Daily Archives: October 26, 2013

Wash away troubles, Enhance corporate image

Besides keeping a vehicle looking good, regular washings help protect its finish and keep it in good condition.

A clean vehicle is also easier to perform maintenance and service on. Plus, maintaining clean vehicles enhances a company’s public image.

Florida seeing cargo thefts, working to limit loss

Using faked documents to take off with trailer-loads of goods is a growing concern in Florida, though for now ports have proven to be less vulnerable, said Cpl. David Vincent of the Florida Highway Patrol.

But products moved away from port facilities to secondary staging areas, as happens in Jacksonville, can become targets, said Vincent, who is with the commercial vehicle enforcement unit of the Highway Patrol’s Bureau of Investigations.

NHTSA investigating 2012 Jeep Liberty fire reports

NHTSA investigating 2012 Jeep Liberty fire reports

The federal government is investigating Jeep Liberty SUVs after two reports of fires in the driver’s side doors.

EU still has 18 factories too many post PSA plant closing

EU still has 18 factories too many post PSA plant closing

PSA is shutting its plant in Aulnay, France as part of a plan to eliminate about 11,200 jobs in the country by 2015.

American Wholesale used vehicle prices rise for fourth straight month

Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index rises 1.7 percent from year-ago level.

Wholesale used vehicle prices rose for the fourth consecutive month in September, according to Manheim Consulting.