I found the nicest new product debuting at the Geneva show to be the Volvo S60 sedan.
March 15th, 2010
GM scraps its plan to thin Cadillac herd
General Motors Co. has scrapped a plan to reshape its Cadillac dealer network in the image of Lexus.
March 15th, 2010
Remember the end of spiffs? Well, war's back on
A six-month truce in the industry's incentive wars is breaking down, and Toyota -- that paragon of marketing discipline -- is getting the blame.
March 15th, 2010
Lenders steer clear of dealership mortgages
Dealer Ralph Martinez's recent attempt to buy a $4 million Subaru dealership suddenly collapsed when the bank rejected the deal. "It's not about equity," says Martinez, a multifranchise operator in Portland, Ore. "I was going to put down 66 percent.
March 15th, 2010
Dream that died in Kenya burns bright in Calif.
As a teenager in Kenya, Dean Parpia's dream was eventually to take over his father's auto dealership in the capital city of Nairobi. Then life happened.