Judge instructs CDK to transfer Asbury data to Tekion as part of pilot program
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While its defense activities against the Federal Trade Commission are ongoing, Asbury Automotive Group claimed a legal victory in another matter.
Late on Wednesday, the dealer group announced the entry of a court order directing CDK Global to provide data for four Asbury dealerships to Tekion Corp.
The move is part of a pilot program initiated by Asbury at the dealerships.
The dealer group said the court’s order followed the filing of a lawsuit by Asbury in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County in Georgia.
According to a news release, prior to the entry of the order, CDK had refused to transfer the dealerships’ data to Tekion, which competes with CDK in providing dealership management system (DMS) services to automotive dealerships.
“We are pleased we can proceed with this pilot program despite the roadblocks raised by CDK,” Asbury vice president and chief information officer Barry Cohen said in the news release. “Our guests and team members are well served when we are free to test business products that make the car-buying and servicing experience better.”
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In August, Asbury CEO David Hult said, “We are confident that we will prevail in the litigation,” after the group rejected “false and unfounded” allegations by the FTC of “payment packing” at three of its dealerships in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
