GM, Dealers Reach New Agreement
9 Jun 2009, 06:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors and the National Automobile Dealers Association reached a new agreement on Monday night over the franchise terms for the dealers the American manufacturer plans to keep in business af...
GM's Rough Terms for Dealers
3 Jun 2009, 09:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As part of its reorganization process, American manufacturer GM will have to cut deep into its dealership network. To ease up the mounting pressure from both dealers and the American public, GM is s...
Dealers' Armageddon: Block the Sale
20 May 2009, 07:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The dealers affected by Chrysler's decision to end 789 franchises will not go as smooth as expected, at least from the dealers' point of view. Some of them, united under the Committee of C...
vAuto AutoWriter Online Vehicle Descriptor Launched
19 May 2009, 09:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Now this is something that may come in handy these troubled days. Oak Brook-based vAuto has released today its AutoWriter technology, aimed at allowing car dealers to generate and publish, automatic...
NADA Anti-GM Campaign Begins
8 May 2009, 11:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This past week, the troubled status in which some of GM's dealership found themselves in has triggered a swift response from the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA). In an attempt to...
Chrysler Launches New Incentives
6 May 2009, 14:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aware that, if the stock of cars it now holds doesn't start growing thin they may be in for an unpleasant surprise when exiting bankruptcy, Chrysler has set up a series of incentives meant on b...
Porsche Test Drives in the US
23 Apr 2009, 12:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A month and a half after Porsche has debuted its "First Mile - The Porsche Experience Drive" program in the US, nearly 3,000 poeple have signed up for a chance to take a ride in one of the...
GM to Close 1,700 Dealerships by June 1st
16 Apr 2009, 08:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The inevitable June the 1st deadline, as well as the "under the table" talks of Chapter 11, had the effect the US government both hoped for and expected: GM throttles up restructuring. The...
Mitsubishi Resizes European Operations
20 Mar 2009, 18:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The economic crisis will force Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi to withdraw its European sales, marketing and product operations and relocate them to the corporate headquarters in Japan, Autonews re...
Dying Saturn Campaign: "We're Still Here"
20 Mar 2009, 16:03 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Although GM is currently struggling to survive, Saturn, a Detroit-based automaker's division felt the need to reassure customers that they are not dead yet through an advertising campaign ...