Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to discover fresh feelings of adventure.If you are willing to explore your need for speed, then RepoKar is the right place for you! RepoKar is a fun, high-octane online Public Auto Auction where you'r...
Two years after Paul's death, Meadow Walker (17) agrees to take 10,1 million $ from the family of Roger Rodas, who took a partial responsibility for the crash. Roger was the one driving, Paul was a simple passenger back then, he survived the crash but was trapped and burned to death because of the vehicle's defects.Roger was driving a Porsche Carrera GT, when the accident happened. Police officials ruled that the reason of his and Paul's deaths was excessive speed.Meadow's decision was followed by the explanation below:"The amount paid by the estate of Roger Rodas int...
All the main automotive dealerships agree on the fact that there is a serious shortage of automotive technicians able to work on today's advanced cars and trucks. In this situation analysts and experts say that simply recruiting more technicians won't help. The emerging gap between the lost and the recruited technicians is considerable. Ford and GM estimate a need for a total of 15,000 new technicians for their U.S. dealerships over the next five years. The North American shortfall is estimated by Mark Davis, automotive programs manager at Seminole State C...
Nissan has confirmed that it will not build small, rear-wheel-drive sports cars soon.The model which may have tackled the likes of Toyota’s 86 and the Mazda MX-5 in the sales-race would have sat below the current 370Z and GT-R models in the carmaker’s range.But now, according to reports out of Europe, the small sports car plans have been returned to the shelf where they may sit for quite some time. According to Nissan Senior Vice President Shiro Nakamura, the company has a modular platform currently under development that could underpin a model range featuring both electric and fos...
The advent of Uber and Lyft marked a shift towards on-demand and shared mobility, and promises to require changes of the game for commuters and carmakers. More and more people realize that vehicles have high up-front costs to own and depreciate swiftly, but they aren't necessarily heavily utilized.The possible on-demand revolution will for sure affect automakers. The analysts acknowledge that the proliferation of on-demand vehicles could ultimately reduce the number of cars on the road in the U.S. by more than 25 million, with population density serving as a key determinant ...
After the first quarter of the year is over, many dealers nationwide note that new vehicles sales stagnated and this makes them search for steps to protect profits in case the market slows or slides.The 2008-09 recession taught a lot of things the car dealing companies, and it is hard to imagine that people didn't become really knowledgeable during that time on what to do and how to adjust when downturns take place. After Mike Jackson, AutoNation Inc. CEO, saw new-vehicle sales slowing at AutoNation's 254 stores in the fourth quarter of 2015, he warned of a sa...
