Sales results for February were okay for some automakers, such as GM, which has a healthy crop of SUVs in its model mix. Average transaction price per vehicle also rose in February because o... Read more

When I lived in China, I always watched the economic information from Guangdong province for clues as to where the overall economy was heading.  Guangdong, in southern China adjacent to Hong... Read more

I’ve read several stories this week about speeches three Tier One supplier executives gave at the Detroit Economic Club on Tuesday. They addressed two topics that should deeply concern deale... Read more

With such heated competition in the U.S. buy sell market, did you ever think of looking overseas for acquisitions, perhaps in Europe? Several of the publicly-listed dealership groups have lo... Read more

I was in NOLA at NADA last week. I like NOLA as a venue. The entire show is contained in one site, though it is quite a hike to get from one end to the other. Though we had a bit of a mishap... Read more

This week WalMart announced it will work with online auto sales platform CarSaver to sell vehicles at its superstores, working with select dealerships near the WalMart location. This is not... Read more

Automakers seem to be falling over themselves to announce that they are moving production back to the U.S. I suspect most of these decisions were already in the pipeline, but why not earn so... Read more

I didn’t make it to Detroit this year for NAIAS, but from what I read it was similar to the Los Angeles show in that it was a sea of SUVs and crossovers. That is good news for dealers as mar... Read more