Author: Automotive News Feed

In a letter to the editor, an Automotive News reader questions GM’s approach to hiring temporary employees while workers await transfers.

The latest Final Edition of the iconic Volkswagen Beetle will have special colors, badging and wheels as the bug drives into the sunset next year, just as it did 15 years ago.

The Chevy Volt was not the product of Chapter 11, writes an Automotove News reader, it was well on its way before the reorganization.

General Motors’ plans for job cuts, ten years after its bailout, draws criticism.

As new-vehicle margins continue to melt away, structuring a pay plan that rewards the FandI department but still ensures the job is done ethically and legally is one of dealers’ greatest challenges, auto retail experts said.

Today, unethical behavior at dealerships is more difficult to get away with than in the past. Dealers set policies to weed out unethical characters, and social media and consumer resources often shed light on unethical business practices.

There’s always a back story. For Terry O’Loughlin, director of compliance for Reynolds and Reynolds, a case involving a killer clown led him on the path to an automotive career.

An investigation almost 20 years ago of suspected criminal activity at Gunderson Chevrolet, one of AutoNation’s largest dealerships, shook the automotive world and led to today’s compliance practices in the auto industry.

A Florida store’s $4.8 million settlement of a robocalling lawsuit is the latest wake-up call for dealers to remain vigilant about unwanted advertising messages to current and prospective customers.

Rick Hendrick may be the ultimate car-guy dealer, and so it seems fitting that he’ll receive the National Automotive Dealer Lifetime Achievement Award at the Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance in February.