IntelliChoice.com announced the winners of its 2012 Best Overall Value of the Year awards. Each year, IntelliChoice compiles and analyzes data on every new model sold in America to identify those that not only have low total ownership costs, but also have lower than expected costs over time, compared to other similar models. According to […] [Read More]

CarFinance Capital LLC, a specialized provider of non-prime financing for auto dealers, announced that it has expanded its dealership services to provide incremental customer referrals from CarFinance.com, which offers direct lending to the less-than-prime consumer. The new program is designed to ensure dealer profits by providing loan-to-value ratios of up to 120 percent, and $2,000 […] [Read More]

Dealers United recently announced it represents more rooftops than all of the publicly-traded MegaDealer groups combined. The member-based service, which was launched in October of last year and is free for dealers to join, is designed to act as the business development arm for private dealerships and private dealer groups by researching vendors and negotiating […] [Read More]

Cars.com announced that it will be giving the Super Bowl XLVI audience the power to make a big difference in the lives of kids and young adults through its "Cars Cares" campaign. During the game, when the Cars.com commercial airs, viewers who use the popular Shazam App to tag the ad will earn $1.00 for […] [Read More]

Just a short time after revamping its website, Automotive Finance Corp. today officially rolled out a mobile app designed to address its dealer customers’ business needs. Officials highlighted the AFC on the Go mobile app was developed after surveying customers about their mobile computing challenges. AFC’s mobile app is available for immediate download from the […] [Read More]

From an all-star rapper to the grown-up version of America’s favorite teenage truant, from sarcastic NBC comic legends to vampires, this year’s collection of automaker Super Bowl commercial stars run the gamut of pop-culture icons. Heading into the weekend, the spots are also generating a bit of “pre-game buzz” for automakers, some of whom are […] [Read More]

American Honda Motor Co. recently revealed its No. 1 U.S. Honda volume dealer for 2011 and taking top honors was Norm Reeves Honda Superstore Cerritos, which is located in the Los Angeles market. Interestingly enough, the dealership was ranked No. 3 in the nation for certified pre-owned sales, and will be honored in the Feb. […] [Read More]

The new year began on a positive note for both foreign and domestic nameplate dealers, according to the American International Automobile Dealers’ Market Watch report. Overall sales even saw a double-digit rise year-over-year, climbing by 11.4 percent. And this high sales rate bodes well  for the industry, as experts increase their SAAR predictions for the […] [Read More]

The 2012 Auto Remarketing Canada conference presented by CarProof added another keynote speaker this week to complement its existing lineup of leading Canadian remarketing executives and dealers. Signing on to the conference lineup is Steve Coulman, national remarketing manager at BMW Group Financial Services Canada. He joins an April 17 keynote panel that includes: —Claudio DeAngelis, […] [Read More]

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Canada president and chief executive officer Brian Fulton has been chosen to head up financial services in China; and appointed to take his place in Canada is Stefan Karrenbauer, the company announced earlier this week. The changes were officially effective on Wednesday. Karrenbauer most recently headed up operations development at Mercedes-Benz Bank […] [Read More]