Posted on Thu, Oct 27, 2011 @ 02:02 PM
BOSTON -- The fourth season of The Instigators LIVE premiers Thursday October 27, 2011 at 10:30PM on NESN and is presented by Cadillac Village of Norwood. The Instigators LIVE is a 30-minute weekly live program after NESN Daily on Wednesday/Thursday Bruins game nights.
The Instigators will also move to a live format this year. The Instigators LIVE Presented by Cadillac Village of Norwood will air on various weeknights after Bruins hockey coverage beginning on October 27 at 10:30 PM. Hosted by NESN’s Tom Caron, the program will feature the opinions of several different hockey experts as they debate the hottest hockey topics in Boston and throughout the NHL.
Cadillac Village of Norwood has a history of working with the Boston Bruins and The Boston Bruins Foundation since 2005 including the donation of a Hummer H2 sport utility vehicle to use as a promotional tool. Cadillac Village is happy to be the title sponsor of The Instigators LIVE for the 2011-2012 Boston Bruins hockey season.
About NESN
NESN has consistently been one of the top rated regional sports networks in the country with award-winning Red Sox and Bruins coverage. The network is delivered to over 4 million homes throughout the six-state New England region and an additional 3.7 million homes nationally as NESN National. NESN.com, the network’s online sports news service, is one of the most visited regional sports network websites in the country. NESN also produces a number of distinctive programs under its umbrella Original NESN Entertainment (ONE). NESN is owned by Fenway Sports Group (owners of the Boston Red Sox) and the Boston Bruins.
About Cadillac Village of Norwood
Located on Route 1/The Automile, Cadillac Village of Norwood is the largest Cadillac dealership in New England. Established in 1922, we are the oldest Cadillac dealership in New England. We also are proud to announce that for the 5th consecutive year, we have been awarded the Cadillac Master Dealer Award. This prestigious honor is given only to those 50 Cadillac dealers nationwide who exemplify customer satisfaction and retail sales excellence.
Posted on Tue, Sep 06, 2011 @ 11:31 AM
August 2011 was a very successful month for Cadillac Village of Norwood. New car sales increased 30% over August 2010 and Cadillac Village of Norwood ranked #1 in New England. With an inventory featuring 200 New Cadillacs in stock, Cadillac Village is prepared to continue being the #1 dealership in New England.
Nationally, Cadillac enjoyed their second strongest increase of the year with a 4% jump over August 2010. Cadillac has continued to increase marketshare despite an overall decline in the luxury segment. The CTS is the overal leader with a 26% increase over last year.
CTS lead the board. According to the official release from General Motors, "The CTS Sedan, Wagon and Coupe posted retail sales of 5,134 units in August for a 26 percent increase compared to August last year. Year-to-date retail sales of the CTS family increased 39 percent compared to last year and were up 35 percent over July."
Also, "SRX retail sales also remained strong in August at 4,386 units, a 16 percent increase over August 2010. Year-to-date SRX sales are up 9 percent over last year."
“Our retail numbers continue to reflect our shift towards the consumer market and better balance of our fleet sales,” said Kurt McNeil, vice president of Cadillac Sales and Service. “In return, we’re able to better focus our resources on our retail customers and they are responding in kind.”
“From a strategic perspective, this demonstrates we’re right on track,” McNeil said. “If we continue to focus on outstanding products and stellar customer service, our share of the luxury market will continue to grow and we will continue to rank among the top brands in consumer and industry surveys.”
Cadillac Village of Norwood's current inventory features 55 new CTS's and 52 new SRX's.
Posted on Sat, Aug 27, 2011 @ 11:24 AM
For the safety of our customers and employees Cadillac Village of Norwood will be closed on Sunday, August 28th, due to Hurricane Irene.
- If you need to contact the dealership for any reason you can contact us here.
- If you need information on the storm you can find helpful links here provided by WBUR.
- We plan to resume normal operating hours on Monday morning August 29th. Watch the video below.
Cadillac Village of Norwood is part of the Village Automotive Group. It is New England’s largest and oldest Cadillac dealer serving greater Boston and Massachussetts. Cadillac Village of Norwood has been recognized by General Motors as one of the Top 20 performing Cadillac dealerships in the United States and was awarded the 2010 Cadillac Dealer of the Year Award.
Posted on Wed, Jun 08, 2011 @ 12:42 PM
NORWOOD, MA (June 8, 2011) – President and Founder of Village Auto Group Ray Ciccolo was recently honored as the intro speaker for the keynote address delivered by Captain Sully Sullenberger at the 2011 NADA Convention. Sullenberger is famous for successfully ditch landing US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River off Manhattan, NYC on January 15, 2009.
Ciccolo delivered an inspirational speech about growing up in Cambridge, his start in the automotive business, and his current philanthropic efforts. “Being a successful company these days means giving back to our communities and being a good corporate citizen. We care about future generations. We are in this for the long haul and we care about more than our bottom line,” says Ciccolo.
For close to 50 years, The Village Automotive Group has been a leader in the automotive marketplace in the Greater Boston area. Our success has been built upon the support of our employees, customers, and the communities we serve. In turn, we strive to make The Village a good place to work, a responsible neighbor in our communities, and to provide a positive impact to the local economy.
A successful company means only growing our business and creating jobs, but also giving back. We focus on 5 areas when considering Corporate Social Responsibility:
Customers: We strive to create an environment for our customers of comfort, trust and respect. We seek to provide them quality service, to treat them like we would like to be treated, and to constantly provide value for them so that they continue to choose to do business with us. By acting via an overriding culture of corporate responsibility - within a framework of social and environmental values – we hope that our customers will see that our values correlate with their own.
Employees: Our success flows from the philosophy of our owner and President Ray Ciccolo, who believes that a successful retail business starts with satisfied employees. By creating a family environment where people enjoy going to work, our employees feel emboldened to provide quality service that often goes above and beyond.
The Village currently employs more than 400 people. We strive to make The Village a good place to work, we appreciate the talent and experience of our people, we embrace cultural diversity and inclusion in our workforce, and we continue to promote primarily from within.
We provide competitive wages and benefits, medical and dental insurance, training and tuition reimbursement for career improvement, a 401k Plan with company match, discounts for automotive purchases, wellness programs, and more. We take pride in the safety of our workplaces, and we repeatedly train to ensure continued compliance.
Environment: going green has two major benefits – we reduce our impact upon the environment, and we save on the cost of energy. Each of our locations has taken basic steps such as switching to energy efficient bulbs, and we recycle tires and motor oil and scrap metal from our shops. Some stores have also reduced their energy consumption by installing high-speed garage doors, adding reflective elements to exterior windows, replacing light switches with auto on/off sensors, adding hands-free faucets and hand-dryers, and more. As we grow and renovate and build new facilities, going green is always at the forefront of our design decisions.
Community: our businesses are an integral part of the communities in which we operate. Not only do we provide important automotive services to the community, but we also seek to be a responsible and concerned corporate citizen. You see The Village active in myriad causes, including the Arts, Education, Health, Humanitarian causes and more. Many of these efforts are brought to us by our Employees, who are encouraged to bring their ideas and concerns forward.
Suppliers: we try to seek out suppliers and vendors who mirror our concept of Corporate Social Responsibility.
For More Information:
Village Auto Group's Corporate Social Responsibility
Ciccolo Family Foundation
Posted on Tue, May 31, 2011 @ 03:14 PM
NORWOOD, MA (May 30, 2011) – Cadillac Village of Norwood announces the integration of RealDeal,SM “The Pre-Owned Price Check,” an innovative price validation and delivery system powered by vAuto to their already extensive use of the latest technologies in the automotive business.
vAuto’s RealDeal system provides dealership personnel with the technology to quote prices and offer detailed documentation on the prices and attributes of identically equipped competing vehicles. Providing proof of a fair price will help to minimize or eliminate negotiation while increasing margins, closing more deals and improving overall customer satisfaction. With RealDeal, dealers can market themselves in the showroom, on the phone, and over the Internet as being fair price - or even as price leaders - and effectively defend their assertions.
“Documentation is the new negotiation when it comes to used car sales,” said Dale Pollak, vAuto’s chairman and founder. “RealDeal gives dealers a powerful way to prove their pricing to shoppers, and when shoppers feel confident with their price, more deals are closed. It is an innovation that will profoundly change the way used vehicles are sold across the country.”
RealDeal is available to dealers that utilize vAuto’s industry-leading Live Market suite of tools, including the Stocking, Appraising, Pricing and Merchandising modules. The RealDeal system allows dealers to select the appropriate criteria for performing price checks including geographical distance, make, model, color, mileage, specific equipment, and trim. Dealers can then offer RealDeal to customers in several ways, including guided web tutorials, printable reports, and in online advertising.
Shown for the first time at the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention and Exposition at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando FL (Feb. 13-15), vAuto has also launched www.realdeal.com to provide more information about RealDeal.
“We are very excited to be adding RealDeal to our website and making it available for our customers,” says Chris Fousek, eCommerce Director at Cadillac Village of Norwood. “It's another way for us to help the customer save time when shopping for their used car. By checking out the Real Deal customers will see how the car is priced in the actual market place and will not have to visit additional sites and do even more research. It can also give peace of mind, like a CarFax, the customer can view the report and be confident they are getting a fair price. We are also proud to be taking this step ahead of so many other dealers in the area who do not provide their customers with anything like it.”
The nation’s five highest-volume franchised dealerships by brand currently use vAuto pricing, appraisal, stocking, and merchandising systems. vAuto was recently ranked number 22 in Inc. Magazine’s 2009 annual ranking of the fastest-growing, privately held companies in America. The company’s chairman and founder, Dale Pollak, maintains a blog for the discussion of used-car trends at www.dalepollak.com. More information on vAuto is available at www.vAuto.com.
Cadillac Village of Norwood is part of the Village Auto Group. It is New England’s largest and oldest Cadillac dealer, and constantly updates its business practices to support the latest advancements in technology to stay at the forefront of the automotive business. Cadillac Village of Norwood has been recognized by General Motors as one of the Top 20 performing Cadillac dealerships in the United States and was awarded the 2010 Cadillac Dealer of the Year Award.
Media Contacts:
Michelle Black
vAuto
Phone: +1.630.590.2023
E-mail: mblack@vauto.com
Chris Fousek
Cadillac Village of Norwood
Phone: +1.781.762.5900
E-mail: cfousek@villageautomotive.com
Posted on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 @ 05:05 PM
• CTS sales increase 124 percent with gains by sedan, wagon and coupe
• SRX posts 19th straight month of at least a double-digit percentage year-over-year gain
• Escalade total sales rise 6 percent, retail sales up 27 percent
DETROIT – The Cadillac CTS and SRX posted their best results ever for a February as Cadillac reported total U.S. sales for the month of 15,768, a 70 percent increase compared to the same period last year. Cadillac’s retail sales rose 83 percent for the month.
The results represent Cadillac’s best February total since 2006. It also represents the thirteenth consecutive month of year-over-year sales increases for the brand.
Total sales of the CTS family rose 124 percent to 6,033 in February. The CTS Coupe, introduced for the 2011 model year, had its best month since being launched last August. The CTS Sedan and Wagon also posted strong gains for the month.
The CTS family has become one of the most acclaimed lines in the luxury market. Popular Mechanics named the CTS Coupe one of the Top 10 cars for 2011. The high-performance CTS-V Coupe is a finalist for World Performance Car of the Year, and the CTS-V Wagon was named a 2011 Automobile magazine All-Star.
The SRX luxury crossover, dramatically redesigned for the 2010 model year, also continued its growth. SRX sales rose 55 percent to 5,502 in February. SRX has posted a year-over-year increase of at least a double-digit percentage rate for 19 straight months. Escalade sales rose 6 percent to 2,202 in February.
Cadillac has started the year with a strong push to attract new and returning luxury buyers as the market recovers. In January, Cadillac began its new “Red Blooded Luxury” advertising campaign, featuring the CTS Coupe and high-performance CTS-V Sedan.
In February, Cadillac launched the Cadillac Shield program, which ties together the brand’s suite of ownership benefits. Cadillac Shield includes Cadillac’s four-year, 50,000-mile bumper-to-bumper and five-year, 100,000-mile powertrain warranties. It also provides maintenance on many frequently required services for four years or 50,000 miles as well as 24-hour roadside assistance and courtesy vehicle transportation during the powertrain warranty period.
“Cadillac’s success is being driven by great products, clear messaging and a focus on customer service,” said Kurt McNeil, vice president for Cadillac sales and service. “As the luxury market continues to strengthen, Cadillac is attracting customers with a line-up that offers distinctive design and exceptional performance. We’re backing up those vehicles with a long-term commitment to provide our owners with a heightened level of service.”
About Cadillac
Cadillac has been a leading luxury auto brand since 1902. In recent years, Cadillac has engineered a historic renaissance led by artful engineering and advanced technology. More information on Cadillac can be found at media.cadillac.com.
Posted on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 @ 04:58 PM
Cadillac Village of Norwood, part of the Village Automotive Group, said it has been recognized by General Motors Corp. as the overall leader in 2010 sales in Massachusetts and all of New England.
Nationally, Cadillac posted a 35-percent increase in US total sales to 146,925 vehicles, he added.
According to Ciccolo, Doug Ostroff ranked fourth in the nation on a list of the brand's top performing sales people; he sold 194 new Cadillacs in 2010.