Auto Dealer News

Roughly one-third of Italy's 2,250 car dealerships risk closing their doors by the end of this year, trade group Federauto's chairman said at an annual dealers' convention on Wednesday, as Italy enters its fifth year of declining car sales.

Residents and business owners held an informal public forum in Lake Zurich on Tuesday to discuss the possible arrival of a luxury-car dealership to replace Capaccio Bros.

A prominent Mississippi car dealer has sued Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro in federal court, claiming Cannizzaro is violating his civil rights by attempting to charge him a $300,000 fee to collect on a gambling debt owed to Harrah's casino.

Millions of poorly paid factory workers are among those who will benefit from an institutionalised minimum wage increase of 15% a year for the next five years.

European car sales dropped for a seventh consecutive month, with Fiat SpA, Toyota and Renault SA posting the biggest declines.

VW Ag, Europe's largest automaker sees the pace of U.S. auto industry sales accelerating in May from April, according to Jonathan Browning, CEO of VW's U.S. unit, Bloomberg reports.

One of the most prominent holes in the area's business landscape is about to be filled as a new dealership opens at the former Turlock Auto Plaza next month.

RICHMOND, B.C. MAY 15, 2012 - Slippers at Coltons Personal Couture private member's fashion club located in the penthouse suite in a Richmond tower on Tuesday May, 15 2012.

General Motors, the nation's third-largest advertiser, says it has stopped buying Facebook ads because they don't produce car sales.

Smith Auto Group has purchased Pineville, Mo.-based Hendren Auto Group, a move that will more than double the number of dealerships owned by and brands sold by the Fort Smith-based auto dealer.

P/>DETROIT -- Warren Buffett, famous for his bets on the U.S. economy and eternal optimism about this country's future, has become a buyer of one of the nation's biggest market symbols, auto maker GM disclosed in its quarterly portfolio holdings filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday afternoon that it bought 10 million shares ... (more)

John Lavin, one of the owners of the Lavin Cars automobile dealership, told The Sun News on Tuesday that he cannot comment on the company's ongoing closure or the removal of all but about a dozen cars from the lot because of legal reasons.

The Capistrano Auto Center, which represents six new-car dealerships, is asking the city to come up with special signage rules just for car sales.

A Passaic Superior Court judge has ordered a Paterson used-car dealership to stop advertising and selling cars without disclosing prior damage.

DETROIT -- Europe's continuing economic problems showed up in April auto sales, which slumped 7.7%. For the first four months of the year, sales are down 7.8%. reported Tuesday that its April sales in the 19 traditional European markets slumped 11.5% to 90,200 vehicles and its market shared dipped by 0.3 points to 7.7%. But Ford remains the second ... (more)

Barry Nelson of Autos by Nelson on Monday surprised Alice Penn, the city schools' teacher of the year, with a 2013 Mazda CX5 to use for the summer.

Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, center, reacts after placing the electric charging cable into a VW E-Golf automobile, produced by Volkswagen AG, as Wen Jiabao, China's premier, right, looks on.

Rosemary "Ricki" Weida, 67, passed away peacefully at her residence, surrounded by her family, at 12:10 p.m. Saturday, May 12, 2012, following a long illness.

People age 50 and up now buy more than 6 of every 10 new vehicles sold -- 62 percent -- according to a new study from J.D. Power and AARP.

In New Boston later this fall, German based Brose will open a door and seat supply manufacturing facility.