TransUnion’s Q3 2016 Industry Insights Report powered by Prama analytics showed auto finance delinquency, for consumers 60 days or more past due, reached 1.33 percent during the third quarter, up from 1.19 percent in Q3 of 2015. The report indicated that 38 of the 50 states posted year-over-year delinquency rises of more than 10 percent. Making […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing officially turned 25 this year. While this is the anniversary for silver, we like to think the past two-and-a-half decades have been golden. We’re celebrating with our Dec. 1 issue, the 25th Anniversary Edition of Auto Remarketing, and we want your input. After all, Auto Remarketing can’t happen without you. So, if you […] [Read More]

The leasing market keeps moving toward a point where less than $100 per month will put someone into a vehicle. The closest deal to that figure this month according to Wantalease.com is the Nissan Sentra SV currently being offered at $109 per month, down from $129 just a month earlier. Site officials highlighted there are 13 […] [Read More]

Election season got you down? If you're a dealer doing business in a battleground state, the answer is most likely yes. A recent analysis by Dealer.com revealed that car-shopping behavior in states where the vote can “swing” either red or blue – Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and […] [Read More]

Marketers are using mobile’s targeting capabilities to more adeptly find their prospects and customers. Although certain best practices are universal, sometimes you need a unique approach to best navigate industry-specific challenges. The auto purchase journey is more fragmented than ever before, and people are doing more research online before visiting a dealership. Marketers need to […] [Read More]

With recalls very much in the news these days, dealers and drivers alike may be wondering about automakers’ track records when it comes to such actions. Using new-vehicle sales data as well as recall data from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration from the last three-plus decades, iSeeCars endeavored to find out. The Boston-based automotive […] [Read More]

A preview of some of the enlightening discussions on tap for this year’s Re3 Conference presented by MBSi Corp. is scheduled for the final edition of Used Car Week Live. The online video event set for 2 p.m. ET next Thursday will include Cort DeHart, who is both vice president of business development at Agero and […] [Read More]

When it comes to smaller new-car segments, one of the trends at play in the slowdown is “an affordability issue,” says Autotrader senior analyst Michelle Krebs.  “There are just many consumers who are being frozen out of the new-car market,” Krebs said during the Q&A portion of sales day conference call with the media on […] [Read More]

They might not always appear on the driveway wrapped in a giant bow, but gifted cars — either to a loved one or one’s self — are a big deal. And millennials, it turns out, are the demographic most likely to be doing the gifting. According to eBay Motors’ just-released Holiday Automotive Gifting Survey, millennials […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing and SubPrime Auto Finance News have announced the winner of this year’s Re3 Executive of the Year Award, which is being presented by Consolidated Asset Recovery Systems (CARS). The honoree who will be presented with the accolade at the Re3 Conference during Used Car Week is Jerry Shelby, who is the director of […] [Read More]