FORT WORTH, Texas (Aug. 9, 2006) — Thanks to solid loan originations and fewer charge-offs, AmeriCredit executives said business in the fourth quarter of the 2006 calendar year continued to prove strong. Quite simply, executives credited a favorable economic environment ... [Read More]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Aug. 8, 2006) — Edmunds.com recently ranked vehicles that would show the highest residual values after a five-year period, assuming 75,000 miles on the odometer. According to the company's lists announced this morning, the Honda S2000 and ... [Read More]

SARASOTA, Fla. (Aug. 8, 2006) — Leedom and Associates recently announced it is offering a Sales Manager Workshop, Sept. 12-13, in Orlando, Fla. The event will also highlight a Four-Square Desking Process session taught by Johnny Dangerfield, one of the ... [Read More]

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. (Aug. 7, 2006) — DealerTrack announced it now has 250 finance sources in its network. Executives also reported that the company's president will be leaving. Company executives recently said that Vincent Passione, president of DealerTrack, intends to ... [Read More]

HOUSTON, Texas (Aug. 7, 2006) — The National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers announced it is adding a News & Views section to its Web site, which will offer such information as industry trends, benchmarks, legal updates and more. The ... [Read More]

ATLANTA (Aug. 3, 2006) — To further enhance Manheim POINT, Black Book vehicle values have been added to existing vehicle valuations in the product, company executives announced Wednesday. Other recent enhancements include increased market data, which is designed to allow ... [Read More]

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (Aug. 2, 2006) — Continuing the expansion of its services for dealers and consumers, Chase Auto Finance announced Tuesday it will open a prime/near prime business center in Atlanta this month to provide dealers with both prime ... [Read More]

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. (Aug. 2, 2006) — DealerTrack Holdings has acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of DealerWare, which is a provider of auto menu selling and other dealership software, executives announced Tuesday. "We are pleased to ... [Read More]

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. (Aug. 1, 2006) — Advertising on travel, special interest and finance Web sites can prove more profitable for upper-funnel brand marketing than placing ads on most auto shopping sites, J.D. Power and Associates reported Monday. According to ... [Read More]

CARY, N.C. (July 31, 2006) — A new trade publication targeted at the fast-growing, ever-changing subprime auto industry will launch in early October, the publishers of Auto Remarketing announced this morning. Titled SubPrime Auto Finance News, the new publication will ... [Read More]