Remarketing

DETROIT – Penske would obtain the rights to the brand as well as certain other Saturn assets, while General Motors would continue production, on a contract basis, of the Saturn Aura, Vue, and Outlook.

Tags: General Motors Corp., Penske Automotive Group, proposed acquisition, Saturn

DETROIT – General Motors promised "strong commitment" to fleet and commercial customers "remains unchanged," according to Jim Campbell, GM general manager fleet and commercial operations, in a statement addressing the automaker's June 1 bankruptcy.

Tags: bankruptcy, Chapter 11 filing, GM

MIAMI – Ryder System, Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of the full service truck leasing, commercial truck rental, and contract maintenance businesses of Edart Leasing Company.

Tags: Acquisition, agreement, Edart Leasing Company LLC, Ryder System, Inc.

The two companies will continue its partnerships with Ford owning as much as 13 percent of Mazda.

Tags: Ford, Mazda Motor Corp.

The credit crisis might continue to cause softening in wholesale values for the rest of the year and into next year.

Tags: ADESA, CNW Research, full-size SUVs, Pickups

The used-vehicle market is feeling the impact of double-digit year-over-year declines in retail sales resulting from a lack of traffic and diminished credit availability.

Tags: Credit, Kontos, retail sales, Used Vehicle

The most important things to know when selling your car online.

Tags: Online, sell, used car

Luxury, highline cars are among the vehicles with the largest adjustments.

Tags: adjustments, Black Book, Luxury, wholesale market

TORRANCE, CA - The first-ever Green Fleet Conference in Chicago Sept.15-16 will open with a keynote speech on fuel-efficient and emissions-reducing models to come in 2009-2011.

Tags: discount, Green Fleet Conference

COLOGNE, GERMANY – Volume production of the new Ford Fiesta, the first of a generation of new global small Ford cars, has started at the company's Cologne plant in Germany.

Tags: Cologne plant, Ford Fiesta, Germany

MENLO PARK, CA – The new program enables dealers to ground and purchase ARI vehicles directly from OPENLANE online auction.

Tags: ARI, OPENLANE, Inc.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is launching the SmartWay Leaf Campaign to encourage purchases of SmartWay-certified cars and trucks.

Tags: EPA, SmartWay Leaf Campaign

AUBURN HILLS, MI – Chrysler's new fleet Web site has been completely redesigned with revised content to help keep fleets informed and up-to-date.

Tags: Chrysler Motors Fleet Operations, fleet Web site

DETROIT – GM Certified Used Vehicles’ 60,000-plus-vehicle inventory from 3,900-plus U.S. dealers is now listed on eBay Motors (www.ebaymotors.com).

Tags: GM Certified Used Vehicles, vehicle inventory

IRVINE, CA – Kelley Blue Book (www.kbb.com) has launched InfoDriver, an expanded and redesigned data syndication solution providing third-parties access to 82 years of Kelley Blue Book data and information.

Tags: InfoDriver, Kelley Blue Book, trade-in values

ATLANTA – www.AutoTrader.com will supply new and used online car listings to Cox Television’s 15 stations across the country, increasing AutoTrader.com’s unique monthly visitors and offering new- and used-car buyers and sellers even more opportunities to connect and make sales.

Tags: AutoTrader, Cox Television, remarketing

LAS VEGAS – The Conference of Automotive Remarketing reports a strong lineup of speakers for the upcoming conference, March 26-27 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Tags: CAR conference, IARA, remarketing

AGOURA HILLS, CA – First Choice Remarketing is pleased to announce that Keith Zaring has joined their team as Director of Business Development.

CHICAGO - GE Remarketing held a special presentation honoring their top auctions at the National Auto Auction Association convention meeting in Chicago on Sept. 20th.

SPARKS, MD – PHH Arval has announced its top-performing used-vehicle auctions and retail dealers for the 2007 model-year.