As General Motors gears up to increase its U.S. marketshare this year, the Detroit-based automaker is putting a lot of eggs in its leasing basket. And with good reason: Its first-quarter lease penetration has hit its highest level since before the financial crisis. 

After experiencing a small amount of lease…

Banks often offer promotions to entice consumers to do business with them. Getting a free toaster when opening a checking account is a well-known favorite, and we’ve seen lots of other giveaways as well.

It’s no different on the auto finance side, especially in the summertime, and particularly at credit unions. From cash back to free gas, AFN.net spied a bunch of credit unions taking creative steps to bolster both their member numbers and auto…

Actress Olivia Munn from HBO’s “Newsroom” series, which is about to enter its second season, was seen around Hollywood in her Chevrolet Volt recently.

We’re thinking General Motors couldn’t be happier.

Munn gets props for owning (or we assume she owns) a Volt, the first gas-electric hybrid in…

Group 1 Automotive, the fourth-largest dealer group in the U.S., has unloaded four dealerships, the company announced Friday. 

In recent weeks, the Houston-based company disposed of Miller Honda and Miller Toyota in Culver City, Calif., World Ford in Stone Mountain, Ga., and Messer Mazda in Amarillo, Texas, in three separate transactions. Additionally, Group 1 also unloaded real estate associated with the Stone Mountain store.

The four dealerships,…