Ford Motor Co. partners with chip maker GlobalFoundries to address the auto industry’s semiconductor supply shortfalls.
Auto dealers around the country are now leveraging advertising to attract cars and trucks, in addition to the shoppers themselves.
The company will idle plants in Flint, Michigan; Fort Wayne, Indiana; and Silao, Mexico, just one week after the plants resumed production after an earlier shutdown related to the shortage.
AutoNation predicts demand for new vehicles will continue into next year, as low-interest rates and robust demand helped the retailer boost quarterly earnings estimates.
Nissan will suspend production of the Murano, Leaf and Maxima at its Smyrna, Tennessee, plant for four additional weeks after its summer shutdown ends.
At this year’s NADA, DealerSocket will debut innovations available in Inventory+, its inventory management software.
DealerSocket announced the launch of Single Page Appraisal, a new feature available to users of the company’s Inventory+ platform.
A Bloomberg report accuses Fiat Chrysler of creating a ‘sales bank’ of up to 40,000 new vehicles, reviving an old practice that could stoke tension among dealers and investors.
The latest report from the Automotive News Data Center finds U.S. franchised dealers were sitting on nearly 3.8 million new units as of Aug. 1, a 27-year high.
U.S. manufacturers and dealers are knocking on the door of the all-time record for days’ supply of new vehicles, an issue compounded by higher floorplan expenses, according to the latest figures from Automotive News.
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