Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Edmunds on why appeal of used EVs could surge as gas prices keep rising & affordability remains challenging
Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2026, 10:30 AM
PODCAST: Carleton’s Tim Yalich on how critical accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers
Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2026, 10:57 AM
Already the top factor holding back dealership business, potential economic headwinds build
Monday, Mar. 9, 2026, 10:53 AM
Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Sean Morgan, who is executive vice president of finance and operations at Westlake Financial. Morgan talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby ... Listen Here
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Tom Kontos, who now is analytics advisor for Auto Auction Holdings. Convinced to come out of retirement and get back in the business last fall with the growing wholesale ... Listen Here
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Clark Jr., operations manager of C& C Cars in Pinellas Park, Fla. Clark is a third-generation dealer and helps run the family business ... Listen Here
Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM
KAR Holdings Launches Automotive Finance Consumer Division
Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CARMEL, Ind. — This morning, KAR Holdings announced the launch of Automotive Finance Consumer Division. The AFCD product line provides access to a fully integrated dealer management system (DMS), Dealer Desktop® developed by Nowcom Corp., as well as virtual F&I services, ... [Read More]
XpressCredit Names Business Development Manager
Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — XpressCredit recently announced a new business development manager. Taking on that position is Richard Weaver. With more than seven years of auto sales and finance experience, Weaver has worked with a variety of dealerships in Mississippi and ... [Read More]
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The Dealer’s Guide to Smarter GPS Tracking
A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist
Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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Prestige Financial Recognizes Top Dealers
Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SALT LAKE CITY — For the second consecutive year, Earnhardt Auto Centers in Phoenix and Dallas-based DriversSelect were named the best among 12 recipients of Prestige Financial's annual True Partnership award. The awards are given to dealers who have shown an extraordinary ... [Read More]
PIN: Captives Gaining Ground
Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — Recent analysis from Power Information Network discovered that market share penetration by captives grew by more than 5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007 versus the same period in 2006. "Industry-wide rates have dropped by more ... [Read More]
Michigan Auto Title Service, Recovery Database Network Partner to Help Lenders
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Michigan Auto Title Service and Recovery Database Network announced today that they have started the process of integrating their software products to will allow mutual customers to seamlessly confirm liens and process title requests. The M.A.T.S. Request ... [Read More]
CarBiz Receives Nebraska License
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SARASOTA, Fla. — CarBiz announced that it has received a dealer license for the state of Nebraska. With this approval, the company said it has begun full operations at two Nebraska locations in Omaha. "CarBiz became the fourth largest buy-here, pay-here business ... [Read More]
Federal Reserve Reports on Auto Loan Averages
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to the Federal Reserve, consumer credit increased at an annual rate of 7.5 percent in November. Meanwhile, revolving credit increased at an annual rate of 11.25 percent and non-revolving credit increased at an annual rate of 5 ... [Read More]
Researchers Explain Why Subprime Loans Default
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A recent report from the National Bureau of Economic Research analyzed the trends of subprime auto defaults at a large U.S. financial institution. The data taken into account during the analysis included applications and sales from June 2001 ... [Read More]
RouteOne Reports Increased Partners, More Non-Captive Traffic
Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — RouteOne announced today that it is entering the new year with 250 finance sources signed to its Web-based credit application management system, up nearly 75 percent from early 2007. "The tremendous growth in the number of finance ... [Read More]
Leedom Group Launches ACH Collector
Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SARASOTA, Fla. — ACH Collector is the latest addition to the Leedom Group's growing list of product offerings, and is designed to enhance profitability for buy-here, pay-here operators by taking full advantage of the technology their customers are already using. ACH ... [Read More]
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