WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s proposed rule that would give it supervisory authority over larger participants in the nonbank auto finance segment was published in the Federal Register on Oct. 8, kicking off a 60-day public comment period that ends on Dec. 8. If adopted, the proposed rule would generally allow ... Read More »
Read More →IRVING, Texas — Exeter Finance Corp. announced Monday the pricing of a $500 million securitization backed by auto loan receivables. The private offering consisted of four classes of fixed rate notes issued by Exeter Auto Receivables Trust 2014-3 and priced on Oct. 9, 2014. The Class A notes were rated AAA/AA by DBRS and Standard ... Read More »
Read More →DETROIT — Ford Motor Company and Carfax have expanded their partnership in the Ford and Lincoln Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) programs. Ford is continuing its commitment to provide Carfax Vehicle History Reports for free to buyers and sellers of certified Ford and Lincoln vehicles. In addition, all Ford and Lincoln CPO cars will now be listed ... Read More »
Read More →WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — Rising transaction prices for new vehicles have been a big contributor to the health of the auto industry this year, J.D. Power analysts reported this week. They noted that the average new-vehicle transaction price has risen $3,900 since 2009 to $29,600. Current transaction prices for new vehicle and the rise in ... Read More »
Read More →Auto analysts are skeptical that Sergio Marchionne, the hyperbolic chief executive of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, can meet his most ambitious goal: to nearly double Jeep’s global sales over the next four years, reported Reuters. Marchionne reiterated his aggressive target for boosting Jeep’s annual volume to 1.9 million, while pacing the floor of the New York ... Read More »
Read More →Investors cautiously greeted the Wall Street debut on Monday of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), a move that shifts the carmaker’s center of gravity away from Italy and caps a decade of canny dealmaking and tough restructuring by Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne, reported Reuters. “We’re finally taking Chrysler back” to the U.S. stock market, Marchionne said ... Read More »
Read More →DETROIT, MI – Chrysler Group LLC announced Tuesday it is recalling 184,215 SUVs, including 126,772 in the U.S., to replace a part in the vehicles’ airbag systems, reported Michigan Live. The occupant restraint control modules in certain model-year 2014 Dodge Durango and Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs could have an electrical short-circuit, causing air bag warning ... Read More »
Read More →Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) makes its Wall Street debut to great fanfare on Monday, shifting the carmaker’s center of gravity away from Italy and capping a decade of canny dealmaking and tough restructuring by CEO Sergio Marchionne, reported Reuters. The world’s seventh-largest auto group has sought the U.S. listing to help to establish itself as ... Read More »
Read More →Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat SpA and Chrysler Group LLC, plans to step down at the end of 2018 after completing a five-year turnaround plan for the new Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, reported The Detroit News. Marchionne, 62, told Bloomberg Businessweek that he will “undoubtedly do something else” after the plan, outlined earlier this year, ... Read More »
Read More →Tesla Motors Inc. plans to offer hands-free highway driving in its Model S electric sedans in 2015, putting it as much as a year ahead of other luxury brands in offering autopilot functions in automobiles, according to people familiar with the company’s plans, reported The Wall Street Journal. Other auto makers, including General Motors Co. ... Read More »
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