Jim Click Automotive Team founder and Tuttle-Click co-owner Jim Click Jr. has agreed to sell his Arizona and California dealerships to Gee Automotive, ending a 55-year run. +
Mitsubishi says John Deery Motor Co. has violated its dealer agreement by failing to provide showroom space and erect proper signage at a rooftop shared with Nissan and Lincoln franchises. +
More than 1 million U.S.-sold and Panoramic View Monitor-equipped Toyota, Lexus and Subaru units are subject to a new recall due to an issue with rearview camera images. +
Nearly half a million U.S.-sold vehicles built by Ford Motor Co. have been added to NHTSA’s list of recalled units thanks to an array of potentially faulty parts. +
A unanimous state supreme court decision finds NJ CAR lacks standing to sue Ford Motor Co. for alleged violations of New Jersey franchise laws relating to the Lincoln Commitment program. +
Ford and Lincoln dealers using the factory’s FordDirect customer engagement platform now have a new employee in “Jerry,” Podium’s AI-powered, inbound lead-handling virtual sales assistant. +
Each of the six manufacturers reporting monthly U.S. sales to the Automotive News Data Center says volumes were up on a year-over-year basis in July, led by a 19.9% increase for Toyota. +
Ford has dropped its national “From America, For America” employee discount campaign in favor of a new incentive: zero percent financing for 48 months with zero down and zero due for 90 days. +
Automotive News reports new vehicle sales improved for Ford, Hyundai and Kia and fell by double digits for Mazda in May, dropping the SAAR below 16 million as factories scaled back incentives. +
Ford Motor Co. will recall more than 1 million vehicles sold in the U.S. and Canada due to a software error that could cause the rearview camera’s in-dash display to malfunction. +
