As voters are driving out to participate in primaries and caucuses, do you ever wonder what they’re driving? The folks at BestRide, a car-shopping website, and CarTalk, a nationally syndicated radio program, have done the legwork for you — and some of the results from the more than 10,000 respondents they polled may surprise you. […] [Read More]

St. Louis. Austin. New Orleans. Memphis. Nashville. Those might be pushpins on a barbecue- and gumbo-stained road map to music’s meccas, but they're also a sampling of cities where consumers are having the best experiences shopping for a car at the dealership.  CarGurus recently released a study ranking the top 10 cities with the most satisfied car shoppers, based on […] [Read More]

The year began with lease credit approvals down, but levels are rising slowly from December lows. That's according to trends Swapalease.com spotted on its own site, as the company said car lease credit approvals started the year off lower than trends showed during the last two quarters of 2015. But January’s performance definitely showed an improvement from the December […] [Read More]

Organizers for this year’s North American Repossessors Summit (NARS), an industry event hosted by American Recovery Association and Harding Brooks Insurance, recently announced that all exhibitor spots for its eighth annual event are sold. The organizations indicated the high interest of exhibitors combined with record-high numbers of early bird registrants is setting up NARS 2016 […] [Read More]

While the activity might remain stable once the vehicle enters the wholesale market, Manheim expects repossession volume to climb “modestly” this year based on one simple reason. There are more outstanding vehicle installment contracts in finance company portfolios nowadays. Cox Automotive chief economist Tom Webb insisted “it will take some time” for the industry to […] [Read More]

The Northwood University/Cox Automotive Interactive Dealer Summit is coming up Thursday at the university’s campus in Midland, Mich.  The event designed for networking and to spark important discussion surrounding marketing and retailing trends in the industry. It’s scheduled for from 8:30 a.m. (ET) to 5 p.m. on Thursday in the university’s Griswold Communication Center.  The summit […] [Read More]

There are over 47 million vehicles in the United States that have at least one unrepaired safety recall. That’s according to a recent analysis from Carfax, who pointed out that these 47 million vehicles are being driven, bought and sold, or sitting on a lot somewhere in our country, either because there’s not a fix […] [Read More]

Hyundai has taken the top brand spot in Kelley Blue Book’s 5-Year Cost to Own Awards, while Acura has earned top honors among luxury brands. KBB also recognized 22 segment winners, which were distributed across a fairly  wide array of brands. Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota each had four segment winners, and Buick had three. These […] [Read More]

A new survey from TransUnion again emphasized the value of accurate information available to collectors as a pathway to improve skip-tracing success. Officials found that more than nine in 10 collectors — 95.2 percent to be exact — have improved their right party contact rate since using online databases and sophisticated technology. TransUnion also determined […] [Read More]

Consolidated Asset Recovery Systems (CARS) is hosting a free, one-hour webinar aimed at answering common questions about the purpose and importance of service level agreements (SLA). Garrett Cline, CARS’ director of sales for the Eastern U.S., will lead the session that’s scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. ET on Feb. 16. Cline intends to cover: […] [Read More]