This evening, another round of the College Football Playoff rankings will be released, with teams (OK, arguments aside) ordered based on how they stack up against the rest. Much like college football on the sports landscape, certified pre-owned is crazy popular in automotive. But how would they stack up in a top 10 ranking?  Edmunds.com tackled […] [Read More]

The Larry H. Miller Group of Companies — a group that includes the Larry H. Miller Dealerships, among many other business entities — announced the release of “Behind the Drive: 99 Stories from the Life of an American Entrepreneur” on Friday, a collection of stories passed down about Larry H. Miller and written by his son, […] [Read More]

Volkswagen Group of America elevated one of its executives at VW Credit on Monday to be president and chief executive officer of the captive finance company. Taking on the role effective Jan. 1 is Horst Meima, who most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of VCI. Meima brings with him more […] [Read More]

Depending on whose forecast you subscribe to, new-vehicle sales this month may end up being the highest November has ever seen. And the used-car market? Well, count on it to reach at least 2.7 million sales  and probably more, if projections from Edmunds.com and TrueCar hold firm. Edmunds is forecasting 2.77 million used sales for […] [Read More]

After a recent Autotrader study showed car technology trumps brand and color for new-car shoppers, new data from KPMG shows automakers might need to step it up in the tech department even more. A recent KPMG study, titled, "The Clockspeed Dilemma," shows that automakers may need to start acting more like tech, software and consumer […] [Read More]

Would it surprise you to find out that members of the Generation Y cohort may actually “love” their vehicles, on average, more than other generations? That was the finding of Strategic Vision’s research on the subject, which they began after identifying “love” as the “holy grail of the customer experience.” This led to the creation […] [Read More]

ACA International chief executive officer Pat Morris reiterated three reasons why collection industry executives should participate in the organization’s 2016 Washington Insights Conference, which had to be adjusted due to a revised congressional schedule released by new leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives. While the date has changed to April 20 and 21, Morris maintained […] [Read More]

As part of an effort that unites rival ACC schools in the Tar Heel state, Auction Direct USA announced that it will present a $1,500 donation to the “Million Meals Challenge” on Dec. 1. So what is the Million Meals Challenge? In short, it’s a collaborative partnership between Harris Teeter and four North Carolina universities — Duke, UNC, […] [Read More]

Reynolds and Reynolds announced that it has joined on as an NIADA Member Benefit Partner for the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. Reynolds Document Services will now provide the business forms and sales contracts, compliance services, branding products and other dealership supplies to the NIADA’s dealer members in North America. “We’re pleased to join the NIADA […] [Read More]

A recent study commissioned by the National Automobile Dealers Association reveals that vehicle trade-in values could decline by an average of $1,210 if legislation were to pass that forbade dealers from selling used-vehicles with open recalls. The J.D. Power study, which NADA commissioned, is titled “An Economic Assessment of Trade-In Value Reduction Caused by Preventing Auto […] [Read More]