lobbyists for groups that represent dealers, the Detroit 3 and import-brand automakers are making joint presentations to lawmakers and "anybody who will listen," an industry spokesman said.
[SUB] 12:01 am U.S. ET | April 14
The National Automobile Dealers Association is offering dealers two guides focusing on subprime borrowers.
[SUB] 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 10
Thousands of dealers roamed the exhibition floors here at the National Automobile Dealers Association Convention & Exposition, looking for everything from software to carwash equipment. It's an open marketplace of technology that will help dealers keep their customers and sell more vehicles. Here are some cool technologies we found while walking the halls.
[SUB] 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 3
OPINION
It is encouraging that three consumer groups have discovered that title washing is a threat to consumer safety. But filing a lawsuit to force the federal government to create a national database of vehicle titles is the wrong approach.
[SUB] 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 25
NADA MAKE MEETINGS
Acura dealers can expect a "huge shift" in the next year that will move the brand closer to tier 1 luxury brands such as Lexus, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. That was one of the messages that dealers heard during a 45-minute Acura make meeting.
12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18
NADA MAKE MEETINGS
Audi of America executives told dealers it will be easier for them to do business because cumbersome requirements are being lifted. Blake Strong, owner of Strong Audi in Salt Lake City, said the company is loosening administrative policies because of dealer protests.
12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18
NADA MAKE MEETINGS
Chevrolet has the product and brand positioning to remain the top-selling U.S. brand over No. 2 Toyota and No. 3 Ford, General Motors executives told dealers at the Chevrolet make meeting. But dealers were told they must defend the brand's truck sales, continue to push car sales -- especially of the new Malibu sedan -- and market fuel economy.
12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18
NADA MAKE MEETINGS
Although Chrysler LLC's Project Genesis creates an uncertain future for many dealers, the consolidation plan received a generally warm reception from dealers at the Chrysler make meeting. Chalk that up to Jim Press, Chrysler's co-president and formerly Toyota's top North American executive.
12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18
NADA MAKE MEETINGS
Ford Motor Co. didn't deliver the rousing defense of the Mercury brand that Lincoln Mercury dealers at the make meeting were looking for.
12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18
NADA CONVENTION
True to their word, the Detroit 3 are trimming fleet sales. General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC accounted for fewer than three out of four new vehicles sold to the U.S. rental industry last year -- down from more than four-fifths in 2006 -- a new report says.
12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18
NADA MAKE MEETINGS
Mazda North American Operations will display its redesigned Mazda6 at an April dealer meeting in Denver, said CEO Jim O'Sullivan. The company also will preview other products at the meeting, but a hybrid or alternative-fuel vehicle is not on the agenda, O'Sullivan said.
12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18
NADA MAKE MEETINGS
For Volkswagen dealers, it's going to be a big year. A flood of new products arrives in showrooms. A new advertising strategy will back those launches. And the company has promised dealers news on a prospective North American manufacturing plant.
12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18
