NHTSA Campaign ID Number : 13V006 Autocar Industries, LLC is recalling certain model year 2012 Xpert vehicles manufactured October 17, 2011, through September 17, 2012; and with serial numbers in the range 213522 through 215336. The seat belt anchorages fail to sustain the 3000 pound forces for the specified length of time. Therefore, these vehicles […]
NHTSA Campaign ID Number : 12V601 Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2012 Cascadia and Coronado tractor trailers manufactured from August 1, 2011, through December 30, 2011, equipped with Thermo King TriPac Auxiliary Power Units (APU), serial numbers 3000106335 to 3000127584, manufactured from July 29, 2011, through November 7, 2011. The […]
Ford, GM and Chrysler posted double-digit sales increases in January, signaling the industry may be starting 2013 on a stronger note than expected. Other automakers will release January sales results later today, with Toyota and Honda expected to post substantial gains. Ford said its U.S. sales rose 22 percent last month, with car volume advancing […]
Auto advertisers were back in force in the 2013 Super Bowl with commercials that were funny and touching — with a few that just fell flat. Social media promotions ahead of the game played a bigger role than ever this year as automakers sought to maximize the bang for their Super Bowl buck. Some of […]
AutoNation Inc.’s move to put its corporate name on most of its stores signals the next wave for a dealership business model that has moved from exclusively mom-and-pop stores in a short period of time. Some other large dealership groups — Sonic Automotive Inc., for one — are mulling their own branding efforts, and industry […]
Per legislation passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama earlier this year to temporarily sidestep the “fiscal cliff†spending cuts and tax increases, the tax advantage for business that purchase new equipment was not only extended through the end of the year, but it increased the amount that could be written off of […]
What are the right qualifications for a technician at a fleet or shop? CCJ sister site Truck Parts and Service delves into that very subject — and much more — in its “Technical fouls: Finding, paying, training and keeping techs†story published earlier this week. Some in the article says technicians should at minimum have a CDL to become […]
Rolf Group has sold a further 18% of its Rolf Import business to Mitsubishi in a move it said would strengthen its distribution business for the Japanese carmaker in Russia. Rolf Import is Mitsubishi’s exclusive distributor in Russia, and the move now gives the carmaker and its parent company a controlling stake in the company. […]
Volkswagen has said it will start making the Golf hatchback at its Puebla facility in Mexico in the first quarter of next year for distribution to the North and South American market. Sales of the Golf in the US last year were just more than 38,000 met by exports the model from Germany, where it […]
