
Dealer Ads and the FTC
The agency has made it clear in recent enforcement actions and warnings, in auto retail and other industries, that advertised prices must include all nonoptional costs to the consumer.
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The agency has made it clear in recent enforcement actions and warnings, in auto retail and other industries, that advertised prices must include all nonoptional costs to the consumer.
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Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill has charged a Texas company with sending deceptively worded prize notification-style mailers to 2.1 million residents on behalf of Indiana auto dealers.
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700Credit has integrated with IDOne, RouteOne’s proprietary in-dealership identity verification tool.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety administration announced it will open twin probes into thousands of complaints of noncrash fires in Hyundai and Kia vehicles sold in the U.S.
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Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill announced a former Indianapolis dealer will pay $55,000 in civil penalties and $33,536 in restitution for violations of various state consumer protection standards.
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Janet Christine Stair is charged with concocting a service-ticket scheme that defrauded a Hot Springs Chrysler dealership of more than $17,000 and charged its factory nearly $12,000 for phantom warranty work.
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A Pennsylvania case proves the dealer’s choice of words can make or break a consumer’s claim resulting from the mechanical failure of a vehicle sold ‘as is.’
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The Supreme Court of Texas has reversed a lower court decision in favor of a Mercedes-Benz dealer who claimed the factory tricked him into purchasing a dealership and won a multimillion-dollar award that was upheld on appeal.
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Jiangling Motor must halt production of the Landwind X7, an SUV similar in appearance to the Land Rover Evoque, and pay compensation to Jaguar Land Rover after a Chinese court ruled in the British company’s favor in a landmark copyright suit.
Read More →Protective Asset Protection has released a new, free infographic that illustrates the pressing need for dealers to consider alternatives to NCFC structures.
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Pressure on Hyundai and Kia ramped up Monday with the launch of a multistate probe into fires involving the South Korean manufacturers’ Theta II engines and reports suggesting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal will ask for a new investigation at the federal level.
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