Seattle startup Tred brings the test drive to the customer 7:30 am U.S. ET | June 19, 2013  With the help of a new online service, Seattle-area car shoppers can test drive vehicles without setting foot in a dealership.... Read More »
JAMIE LaREAU In F&I, man beats machine every time 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 19, 2013  Some Lincoln dealers see opportunity in Lincoln's plan to trim its complimentary maintenance program from 4 years/50,000 miles to 2 years/24,000 miles starting with 2014 models.... Read More »
Mercedes creates new sales-support unit for ChinaJune 19, 2013 06:01 CET  Mercedes-Benz has set up a new sales-support unit for China and is stepping up the pace of dealer openings in the country as it seeks to catch rival Audi, the best-selling premium brand in the market.... Read More »
Jaguar Land Rover targets 1 million sales in long termJune 19, 2013 06:01 CET  Jaguar Land Rover is targeting global sales of 750,000 units by the end of the decade, with an eventual target of 1 million units, a top executive said Tuesday.... Read More »
Dacia completes EU rollout with Denmark sales startJune 19, 2013 06:01 CET  Dacia has started selling its Lodgy minivan in Denmark, the latest western European market for Renault's no-frills brand that was originally created for developing markets. The expansion into Denmark marks the completion of Dacia's rollout in the EU.... Read More »
Enhanced 2014 Buick LaCrosse starts at $34,060 4:06 pm U.S. ET | June 18, 2013  The refreshed 2014 Buick LaCrosse will be priced starting at $34,060, with shipping, or $610 higher than the outgoing 2013 model, GM said today.... Read More »
Jaguar Land Rover targets 1 million sales in long term 3:39 pm U.S. ET | June 18, 2013  Jaguar Land Rover is targeting global sales of 750,000 units by the end of the decade, with an eventual target of 1 million units, a top executive said today.... Read More »
LARRY P. VELLEQUETTE Pickup.com shootout is a salvo in ongoing pickup battle 12:07 pm U.S. ET | June 18, 2013  If you'll forgive the metaphor, the shootout described this week by the editors at pickuptrucks.com may say more about the automaker/gunslingers themselves than the effectiveness of their chosen hardware.... Read More »
European car sales sink to 20-year low in MayJune 18, 2013 11:15 CET  European car sales fell to a 20-year low in May as rising joblessness caused by a recession in the euro region reduced demand. Registrations dropped 6 percent to 1.08 million vehicles with all volume automakers reporting sales declines.... Read More »
Nissan price cuts, weaker yen raise fear of U.S. discount war 2:25 pm U.S. ET | June 17, 2013  Nissan's take-no-prisoners approach to gaining U.S. market share has the auto industry worried that a price war is brewing that will erode the profit progress made since the recession ravaged auto sales.... Read More »
Automakers pressed to sell no-emission cars to reluctant buyers 2:48 pm U.S. ET | June 17, 2013  Automakers are coming under increasing pressure to sell zero-emission vehicles to consumers in the United States who haven't shown much interest in them, with more states following California's lead in setting sales targets.... Read More »
Ford pushes new models over rental sales in Europe revivalJune 17, 2013 10:34 CET  Ford is counting on new models such as the EcoSport small SUV to help reduce reliance on low-margin sales to rental-car companies in Europe in the battle to stem losses in the region.... Read More »
Toyota's U.S. aces now run the Americas 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 17, 2013  North America and South America are radically different markets. But Toyota Motor Corp. has installed two familiar names from the United States to lead them.... Read More »
Jaguar's global sales rose 63% in MayJune 17, 2013 13:42 CET  Global sales of Jaguar cars rose 63 percent to 7,061 last month, helping to offset a 6 percent fall in Land Rover deliveries. Boosted by the success of the new Jaguar F-Type, combined sales at the Jaguar Land Rover unit rose 4 percent, Tata said.... Read More »
Lentz: Toyota may never match '09 share 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 17, 2013  Toyota may never recapture the 17.0 percent share of the U.S. light-vehicle market that it achieved in 2009, Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota North America, told reporters before the company's annual shareholders meeting.... Read More »
Another low-wattage week for EVs 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 17, 2013 Chalk it up as another rough week on the electric vehicle front.... Read More »
Dealers reap more Internet leads 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 17, 2013 Dealerships are seeing a surge of traffic on their Web sites and a greater willingness by shoppers to leave their crucial contact information, said data consultant Dataium. The brightening auto-selling climate combined with dealership Web-site improvements are prompting more Internet leads than a year ago.... Read More »
Stocks dip after strong May sales 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 17, 2013 Light-vehicle stocks became leaner last month, falling to a 57-day supply on June 1 from 63 days on May 1. It was the first time inventories have fallen since the start of the year.... Read More »
Certified-used Leafs coming -- but at what price? 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 17, 2013  Two years after Nissan started selling the Leaf electric vehicle, Nissan is puzzling over a new question: how to sell the car when it comes back used. Nissan hasn't offered the Leaf through its certified-used program because there weren't enough cars returning. But with the first two- and three-year leases starting to expire, Nissan plans to add the Leaf to its certified-used program this summer.... Read More »
Nissan, Hyundai-Kia fleet sales rise in May 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 17, 2013 Both Nissan North America and Hyundai-Kia more than doubled their fleet sales in May, but overall fleet sales by the top seven automakers in the United States increased just 4 percent from a year ago. Retail sales by the seven automakers rose 9 percent, to just more than 1 million units.... Read More »
Chevy slumps in Europe as rival brands rise 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 17, 2013  Chevrolet, General Motors' best-selling brand globally, is falling further behind rivals in Europe as the region's buyers turn their backs on the marque's aging products. Chevrolet is positioned as a value brand in Europe and its Spark/Matiz minicar and Aveo subcompact account for almost half of the brand's volume.... Read More »
'14 GM pickups get strong projected resale values 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 17, 2013  The redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra now arriving in showrooms sport sharply stronger resale values than the models they replace. ALG, a research company that monitors and projects vehicle values, assigned a forecasted residual value of 55 percent after 36 months for the crew-cab Silverado, and 56 percent for the Sierra.... Read More »
Chrysler adds spiff to stair-step program 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 17, 2013  Chrysler Group has tweaked its stair-step sales incentives to make them more palatable to dealers, said Reid Bigland, the automaker's head of U.S. and Canadian sales. Starting this month, dealers who hit two-thirds of their monthly sales goal by the 20th of the month will receive extra payments related to the stair-step incentives.... Read More »
BMW tops Mercedes in quarterly U.S. vehicle registrations, Polk saysJune 16, 2013 13:59 CET  BMW is trailing Mercedes-Benz in luxury vehicle sales so far this year in the United States, but it still exceeded its German counterpart in first-quarter new vehicle registrations.... Read More »
BMW tops Mercedes in quarterly U.S. vehicle registrations, Polk says 7:59 am U.S. ET | June 16, 2013  BMW is trailing Mercedes-Benz in luxury vehicle sales so far this year in the United States, but it still exceeded its German counterpart in first-quarter new vehicle registrations.... Read More »
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