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New-lease marketplace Wantalease.com reports falling average lease costs for a variety of Chevrolet and Ford vehicles.
ADESA Buffalo recently earned two Ford Auction Service Award Program (ASAP) awards for its 2018 performance.
The awards measure the cost-of-ownership of a vehicle using eight different cost factors: depreciation, fees and taxes, financing, fuel, insurance, maintenance, opportunity cost, and repairs.
Dale Jones, EVP of Ford Motor Credit has been elected chair elect of the American Financial Services Association (AFSA), according to a company announcement.
Ford or Lincoln vehicles have captured the most awards by a single manufacturer among the 39 vehicles named to Vincentric's Best Fleet Value in America list for the 2018 model year.
Linda Silverstein accepted the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance's (IARA) Circle of Excellence award at a luncheon preceding the opening of the 2018 Conference of Automotive Remarketing (CAR).
Media, insights and marketing solutions provider Jumpstart Automotive Media named the Ford Mustang the most-viewed vehicle of 2017. The Mustang has held the top spot since 2014, but as an outlier: Jumpstart’s analysts found Americans’ love for trucks, SUVs and crossovers remained on full display during 2017.
The average transaction price for a new vehicle reached $36,113 in December in the U.S., a 1.6% increase from the same time last year and a 0.2% increase from the previous month, according to Kelley Blue Book.
New-vehicle sales for 2017 should reach 17.1 million, which would make 2017 the fourth-highest year on record and signals continuing robust health in the automotive industry, according to Kelley Blue Book.
Vehicle manufacturers sold 12.2% fewer cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs to rental, commercial, and government fleet buyers in April compared to a year ago in what has become a softening market for new vehicle sales.