| Best October Ever for CPO |
Nov 7th, 2012 |
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 October 2012 certified pre-owned sales were 146,492, up 5 percent and the best October to date.
Certified sales were down 5.3 percent from September, AutoData Corp. reports.
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| Hurricane Has Upside for Car Sales |
Nov 7th, 2012 |
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 Hurricane Sandy could provide a bump for the auto industry.
Edmunds.com reports that even if 100,000 damaged vehicles are replaced by the end of the year it could boost auto sales three to four percent for the quarter.
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| DSC Marks Milestone |
Nov 7th, 2012 |
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 Dealer Services Corp. achieved another significant milestone recently by floorplanning its three millionth vehicle.
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| Hertz Extends Offer to Rival |
Nov 7th, 2012 |
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 Hertz Global Holdings Inc. has extended the expiration date of its previously announced cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. for $87.50 per share.
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| Thread of the Day: Buick LaCrosse, Lexus ES 350, or Hyundai Azera? |
Nov 7th, 2012 |
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The full-size sedan segment may not be as sexy as, say, Camaro vs. Mustang muscle car battles, but it’s arguably just as American. In our latest comparison test, we’ve driven the 2012 Buick LaCrosse against the 2013 Lexus ES 350 and the 2012 Hyundai Azera before the winner is joined by the 2013 Toyota Avalon [...]
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| New Chinese Automaker Qoros to Debut in Geneva, European Sales in 2013 |
Nov 7th, 2012 |
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Add Qoros Auto Co. Ltd. to the list of ambitious new Chinese automakers trying to make it big outside of China. Quoros will unveil its first car – a C-segment sedan – at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The automaker hopes to attract young Chinese and European drivers to its showrooms once the company [...]
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| Video Find: Nissan Wants to Help You Date Better with the 2013 Sentra |
Nov 7th, 2012 |
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Nissan knows that kids these days like two things: technology and funny YouTube videos. Sadly, those don’t usually go hand-in-hand with one’s ability to date, and so Nissan has created a short video series called “Date Better with Sentra,” helping viewers date better using the 2013 Nissan Sentra’s technology as a teaching point. After an [...]
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| New BMW Performance Steering Wheel Has Built-in G-Meter, Stopwatch – With Poll |
Nov 7th, 2012 |
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Having information available at your fingertips is expected these days, and BMW has brought performance info as close to your digits as possible with a new sport steering wheel that includes a built-in display. Inspired by Formula 1 instrumentation, the wheel relays performance data through a small screen mounted at the top. Through the wheel, [...]
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| We Hear: Land Rover Planning Defender Truck and 10+ Other New SUVs by 2020 |
Nov 7th, 2012 |
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Land Rover is getting mighty ambitious, and we’re not just talking about the Range Rover Evoque convertible and rumored sub-Evoque crossover. A new report from Autocar suggests that Land Rover is looking to more than double its annual sales by 2020 thanks to an influx of more than 10 new models. Let’s have a look [...]
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| Corvette-Powered Last-Generation Chevrolet Spark Hits eBay |
Nov 7th, 2012 |
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Your wildest Forza Motorsport 4 dreams have just come true – someone has dropped a Chevrolet Corvette’s LS7 V-8 into a previous-generation Chevrolet Spark. As the internet would say “mind=blown.” Built by Fourdin Auto Sport, this last-gen Chevrolet Spark (also known as the Chevrolet Matiz) has ditched its pint-sized four-pot for the Corvette Z06′s massive [...]
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