RouteOne announced this week that Southeast Toyota Finance, a provider of automotive financing for 176 dealers in the southeastern United States, will now include econtracting on its automotive finance platform.
Read More →After asking 10,000 U.S. consumers about their dealership experience, the Temkin Group found that the two manufacturers with the highest customer experience ratings were Toyota and Mercedes-Benz, according to Edmunds.com.
Read More →Florida-based Sun Toyota announced today that it has promoted F&I Manager John Ancona to the director's role. He will be responsible for department staffing, training, and operations, as well as cultivating relationships with finance sources.
Read More →Toyota announced a partnership with ride-hailing giant Uber, while Volkswagen forged a pack with lesser-known but reportedly fast-growing Gett. While both OEMs sought out relationships with ride-hailing services, their approach to the partnerships will differ slightly.
Read More →General Motors should gain market share by replacing 88% of its light-duty lineup by 2020, while Volkswagen and Korean automakers are relying too heavily on cars with consumer demand shifting toward SUVs and trucks, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst has said.
Read More →Toyota will shut down most of its production of Toyota, Lexus, and Hino vehicles over the coming week, after a pair of deadly earthquakes rocked Japan and caused parts shortages for the automaker.
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The automaker announced on Wednesday it plans to transition the youth-geared brand back into the Toyota brand, with several model-year 2017 vehicles expected to be rebadged as Toyota beginning in August.
Read More →Based on new-vehicle registration data collected by Experian Automotive, industry sales have returned to prerecession levels. Crossover utility vehicles and the state of California have led the way, accounting for 23.9% and 11.8% of all new-vehicle registrations, respectively.
Read More →Automotive technician Steve Travis was named to the Toyota 2014 Assembly of Champions, the only technician in the United States to receive the honor.
Read More →According to proposed consent orders obtained by American Banker, Honda, Nissan and Toyota’s captive finance companies could soon be on the hook for dealer participation policies.
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