CBT News and Cherokee Media Group today announced a new media and content partnership surrounding Used Car Week 2026, taking place Nov. 16–19 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego. The partnership brings together one of the automotive industry’s leading used-vehicle events with CBT News’ dealer-focused media platform to expand coverage and extend the […] [Read More]

Both during an in-person event as well as an online setting, Spyne recently has had the opportunity to explain how artificial intelligence is impacting the ways potential car buyers and service customers find and interact with dealerships. Beginning first while speaking at NCM Clients & Friends 2026, Spyne’s head of U.S. business acknowledged automotive retail […] [Read More]

Post-pandemic consumers are more conservative than they used to be. When they make large purchases, they want reassurances that they’re not only making the right decision for their immediate needs but that it’s going to be the right decision for the long term. They look at vehicles not only as a means to get from […] [Read More]

When dealerships look at the cost of introducing new technology, the conversation usually starts with the price of the technology itself. That’s understandable; every investment needs to make financial sense. But there’s another calculation that often gets missed: what is the dealership already spending on the process that technology would replace? For manual vehicle pricing, […] [Read More]

Online vehicle retailer Carvana said Wednesday it has expanded same-day delivery service to the Minneapolis area. In addition to select local customers being able to receive their vehicle as soon as the same day the place an order, local sellers can schedule pickup and dropoff the same day they complete an online appraisal through the […] [Read More]

Late on Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission published frequently asked questions on price transparency to help dealerships and rest of the automobile industry comply with the FTC Act. While the guidance delves into specific topics such as how to handle document fees, rebates and discounts, perhaps the penultimate question and subsequent response might be most […] [Read More]

Nearly 27% of taxi and/or rideshare vehicles in a Carfax analysis of more than 437,000 vehicles across 16 major U.S. cities had at least one unfixed recall, the company said Monday. While those numbers are certainly alarming, there are solutions for consumers — and potential service opportunities for dealers. Carfax examined 437,583 VINs representing taxi […] [Read More]

It’s now been 25 years, but dealers still vividly remember the vicious tragedies in New York and Washington, D.C. Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association president Mark Schienberg was overseas on business on Sept. 11, 2001. Schienberg was attending the Frankfurt Auto Show with New York Auto Show chairman John LaSorsa and GNYADA board chairman […] [Read More]