LeasePlan USA announced Monday that one of its own has been elected as vice president of the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance. As the organization’s VP, LeasePlan USA’s director of remarketing Levi McCoy will serve on the board of directors, which meets regularly to discuss and resolve issues regarding the IARA’s service to its membership base. […] [Read More]

Renovo Services recently brought in a former executive from PAR North America to be its vice president of customers. Tapped for the role is Annie Lowell, who most recently was executive sales director at PAR North America. Renovo is looking to Lowell to oversee the national sales function as well as grow existing relationships and […] [Read More]

Not only is the Illinois Recovery Association ready to celebrate its 10th anniversary, the organization is using its annual meeting to discuss how the recently passed Collateral Recovery Act is going to affect repo agencies in the state. The association is meeting Friday at the Embassy Suites in East Peoria, Ill. IRA intends to use […] [Read More]

It was announced late last week Mark Kaczynski, who currently serves as controller of sales and marketing at Nissan Americas, will succeed Steve Lambert as president of Nissan Motors Acceptance Corp. Lambert will be taking on the role of vice president of information systems. These appointments take effect Dec. 1, following a transition process that […] [Read More]

Though some concern exists in Canada — and despite the “fairly grim” economic prospects for several of the top economies throughout the world — the economic picture in Canada is pretty stable, according to ALG Canada, which offered its take on four key economic indicators in the market. In fact, during the first quarter of 2011, […] [Read More]

The Used Car Dealers Association of Canada says the Insurance Bureau of Canada has “terminated” its access to the accident insurance claim data that it uses in its AutoCheck vehicle history reports, so now the group has initiated legal action to get that data back and get these history reports rolling once again. To shed […] [Read More]

The notion of someone paying more for a used car than what the same car costs new would likely sound strange to most anyone. Odd as it may be, that apparently is the case for scores of 2011 model-year vehicles on the market, according to NADAguides. The site has spotted 107 models from 2011 whose […] [Read More]

Honoring six dealerships that it believes exemplify the company’s key core values, used-car extended service contract provider Preferred Warranties Inc. has revealed its third annual Values Awards. Preferred Warranties picked a winning dealer for each of its five core values — integrity, pursuit of excellence, community, service and fun — and also spotlighted an overall […] [Read More]

Volkswagen Credit announced its new president and chief executive officer on Tuesday to replace the retiring Kevin Kelly in January. Promoted to the position is Andrew Stuart, currently the executive vice president and chief financial officer, a position he has held since 2009. Kelly will retire following 34 years of service. His time with Volkswagen […] [Read More]

After recently revealing the winners of this year’s Dream Car Art Contest, Toyota announced Tuesday that it will be holding the contest for the sixth year, as well as expanding the reach of the event to include 80 countries and regions. The automaker will be accepting entries from Oct. 1 to Jan. 31 for the […] [Read More]