Penske Automotive Group said Terri Mulcahey, marketing executive vice president, has resigned for personal reasons. Tracy Cassady has been promoted to replace her.

Sonic Automotive named Keri Kaiser a director, making her the only woman on the retailer's board.

Lithia Motors is continuing its acquisition spree, this time buying four import brand stores in Dallas and Austin, Texas.

The retailer will invest in its EchoPark standalone used-vehicle stores with a vision of growing revenue more than tenfold to $14 billion in 2025.

Vera Cadillac-Buick-GMC temporarily hired 10 restaurant and hospitality industry workers at its dealership amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Feeding those is need is a mission of Premier Automotive Group. It turned service lanes at an old dealership into a distribution site for the Food Pantry of New Orleans, and in California, a drive-through food bank has cars lining up by the hundreds.

Aided by lower expenses and strong used-vehicle demand, Sonic Automotive's net income rose 16 percent in the second quarter despite the pandemic. The retailer is expanding a rollout of standalone EchoPark stores with new delivery and buy centers.

New-vehicle unit sales plummeted 44 percent to 30,687. Used-vehicle sales dove 41 percent to 42,606 units. But the dealership group said June results in both the U.S. and abroad strongly improved from March and April.

At least three more standalone used-only stores are scheduled to open this year, and four are slated for 2021.

The dealership group is accelerating its plans to open more standalone used-only EchoPark stores.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Jay Richards didn't want his 80-year-old mother out shopping for groceries. And that led the Kinsel Toyota general manager to start a free service for seniors in Beaumont, Texas.

Dealership groups say stores must have plans for how to handle situations in which an employee tests positive for the coronavirus, among a slew of safety protocols for staff and customers.

The retail giant is restarting an expansion at AutoNation USA outlets as second-quarter net income soared on lower expenses, broader use of digital tools and an investment in Vroom, which went public.

AutoNation Inc. is for the third time in two years looking for a new CEO, though the next leader will be working without Mike Jackson who will retire by April 12, 2022.