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Industry Elite honoree Kelly Wyatt on 25-year career with GM Financial
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 04:43 PM
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Kelly Wyatt, who is chief digital officer with GM Financial. Wyatt shares a conversation with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about being ... Listen Here
Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
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
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
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

NABD Announces Annual Conference Details

Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
HOUSTON — The National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers recently announced that its 10th Annual National Conference will be held May 6 to 8 in Las Vegas. The newly renovated Las Vegas Hilton will serve as the site for this upcoming ... [Read More]

AFIP, NAFRD to Participate in NIADA Convention

Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ARLINGTON, Texas — Officials recently announced that two industry associations are partnering with the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association to expand NIADA's 62nd Annual Convention and Expo in Grapevine, Texas. The event will be held June 24 to 28. Dave Robertson, ... [Read More]

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Turn Service Visits Into Sales Growth: A GM’s Checklist

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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist

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Carousel Insurance Joins Finance Express Platform

Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. — This morning, Finance Express announced that it has signed an agreement with Carousel Insurance Services. The integration between the Finance Express and the Carousel system is designed to allow dealers to instantly order the insurance coverage ... [Read More]

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]

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]

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