NADA Make MeetingsNissan urges dealers to stay on track amid product blitz 5:19 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 11, 2013  After setting a brand sales record in 2012 and two years of record dealer profitability, Nissan urged retailers at its make meeting to stay focused on the strategy of the past three years. Nissan is midway through a plan to introduce five key model redesigns in 15 months.... Read More »
Acura to give each dealer 2 RLX sedans ahead of launch 2:33 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 11, 2013  Acura plans to give each of its 265 dealers two 2014 RLX flagship sedans on Friday, a month before the car goes on sale March 15.... Read More »
Mitsubishi to double marketing spend this year, return to prime-time network TV 3:39 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 11, 2013  Mitsubishi Motors North America executives told dealers at a standing-room-only make meeting here today that it will double its marketing spend this year and return to prime-time network TV after a long absence.... Read More »
Hyundai aims to increase owner loyalty 12:53 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 11, 2013  Hyundai Motor America hopes that the third shift added in September at its Alabama plant will help the company boost 2013 sales 4 percent, to 730,000 units.... Read More »
Chevy expects 7% gain in U.S. sales from new, refreshed models 7:26 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 10, 2013  With 13 new or refreshed models on tap, Chevrolet is telling dealers to expect a 7 percent gain in U.S. sales this year. That projected sales gain would be in line with the industrywide pace if U.S. sales hit 15.5 million units, the high end of the 2013 sales forecast that GM set at the start of the year, dealers were told Sunday at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention.... Read More »
BMW pledges to work toward making its dealers most profitable 6:42 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 10, 2013 BMW of North America will do "everything possible" -- including having enough vehicles in the right mix -- to ensure its dealers are among the most profitable in the United States, CEO Ludwig Willisch pledged at the brand's make meeting. It also means the new facilities program that BMW will introduce in the second quarter won't be a major strain on dealers, he said.... Read More »
For Land Rover dealers, tight supply helps profitability 6:02 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 10, 2013 Land Rover dealers in most of the country are sold out of the new-generation Range Rover SUV through early summer. The 2013 Range Rover went on sale in December, replacing a 10-year-old model. "We are one or two truckloads short -- which also creates a situation where it helps profitability," said Michael Levitan, head of the newly formed 12-member Jaguar Land Rover Retailer Cabinet and COO of Long Island Automotive Group, which owns three Land Rover stores in New York.... Read More »
Cadillac targets 35% retail sales gain this year 5:40 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 10, 2013  Cadillac is targeting a retail sales jump of about 35 percent this year and plans an autumn rollout of the next-generation CTS sedan, General Motors executives told dealers today during their make meeting here at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention.... Read More »
New-generation Mini Cooper hardtop to be unveiled next week 2:55 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  Mini dealers will get a glimpse of the new-generation Cooper hardtop next week at a worldwide dealer meeting in Helsinki, Finland. The hardtop is scheduled to go on sale in March 2014 and is the first vehicle to be built on a BMW platform that will spawn 10 to 12 compact Mini and BMW front-wheel-drive models.... Read More »
Supplies are tight for redesigned Range Rover 4:24 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  Land Rover dealers in most of the country are sold out of the new-generation Range Rover SUV through early summer.... Read More »
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