In a battle of the sexes, Autobytel’s editor in chief and assistant editor went head to head in a battle to find the hottest cars for 2012. By price category, Michelle Naranjo, editor in chief, and assistant editor Jeffrey Ross picked from a wide variety of cars during the company’s Valentines Day fun. Independently of […] [Read More]

Digital marketing company ChannelNet recently revealed it has picked an auto industry veteran to serve on its board. Tapped as the newest board member is AJ Wagner, president of AJ Wagner & Associates LLC, and former president of Ford Motor Credit Co. North America, and corporate vice president of Ford Motor Co.  Commenting on the […] [Read More]

I’d like to thank all of the dealers and their teams who visited vAuto’s booth to learn more about our Provision inventory management system and other products and services. The positive responses about Provision confirm it’s a game-changer for the industry. While chatting with dealers and managers at NADA, I was struck by how often […] [Read More]

In a new deal that the Car Care Council has struck with The Weather Channel Cos., the non-profit organization is offering vehicle maintenance advice on weather.com, as well as including links to its own website. And as consumers apparently hit weather.com fairly regularly to check the latest forecast — and given the fact they now […] [Read More]

Though executives acknowledged on Thursday’s quarterly conference call that used-vehicle supply and pricing are likely to continue to be challenging, Group 1 Automotive celebrated a double-digit spike in fourth-quarter used sales on its way to achieving what was the most profitable year ever for the dealership group. Group 1 capped its best-ever year with a […] [Read More]

Along with an update from the president about the organization’s industry scorecard, the American Recovery Association revealed more of its agenda for the 2012 North American Repossessors Summit, including the event’s keynote speaker. Headlining the two-day training and networking event will be Mike Goins, senior manager and head of loss recovery at TD Auto Finance, […] [Read More]

The organizers of the 2012 Auto Remarketing Canada conference presented by CarProof announced this morning that three additional speakers have come on board, including two who will share insight about the Canadian certified pre-owned market. Signing on to the speaker list for the conference — which is being held April 16 through April 18 at […] [Read More]

Seeing a Wall Street Journal report saying Chrysler is in the midst of seeking a new bank alliance to provide services for the automaker’s captive finance arm didn’t cause David Kelleher to overreact. The Chrysler National Dealer Council president told Auto Remarketing he thinks the OEM is simply testing the financial waters and likely Chrysler […] [Read More]

Kelley Blue Book unveiled the winners of its inaugural Total Cost of Ownership Award program on Wednesday, and taking the top honors were Kia and Audi. Kia won the overall award among all automakers, while Audi received the award for luxury brands. KBB also honored individual models across 21 segments, as well. To determine the […] [Read More]

WomenCertified revealed today a list of the dealers who excel in customer service in an effort to help women identify the best rooftops to visit in their community.  The company who represents female car shoppers released the  first WomenCertified Top Dealerships for Outstanding Customer Experience for 2011, which is being sponsored by Dealer Communications. [Read More]