Hyundai Motor announced Monday it has hired Manfred Fitzgerald as senior vice president of its Genesis luxury brand. The former director of brand and design for Lamborghini will be based in the South Korean automaker's headquarters in Seoul. He will play a key role in brand strategy, marketing and other business operations within the Genesis brand.
Read More →The FRB and CFPB announced on Nov. 25 that 2016 dollar thresholds for Reg. Z and M exemptions will remain unchanged from 2015. The AFIP says the accepted practice for processing transactions above the threshold will also remain unchanged.
Read More →IHS Inc., the company that purchased CARFAX in 2013, has purchased CARPROOF Corp. for approximately $460 million. The Canadian company is a provider of vehicle history reports, vehicle appraisals and valuations.
Read More →GE announced today that it has signed an agreement to sell its 23.3% stake in Hyundai Capital Services to Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors. The announcement comes less than a month after it unloaded its transportation business unit to BMO Financial Group.
Read More →Manheim Kansas City took home top honors in Element Fleet Management’s remarketing program. Manheim Pennsylvania Assistant General Manager Amy Taitano also received the Laurie Dobberphul Award — the annual award presented to a top-ranking female in the remarketing industry.
Read More →The online automotive services provider named Taylor Chrysler Dodge Jeep, Stillwell Ford and Ed Morse Automotive Group as its Dealers of the Month for the third quarter.
Read More →Edmunds said this week the industry is on pace to break the previous December sales record set in 2004. It predicts the industry will retail 1.7 million units in December, a 29.7% increase from November and a 12.3% increase from a year ago.
Read More →A provision in the act will grant dealers an additional $8,000 in first year-depreciation for certain business vehicles purchased in 2015. However, to use the provision in 2015, dealers must purchase qualifying vehicles before Dec. 31, 2015. The additional $8,000 continues into 2016 and 2017 but will be gradually phased out starting in 2018, according to the NADA.
Read More →RouteOne and Chrysler Capital/Santander Consumer USA announced today that they will begin rolling out econtracting to Chrysler dealers toward the end of the first quarter 2016.
Read More →The CFPB charged the buy-here, pay-here dealer and its affiliated finance company, Universal Acceptance Corp., with providing inaccurate information to credit reporting agencies for more than 84,000 consumer accounts between January 2009 and September 2013.
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