Cory Collins, the F&I trainer for Automotive Reinsurance Concepts, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast in an episode recorded during the Used Car Week conferences last month in Scottsdale, Ariz. Collins, a noted F&I guru who works with some of the nation’s largest independent dealers, talks with Auto Remarketing associate editor Andrew Friedlander about […] [Read More]

It’s December, and Step One Automotive Group is definitely in the holiday spirit. The Florida-based dealership group has begun its 25 Days of Giving at its 20 locations in Florida, Georgia and Alabama, with each store spreading holiday cheer in various ways to those in need. The initiative began Dec. 1 and runs through Dec. […] [Read More]

Jeremy Beck has seen the used-car industry from all angles — as a dealer, as a vendor and now from the association point of view as the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association’s vice president of dealer development. On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, recorded during Used Car Week 2023, Beck talks with Cherokee […] [Read More]

We begin our series on the Auto Remarketing Podcast highlighting some of the panels and presentations from Used Car Week 2023. The episode features some of this year’s Women in Retail honorees for a conversation led by Lindsey Pilarczyk of CarGurus. Listen to the episode in the window below. [Read More]

They say everything’s bigger in Texas, and HGreg is aiming to take that one step further. The dealership group has acquired the site of Southwest Lincoln-Mercury in West Houston, a dealership that was owned by Bud Adams, the late owner of the NFL’s Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans and one of the founders of the American Football […] [Read More]

Sara Hoagey learned a lot about dealership operations from having served in practically every job in the store. And now she’s putting her expertise in communicating with customers through all media as the owner and CEO of EliteBDC, which provides BDC training for dealerships and well as providing outsourced BDCs. In the latest edition of […] [Read More]

A year ago, AutoNation announced it would acquire mobile auto repair and maintenance provider RepairSmith in a $190 million deal. Now it’s rebranding that operation to become AutoNation Mobile Service. In a news release, Dave Koehler, who is chief operating officer for non-franchised business at AutoNation, said the acquisition “marked a pivotal step to extend […] [Read More]

Dealership software provider Reynolds and Reynolds has partnered with TrueSpot, a real-time location services company, following a “significant investment” by Reynolds. In a news release, Reynolds said the partnership underscores its focus on innovative technologies to help auto retailers be more successful, and TrueSpot’s commitment to advancing asset location intelligence. TrueSpot’s platform is designed to […] [Read More]

The blue sky has fallen a bit this year — but it’s still sky-high. Haig Partners’ quarterly report on dealership buy-sell activity found values down by 12% from the end of 2022 — a product of declining dealership profits this year — but still at more than twice pre-pandemic levels. Demand for dealerships also remains […] [Read More]

This dealership news roundup includes another store gaining new ownership as well as a group launching its annual charity work during the holiday season. According to a news release from the Tim Lamb Group, the firm brokered the sale of Woody Sander Ford in Cincinnati to the Mark Williams Auto Group. Chris Infantino of the […] [Read More]