Pon Holdings, a transportation and mobility company based in the Netherlands, now fully owns indiGO Auto Group, a luxury and performance auto retailer. 

There's an easygoing vibe inside EchoPark. It's "kind of a cross between a Starbucks and an Apple store," says Sonic President Jeff Dyke.

Sonic Automotive has a centralized Retail Trade Center, where it quickly prices Sonic franchise and EchoPark used-vehicle trade-ins, outright purchases and vehicles that come through its CarCash appraisal app. The company sees its system, which varies from those of some peers, as a competitive advantage.

IndiGO Auto Group of Houston has purchased three dealerships in Marin County, Calif., as it expands to 18 dealerships in seven U.S. markets.

The publicly traded group, with its sale of the dealerships to Germain Automotive, of Columbus, Ohio, appears to be exiting the Ohio market.

Lithia said it acquired Williams Automotive Group's Wesley Chapel Toyota, Wesley Chapel Honda and Tampa Honda.

Eight of 23 employees in the service department of Jenkins & Wynne Honda are women, including four technicians.

Union workers will vote by Nov. 15 whether to approve the proposed contract, which calls for $6 billion of investment in Ford's U.S. plants to create or retain 8,500 jobs.

The dealership group took a $10 million hit tied to the brief tenure of its former CEO. Revenue from new-vehicle sales slipped while increasing in other departments.

Net income from continuing operations for the nation's second-largest new-vehicle retailer fell 11 percent to $116.1 million in the third quarter.

Roger Penske, racing icon, businessman and automotive retail leader, joined a dozen other individuals who President Trump has bestowed with the nation's top civilian honor.

Sonic Automotive's third-quarter earnings were propelled by record used-vehicle sales, growth at its EchoPark standalone used-vehicle stores, and record finance and insurance results.