EAST HADDAM – Vets-Cars Group, a dealer association focused on promoting a bond of trust and commerce between select dealers and military consumers, announced their new partnership with Coastal Credit, L.L.C. a solid, respectful new and used car lender to military and civilian consumers for more than 25 years. The partnership, which is novel to … Read More »

CANTON – LoJack Corporation announced that it has reached an agreement with IAS (Innovative Aftermarket Systems), a provider of F&I aftermarket programs to automotive dealerships, in which IAS will sell and promote a variety of LoJack products to authorized dealerships throughout the IAS general agent base. IAS joins a growing list of Third Party F&I … Read More »

SCOTTSDALE – Brian Pendergast, chief information officer (CIO) for CNA National Warranty Corporation, has been invited to be a panelist at the prestigious CIO Perspectives event in San Francisco on May 16 for senior information technology executives. “CNA National is heavily investing in our technology architecture and CIO Perspectives is the perfect opportunity to benchmark … Read More »

Toyota Motor Corp., Asia’s biggest carmaker, forecast profit will more than double to a five-year high as it shakes off last year’s natural disasters and introduces new models to regain market share. Net income may increase to 760 billion yen ($9.5 billion) in the fiscal year ending March 2013, after falling to 283.6 billion yen, … Read More »

Sales of BMW brand vehicles rose 7.4 percent to while Mini brand volumes edged 0.2 percent lower, according to data published by the company on Tuesday. “Following on from the best first quarter in the company’s history, we have just reported our most successful April sales ever,” said Ian Robertson, head of sales and marketing … Read More »

AUBURN HILLS – Tim Parker Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Hot Springs, Ark., is one of 30 dealerships that Chrysler Group LLC has recognized for their commitment to environmentally friendly and energy-efficient business practices. This is the first group of dealers to be recognized under the new Dealer ECO (Environmentally Conscious Operations) Program launched last … Read More »