Spectrum Automotive Holdings has successfully petitioned the National Days Archive to establish a National Automotive Industry Day, to be celebrated every Oct. 1. +
Vegas Auto Gallery has sued Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an attempt to collect $1.2 million for a Mercedes-Maybach G650 Landaulet, one of four vehicles the boxing legend acquired earlier this year. +
Under pressure from the White House and troubling inflation reports, the Federal Reserve Board voted to reduce its target lending rate by a quarter-point to 4% to 4.25%. +
A new reputation management platform promises to identify removable reviews found to be in violation of rules such as conflict of interest, prohibited content and competitor sabotage.+
The nation’s No. 1 auto retailer has acquired Fletcher Jones Automotive’s Chicago Audi and Mercedes-Benz stores, shrinking the upmarket group’s footprint to 13 West Coast stores. +
Chief Warrant Officer Shane Sprague is suing Doral (Fla.) Volkswagen more than two months after being arrested for stealing a truck he had purchased from the dealership. +
Cox Automotive analysts say the average price of a pre-owned vehicle purchased from a U.S. dealer ticked down to $25,393 in August as sales improved amid a strong showing for CPO units. +
Landmark Dodge of Independence, Mo., will pay a total of $275,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging a policy set by ownership required some jobs to be staffed by men or women. +
Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign the California Combating Auto Retail Scams Act, which was modeled in part after an FTC initiative that stalled in a federal appeals court in January. +
DriveCentric has devised a “next-gen” CRM strategy to break down technology silos and manage the entire dealership customer lifecycle on one flexible platform. +
