Dealerships are doing more business than ever outside dealership walls. Dealers are talking about how to make the online-to-in-store transition even smoother once the pandemic is over. All of that raises new questions about the fate of brick-and-mortar stores.
That strategy lets automakers avoid offending their most crucial audience: truck buyers. GM, Ford and FCA sell nearly three-quarters of their pickups -- their most-profitable, best-selling models -- in states President Trump won in 2016.
Mercedes' 2021 Maybach GLS tops out at nearly $200,000, making it the most expensive passenger vehicle made in America. The SUV will be produced at Mercedes' factory in Vance, Ala.
Bob Brockman, longtime chairman and CEO of Reynolds and Reynolds Co., remained in charge of the dealership management system giant while he faces U.S. tax evasion, money laundering and other charges tied to an alleged two-decade scheme to dodge paying taxes on $2 billion in income.
The brand's streak of consecutive U.S. sales records ended with the COVID crisis. But the CEO thinks the return of the retail industry will favor his company.
Markus Duesmann became CEO this year, just as the industry was shutting down because of the pandemic. He's eager to get the automaker moving forward again.
The Ohio startup has hired Joe Burrow, the Cincinnati Bengals' rookie quarterback, to be the star of its "Work for it" marketing campaign.
