| We Get Behind the Wheel of a Surplus Humvee, No Enlistment Required! |
Feb 2nd, 2016 |
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The AM General High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle occupies an extremely weird place in American automotive culture. It’s a military machine, the official transportation of the world’s finest hellholes. But it’s also the basis of the former Hummer H1, a six-figure attempt at a domestic Geländewagen and a glamorous co-star in the silliest car chase […]
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| F&I Think Tank Adds Top Compliance Experts |
Feb 2nd, 2016 |
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Six of the industry’s top compliance experts will be at the Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel to lead a 20 Group-like session on compliance. Aside from fielding questions from attendees, the group will tackle some pervasive regulatory myths surrounding the F&I office.
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| Flick Fusion, Automark Solutions Announce Integration |
Feb 2nd, 2016 |
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Flick Fusion Video Marketing today announced the integration of its Timeline Marketing tool with the suite of website conversion tools developed by marketing software provider Automark Solutions.
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| Auto/Mate Announces Integration With Scan123 |
Feb 2nd, 2016 |
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Scan123’s electronic document management system is now integrated with Auto/Mate’s Automotive Productivity Management Suite DMS, allowing Scan123 users to store and access documents through Auto/Mate’s DMS.
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| J.D. Power/LMC: Snow Storm Slows But Doesn’t Stop Car Sales in January |
Feb 2nd, 2016 |
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The two firms expect January total light-vehicle sales to total 1.1 million units, while the January SAAR is expected to have reached 16.8 million units. LMC Automotive said its sales forecast for 2016 remains at 17.8 million units.
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| Viral Marketing Company Starts 2016 With Big Expansion |
Feb 2nd, 2016 |
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Viral marketing firm Vboost opened 2016 by moving into its new offices in Santa Ana, Calif. The move follows the addition of several new features to its viral marketing program for auto dealers.
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| The Taking of Le Mans One-Two-Three: Shelby’s 50th Anniversary GT40 |
Feb 2nd, 2016 |
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| Porsche Won’t Make a Self-Driving Car Anytime Soon |
Feb 2nd, 2016 |
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For some, the Porsche brand was forever diluted when the company started building the Cayenne, but according to its CEO, it will always make driver’s cars. Literally. Porsche CEO Oliver Blume told a German newspaper that Porsche had no plans to build a self-driving car. The news subsequently was reported by Reuters. “One wants to drive […]
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| Tesla’s Model 3 Reveal in March Won’t Be of the Whole Car |
Feb 2nd, 2016 |
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Next month, there will be two major international auto shows that Elon Musk, like Donald Trump in the last GOP debate, probably will skip in favor of his own private event. There, the Tesla CEO will reveal the Model 3—except not the whole car. Or maybe not even the real car. Speaking to Auto Express, […]
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| Ford GT Ordering Begins in Days, First Buyers Must Meet Certain Criteria |
Feb 2nd, 2016 |
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Confirming earlier reports sourced from Reddit and covered here, The Detroit News has added new details to the Ford GT ordering process. It will begin this month with an online application, and Ford will give the right to buy the first 250 GTs to customers who meet some very specific criteria. Priority will be given to those who have a […]
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