Maybe it’s their electric freshmen Jayson Tatum and Lonzo Ball. Maybe it’s the nearby tech hubs: the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina and “Silicon Beach” in Southern California. But when Swapalease.com asked drivers to name the NCAA basketball teams that reminded them the most of a Tesla — and again when respondents were asked to […] [Read More]

With leasing activity continuing to evolve as analysts recently conveyed to Auto Remarketing, Growella — a financial education website for millennials — researched and published its list of the cheapest 100 vehicles to lease to put what it called “real, actionable information in the hands of today's car shoppers.” Using vehicle depreciation data, average insurance […] [Read More]

The U.S. Department of Transportation said the number of recall campaigns and total amount of vehicles impacted reached new highs in 2016. DOT officials tabulated that there were 927 recall campaigns last year, involving a total of 53,194,177 vehicles. The tally marked the third year in a row recalls surpassed the 50-million mark. That string […] [Read More]

Fortune magazine has released its 100 Best Companies to Work For list, and several companies familiar to the remarketing space made the cut.  CarMax, for one, was named to the list  for the 13th consecutive year. The used-car retailer ranks number 77 on this year’s list. Currently, CarMax is looking to fill more than 2,000 positions […] [Read More]

As Swapalease.com noticed the approval rate for vehicle lease credit applicants jumped more than 30 percent in February, Experian and Edmunds also offered data and analysis on the leasing market — the former looking back at fourth-quarter metrics and the latter reviewing last month’s performance and projecting ahead for the remainder of the year. Edmunds […] [Read More]

Some new-car models, particularly a few luxury vehices,  are resold after just one year of ownership signficantly more often than the average car is, according to a newly released analysis by iSeeCars.com While just 1.5 percent of  car buyers resell their new cars within the first year of ownership, iSeeCars spotlighted 11 models thatn see at […] [Read More]

As president of Intellaegis, the software company that built masterQueue, and a founding partner in RepoRoute, I’d like to share some thoughts on the importance of field management software and where we see this new technology taking the industry. We see this moment as one of the most critical times in the history of auto […] [Read More]

General Motors Financial recently launched two new floor plan program updates for participating dealers that the company thinks are “competitive differentiators in the industry.” GM Financial — which reported that it had 792 dealerships in North America leveraging its commercial offerings as of the close of 2016 — highlighted the two floor plan updates include: […] [Read More]

On Tuesday, F&I solution provider EFG Companies rolled out what it dubbed the Drive Forever Worry Free Lifetime Wrap, an enhancement to the company’s limited powertrain protection. EFG companies explained that the Drive Forever Lifetime Wrap is designed to help dealers close more deals at a higher gross with improved product pricing, expanded eligibility and […] [Read More]

Jumpstart Automotive Media announced on Monday that it found the Chevrolet Impala — one of two Chevrolet models recently named on Consumer Reports' 10 Top Picks of 2017 list — to be the most cross-shopped non-luxury vehicle amongst consumers last year. “Chevrolet Impala’s size lends itself well to consumers who are deciding between midsize or […] [Read More]