Author: Automotive News Feed

Detroit-area auto dealer Rich LaLonde hopes to boost vehicle sales by offering high-risk consumers a new service: credit counseling. Last month LaLonde held a weeklong series of free credit clinics at his two Kia stores.

Delphi helps keep occupants safe in the new Range Rover with systems such as it electronically scanning radar, which is linked to Land Rover’s emergency braking. This helps drivers avoid a collision if the traffic ahead slows quickly.

Here’s a good reason for your customers to buy extended service contracts: to avoid hikes in their regular auto insurance. We all know that, but here’s additional evidence to cite.

Brian Fulton has been promoted to vice president in charge of Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA.

Which is safer, a car sold in the Europe or the United States? Automakers see little or no difference, but they have struggled to win over regulators, who are wary of an industry push to make safety standards interchangeable across the Atlantic…

How many retail lenders should a dealership have? The issue is complicated by memories of the recession, when many dealerships found themselves abandoned by longtime financing partners.

Mercedes is boosting production hours at plants in Germany and the U.S. to meet demand for new models.

European new-car sales rose a third consecutive month in November, the longest period of gains in four years, as demand for autos from VW and Renault contributed to signs that an industrywide decline is ending.