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Newsby AE eMagazineSeptember 15, 2014

NADA Supports Bipartisan Effort to Reform CFPB Auto Lending Guidance

WASHINGTON – America’s new-car dealers convene on Capitol Hill this week to urge Members of Congress to cosponsor H.R. 5403—the Stutzman-Perlmutter bill. The National Automobile Dealers Association is urging Congress to pass a new bipartisan bill (H.R. 5403) that nullifies the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s flawed guidance on auto lending and requires more transparency and ... Read More »

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Newsby AE eMagazineSeptember 15, 2014

Workers Walk Out Over Wages at Lear Corp. Plant in Indiana

HAMMOND, Ind. – Hundreds of workers demanding higher wages walked off the job Saturday at a Lear Corp. plant in northwest Indiana, beginning a strike that could affect a major Ford Motor Co. assembly plant in Chicago, reported The Wall Street Journal. The Lear plant, in Hammond, makes automotive seats and employs 760 workers making ... Read More »

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Newsby AE eMagazineSeptember 15, 2014

Cost of Detroit’s Historic Bankruptcy Reaches $126 Million

The cost of Detroit’s historic bankruptcy has reached $126 million and counting, surpassing the bills the big auto makers faced when they were in similar straits, reported The Wall Street Journal. An internal report on fees to outside advisers shows costs have roughly grown by four times since December when the city reported the total ... Read More »

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Newsby AE eMagazineSeptember 15, 2014

Ford Recalls Multiple Vehicles and GM Halts Some Corvette Sales

Ford Motor Co. is recalling about 74,000 older model Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner crossover vehicles because the electronic hybrid system may overheat, according to a filing with U.S. regulators on Friday, reported NBCNews. Escapes from model years 2005 to 2008 and Mariners from 2006 to 2008 are affected by the recall. Ford also is ... Read More »

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Newsby AE eMagazineSeptember 15, 2014

Fiat Chrysler CEO Sticks to 2014 Guidance

Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said on Thursday he saw no reason at present to review the carmaker’s 2014 financial guidance despite tough European and Latin American markets, reported Reuters. After Fiat’s poor second-quarter results, analysts were widely expecting a cut in full-year guidance. For 2014, the auto group expects to raise operating profit, excluding ... Read More »

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Newsby AE eMagazineSeptember 14, 2014

Allstate Names Pam Dufour President of Allstate Roadside Services

NORTHBROOK, Ill. – The Allstate Corporation today announced that Pam Dufour will join the company as president of Allstate Roadside Services. In this role, Dufour will lead all business operations of Allstate Roadside Services, including developing strategies for operational performance, managing call center operations and leveraging state-of- the-art technology. She will report to Kathy Mabe, ... Read More »

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Newsby AE eMagazineSeptember 13, 2014

Biweekly Loan Processor Deepens its Commitment to Compliance and the Customer

ORLANDO, Fla. – US Equity Advantage® (USEA), a leading provider of biweekly loan processing for the automotive industry, has added two new components to its broad scope of compliance practices. The code of ethics and certification test for dealership partners are designed to further enhance the consumers’ understanding of the costs and benefits associated with ... Read More »

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Newsby AE eMagazineSeptember 13, 2014

Premier Warranty Hosts AFIP Certification Boot Camp in ArkLaTex Region

COLLEYVILLE, Texas – Premier Warranty Inc. hosted an AFIP certification boot camp for the sales and F&I personnel of its dealer clients in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas in Bossier City, La. in June. The attendees represented 10 dealerships operated by the following dealers and dealer groups: ChevyLand and Morgan Auto Group in Shreveport/Bossier City, La.; ... Read More »

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Newsby AE eMagazineSeptember 4, 2014

Ga. Dealer Association Takes on Tesla

Electric-car maker Tesla Motors may have to stop selling vehicles in Georgia, reported the LA Times. An auto dealers association has asked Peach State officials to bar the Palo Alto-based company from offering its Model S sport sedans and upcoming Model X SUVs at its Atlanta-area retail store. The Georgia Automobile Dealers Assn., in a ... Read More »

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Newsby AE eMagazineSeptember 4, 2014

GM Increases GM Financial’s Credit Line

DETROIT — General Motors Co. today increased its financial support of General Motors Financial Co. (GM Financial), providing the captive finance company with a new $1 billion line of credit. The new support agreement replaces an existing $600 million credit line. It also provides that GM will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that GM ... Read More »

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