CHICAGO – Noting that a car is often a consumer's biggest purchase after a home, Attorney General Lisa Madigan and State Sen. James Meeks (D-Chicago) called on the Illinois General Assembly to pass legislation that gives consumers more power when deciding whether or not to buy a used vehicle.
Read More →ATLANTA – AutoTrader.com continues to raise consumer awareness of fraudulent activity on the Internet. The company has updated the fraud tips highlighted on its homepage to include information on the suspected influx of flood-damaged vehicles into the used-car market.
Read More →RIO LINDA, CA – Ford Motor Company has again awarded Brasher's Sacramento Auto Auction the “Auction Quality Award” for service excellence. The auction was named the No. 1 auction in the Far West Region for both Ford Motor Company and Ford Credit in 2005. The auction received the same designation from Ford in 2003.
Read More →ATLANTA – Manheim's West Palm Beach Auto Auction in West Palm Beach, Fla., will host the first “Hundred Grander” sale of 2006 March 14, at 4 p.m.
Read More →EAST WINDSOR, CT – To showcase more than 500 Swedish Vehicles from Volvo and SAAB at its February sale, Southern Auto Auction regaled its customers with a “Winter Carnival.” Hundreds of dealers were greeted by massive ice sculptures of a Volvo V70 and a SAAB 95, each crashing through a 10-foot wall of ice.
Read More →ATLANTA – Wholesale used-vehicle prices (mix, mileage, and seasonally adjusted) rose marginally in January after posting a 4.7-percent gain in the fourth quarter of 2005.
Read More →DETROIT – February sales for all certified GM brands, including GM Certified Used Vehicles, Cadillac Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles, Used Cars from Saturn, Saab Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles, and HUMMER Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles, were 40,474 units, down 10.6 percent from last February.
Read More →MT. ARLINGTON, NJ – The International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA) announced that the next IARA Roundtable event, designed to address the needs and priorities of vehicle remarketers, will co-locate with the 11th annual Conference of Automotive Remarketing (CAR) March 8-10 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Read More →CARMEL, IN – ADESA, Inc. has appointed Ron Beaver to serve as executive vice president and chief information officer, effective March 15.
Read More →MT. ARLINGTON, NJ – Jim Hallett, president of Columbus Fair Auto Auction, will give the Keynote Address March 8 at noon at the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA) Circle of Excellence Award luncheon in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
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