DETROIT – Maserati SpA’s Quattroporte will feature an automatic transmission in 2007. Sources confirm for Ward’s that the luxury sedan, whose sales have suffered slightly because it is not available with a fully automatic...
DETROIT Insisting it is determined to escape the boom-or-bust incentive cycle and once and for all underscore to customers the intrinsic competitiveness of its new vehicles, General Motors Corp. announces a comprehensive new overhaul of its...
Three top things I worry about are marketing, staffing and capital. The top three things my manufacturer asks about are inventory, warranty expense and customer satisfaction. It is curious but unsurprising that the sharpest tools in my dealer...
The day after General Motors Corp. CEO Rick Wagoner announced widespread plant closings and job eliminations, he was in New York for a regional dealer meeting. The session already had been scheduled so it was a coincidence of the calendar, says...
A page 20 story headlined Centrix Financial Rides Out a Storm in the November, 2005 issue of Ward's Dealer Business incorrectly said that Centrix Financial tapped other capital sources after receiving funding from Drivers' Select, a subprime...