Commercial Auto Dealers

Buying a new car is an exciting experience. With all of the choices and options available at your GMC dealer, it may seem like the possibilities are endless. That is why it is important to do some research and homework before you even get to the dealer’s lot. Here are some questions you should ask yourself to help you narrow down your decision and make the best choice for your needs.

What are you using the vehicle for?
This is one of the most important questions to ask yourself when making your buying decision. Will its main purpose be for driving to work and home? Or will you be hauling a large family around all the time? The way you answer this question will help determine the size of vehicle you need.

How much vehicle can you afford?
When answering this question, you must also take into consideration the cost of insurance, fuel prices and preventative maintenance. These costs can fluctuate a great deal depending on the vehicle you choose.

Which safety features do you want?
Smaller cars are generally less safe and they cost more to insure than larger cars. But some newer models have the latest safety features that you may want. Research the models on your list and match those to the safety features you desire.

Even though you can get a great deal on buying a new car or truck at your GMC dealer, some drivers still enjoy the option to lease. There are several reasons for this. Here are some of the advantages of leasing a vehicle from your GMC dealer.

• You can drive a new car each year.
Leasing a vehicle is great if you get a jolt out of driving a new car every couple years. That new car smell is enough to forget about the fact that you will always have a car payment. You can also enjoy the latest features on the market when you get a new car every couple years.

• You can enjoy lower car payments.
People who lease cars have lower car payments than if they were to buy the same vehicle. Depending on the type of vehicle you choose, you could pay up to 60 percent less for lease payments than purchase payments.

• You can enjoy lower down payments.
With a lease, you do not need as much money upfront as you do if you are purchasing a car. This is ideal especially if it is your first car because there is not a huge down payment keeping you from a new car.

These are just a few advantages you can enjoy when you decide to lease. Of course, you have to do your homework and decide which option is best for you – leasing or buying. Either way, your GMC dealer can help you find the car you want with payments you can afford. Visit one today!

If you have a teen driver in New Jersey, you are probably paying a pretty penny for auto insurance. According to a new report released by Insurance.com, New Jersey has the second highest rates in the nation for insuring a teen driver.

Parents are paying an average of $6,200 to provide auto insurance for their teen driver. Louisiana is the only state with a higher average at just below $8,000. It can cost more than $2,100 to add your teen driver to your existing policy’s annual premium in New Jersey, too.

Luckily, there are some things you can do to cut those costs.

• Ask your insurance company about a “good student” discount. If your teen is a good student, there is a chance at getting a price break on their insurance. You can enjoy as much as a 15 percent price break with some companies.
• Spend time in the passenger’s seat. The more practice your teen gets, the less likely they are to get into an accident.
• Get a safer car for them to drive. Smaller and older cars cost more to insure than larger newer cars. Visit your Philadelphia area GMC dealer to find a larger vehicle that will meet their needs and cost less to insure.
• Check different companies. Some insurance companies could differ by as much as $2,000. All it takes is some research and patience to find the lowest price.

Teen drivers are some of the most "at risk" drivers on the road. With their inexperience and often careless actions, many of them end up in fatal accidents or they get injured. But one woman has an idea that may help teen drivers stay safe and you are part of the solution.

The idea behind the Tell-On-Me.com program is to be an extra set of eyes for parents when they cannot watch their teen driver on the roads. Parents can join the program and receive a bumper sticker that they can put on the car that their teen drives. The sticker has a phone number on it and asks other drivers to call the number and report the vehicle if the driver is being careless or reckless. The parents can then log on to the website and see if their teen driver has been reported.

The program costs $50 a year and that covers the cost of the bumper sticker and the program’s answering service.

Your Pennsylvania area GMC dealer wants to know how you feel about this program. Does it invade on your teen’s privacy or is it a clever way to keep them alive when they are behind the wheel?

Have you been wanting a GPS device but you just don’t know what you would use it for? If so, you are in luck. GPS devices have come a long way since they simply told you the fastest route to your destination. Here are some other benefits you can enjoy when you invest in a quality GPS device.

• Increased value
When you install a GPS device into your car or truck, you immediately add value to your vehicle. That’s because people are more impressed by GPS devices installed in vehicles rather than the more common portable units.
• Lower premiums
Many auto insurance companies offer discounts on your premium if you have a GPS device in your vehicle. Check with your insurance provider to see if you could be saving money today!
• Road hazard alerts
Most GPS devices these days have features that will alert you when you are approaching a road hazard or traffic congestion. They will also provide a route that helps you avoid these problems.
• Finding services
If you are in an unfamiliar town and you want to find the nearest Red Robin Restaurant, your GPS device can help you find it. All you have to do is type in the name of your favorite place and you are on your say.

You may already find state-of-the-art GPS devices installed in the latest models at your GMC dealer. Check one out now and wonder how you ever lived without it!

With everybody screaming about how big SUVs cost a fortune in gas, nobody ever mentions the possibility of higher insurance premiums when driving a smaller car.

According to a recent report released by Insure.com, switching to a smaller vehicle may save gas, but it may actually increase your auto insurance premiums. Researchers at the company studied the rates of four of the nation’s most popular auto insurance providers in various areas across the United States. They found that some of the popular small cars from two Japanese automakers have the highest insurance premiums in the entire group.

Why are smaller cars more expensive to insure than larger cars? The main reason is because they are not as safe as larger SUVs that you can get at your GMC dealer. In addition to that, drivers of smaller cars tend to get into more accidents. Since there is less protection, the accidents are often costlier because drivers and passengers in those cars get hurt whereas a driver of a larger SUV may only have damage to the vehicle.

“Small cars tend to increase insurance costs because they get into more crashes,” says Russ Rader, a spokesperson for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). “There’s a myth that a smaller car is more nimble and helps you avoid crashes, but smaller cars tend to have more collision losses.”

Does this convince you to invest in a larger car knowing that insurance companies consider them to be safer than smaller cars? Let us know your thoughts below.

With General Motors being the talk of the nation recently, one has to wonder how the new efficiency standards set forth by the federal government is going to affect GM sales. Here are some benefits and disadvantages you – the consumer – may experience with the new legislation.

• Pro – More efficient vehicles sooner
One of the main benefits of the new standards means more efficient cars on the roads. This is good for the environment and it will save consumers money at the pumps.
• Con – A tighter schedule means more cost
Since automakers will need to meet the new standards four years earlier than the previous plan, they will need to spend more to comply with the new schedule.
• Pro – Less dependency on foreign oil
The new standards will be equivalent to taking more than 175 million cars off the road. Just imagine how much cleaner the air will be when that happens!
• Pro – More exciting products for sale
Can you imagine driving a Tahoe or Suburban that gets more than 30 miles to the gallon? When the automakers comply with the new standards, you may just be able to find fuel-efficient versions of these SUVs at your Pennsylvania GMC dealer.

Although you may see fewer and fewer GMC 2008 SUVs on the dealer lots these days, there is a good reason for it. Dealers are selling the GMC 2008 SUVs with great incentives and bargains to make way for the new GMC Traverse, the automaker’s newest crossover.

One of the interesting and attractive qualities of the GMC Traverse is its car-like appearance. The front-end styling makes it look almost like a Malibu, but the rest of the vehicle has a mini-SUV style. Dale Aaron, an assistant sales manager at American Chevrolet Cadillac in Muncie, Indiana is delighted by the new crossover. He is pleased with the amount of room and cargo space that the Traverse has in addition to its fuel efficiency. He says most of the other competing models wither have one or the other – lots of interior space and bad gas mileage or good gas mileage combined with very little interior space.

The Traverse comes standard with four-wheel drive capabilities and gets about 24 miles to the gallon on the highway. The crossover has a six-speed automatic transmission, too. You can pick one of these 2009 models up at your local GMC dealer for prices starting out at about $29,000 for basic front-wheel drive versions. More “souped up” versions with more bells and whistles can cost up to $40,000 or even more depending on the features that you’re looking for.

I read an article yesterday that discussed the future of General Motors in the United States. With the slumping sales throughout the auto industry and the recent economic crisis, some “doom and gloom” analysts do not have much hope for the nation’s largest automaker. However, the writer of this article gives several reasons why GM is good for America and why it will likely be here for many, many more years. Following are some highlights of that article:

• During World War II, GM was the automaker that was successful in building most of the war machines used during the battles. As a result, General Motors helped save America from its enemies.
• Within weeks after 9/11, General Motors began offering “no interest” car loans to customers to help stimulate the economy and “keep America rolling” through one of the most devastating events of our lifetime.
• General Motors has given millions of workers some of the most generous paychecks, pensions and health care benefits over the years.
• GM has offered some of the best vehicles in the world through its new truck dealers. The automaker still makes some of the best SUVs and full-size trucks in the world that are available at your local GMC dealer.

Come back tomorrow and we’ll have some highlights that show why GMC is here to stay.

It isn’t a secret that domestic automakers have had their problems in recent months. GM sales have fallen, but so have the sales of the other automakers from Detroit. This article writer for Forbes Magazine offers some reasons for flailing GM sales (as well as sales for other domestic automakers) besides the economy.

The article suggests that American car dealers are not doing as well as foreign dealers simply because there are more outlets to choose from. At the beginning of 2008, there were more than 21,500 dealerships in the nation. More than two-thirds of that number is dedicated to selling American brands.

The writer of the article suggests that we are in different times than we were 50 years ago. At that time, it made sense to have so many dealers selling American automobiles. Vehicles made in Detroit dominated the auto industry and dealers didn’t have the same business model back then. For instance, it made sense in those days for dealers to be close together because they didn’t have interstates or Internet where people could shop and compare.

Luckily, analysts and officials at the company expect GM sales to experience an upswing before long. You can help contribute to that upswing by visiting your local GMC dealer today and buying the car or truck you’ve always wanted.