Ford Mustang marks 61 years as top-selling sports car in Puerto Rico, globe
April 21, 2025
As the Mustang enters its seventh decade, it continues to evolve while maintaining its core identity. #NewsismyBusiness
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Toyota Puerto Rico leads auto sales, plans expansion in 2025
February 7, 2025
Toyota’s dealer network has committed to investing more than $100 million in improvements at nine of its dealerships in 2025. #NewsismyBusiness
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New Ford Explorer arrives in Puerto Rico
November 18, 2024
The new Ford Explorer is available at all nine Ford authorized dealerships in Puerto Rico. #NewsismyBusiness #advertorial
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Advance Auto Parts opens store in San Juan
August 30, 2024
Auto parts retailer will serve local car enthusiasts and repair shops from its 13,000-square-foot location in Puerto Rico’s capital city. #NewsismyBusiness
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FCA brands lead in J.D. Power’s Initial Quality Study
July 27, 2023
Dodge, Ram and Alfa Romeo secure top spots, boosting FCA Caribbean’s sales by 15% compared to last year. #NewsismyBusiness
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Bella Group opens $14.5M Flagship Mazda facility in Ponce
February 28, 2023
The new dealership is part of Bella Group's expansion plan for the next two years.
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New execs appointed in auto, legal, auditing, advertising sectors
January 21, 2021
This edition of Climbing the Corporate Ladder covers new executive appointments in a broad swath of industries in Puerto Rico, from auto to legal. Jaguar Land Rover names new service managerJaguar Land Rover San Juan dealers appointed Carlos Piñeyrúa as the new service manager for both brands. Piñeyrúa, who already has previous experience in the […]
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Puerto Rico new car sales up 11.7% Y-O-Y in September
October 15, 2020
Despite challenges posed by measures implemented to curb the spread of COVID-19, Puerto Rico’s new car sales reflected an 11.7% year-over-year growth in September, with 8,427 units sold vs. the 7,546 sold in the same year-ago month. The United Automobile Importers Group said, however, that sales from January to September are 20.7% below the same […]
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Puerto Rico new car sales grow slightly Y-O-Y in June
July 15, 2020
The United Automobile Importers Group, known as GUIA in Spanish, confirmed that Puerto Rico’s new car sales grew slightly in June, breaking with several months of negative results The sector reported 10,635 units sold in contrast to sales for the same month last year of 10,158, representing a slight increase of 4.7%. However, so far […]
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Study: Auto industry could see effects of COVID-19 for years to come
May 20, 2020
The global auto industry is facing an economic context that will affect sales processes and customer relations for years to come, according to a study by San Juan-based research firm Abexus Analytics. That trend will be no different in Puerto Rico, where new car sales have plummeted by 96% since the island went into lock-down […]
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Op-Ed: How car lease takeover model can help consumers in P.R.
February 27, 2020
The global auto industry has taken a hit in recent years. For example, 2019 was considered to the worst year for the auto industry ever since the global economic recession of 2008. According to a study, there was a 4.4% slump for the industry in 2019, and forecasts for 2020 suggest a 0.3% downturn. However, things […]
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Ford recycles 1.2B plastic bottles a year for vehicle parts
June 6, 2019
When you recycle plastic bottles, do you ever stop and think about where that plastic ends up? One answer: Ford vehicles. Ford Motor Company is helping to promote environmentally friendly auto parts, and one way they’re doing that is by using recycled plastic bottles for underbody shields on all cars and SUVs, and wheel liners […]
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Volvo Cars marks 60 years of sharing safety knowledge with open-for-all digital library
April 8, 2019
Volvo Cars is for the first time making its safety knowledge accessible to the public in a central digital library it is urging the car industry to use, “in the interest of safer roads for all,” the company stated. Sixty years ago, the automaker invented the three-point safety belt, which is estimated to have saved […]
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6th generation ’19 Nissan Altima arrives to P.R. roads
November 20, 2018
The all-new Altima takes its inspiration from the Nissan Vmotion 2.0 concept, which debuted at the 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
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P.R. auto sales soar by 32.7% year-over-year in September
October 19, 2018
The group known as GUIA said the fastest growing segments for the month were vans, minivans, SUVs and pick-up trucks
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