Leaders of Allied Finance Adjusters are quick to point out that the last couple of years probably have created more change in the repossession industry than any of the previous 75 years. With a mindset of bonding as a group, president George Badeen explained how this week’s convention is creating more enthusiasm and excitement. “We’re […] [Read More]

Vincentric unveiled its sixth annual Best Fleet Value in America Awards for units from the 2011 model year. The automakers claiming the most honors often duel it out for top monthly sales performances. Award orchestrators gave 10 awards to Toyota, while they gave nine to General Motors. Ford claimed five accolades, and Volvo, Audi, Volkswagen, […] [Read More]

With Auto Remarketing Canada 2011 — Canada’s Used Car Conference mere days away, event organizers shared an updated attendee list for the nation’s premier industry event, which begins Tuesday in Toronto. The updated attendee list can be viewed at http://arcanada.autoremarketing.com/sites/arcanada.autoremarketing.com/files/images/ARC_preshow_4-8-11.pdf. Complete conference details, including the final agenda, can be found at the conference website at […] [Read More]

Rolling out a new program to spotlight residual value strength, Edmunds.com shared the winners of its inaugural Best Retained Value Awards on Thursday. Winning in the non-luxury category is Honda and earning the No. 1 spot among luxury brands was Lexus. The awards are given to brands and individual brands with the strongest projected residual values […] [Read More]

Apparently, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus might not just be the title of the famous book by John Gray about the relationships between men and women. The phrase could actually be apt to describe gender differences when it comes to car-buying behavior. In fact, TrueCar.com analyzed more than 8 million vehicle purchases […] [Read More]

In what may help stimulate additional sales at its stores, Chrysler rolled out a new co-branded auto credit card program this week that rewards consumers for making purchases at the automaker’s dealerships as well as for assorted everyday and travel purchases. Chrysler teamed with MasterCard and First National Bank of Omaha to debut the Chrysler […] [Read More]

Ford is resuming a popular advertising campaign designed to capture conquest sales “head-on” by offering owners of competitors’ vehicles the chance to drive Ford models for a week. The “Swap Your Ride” campaign — which began airing in 2007 — kicked off its latest edition Wednesday with a set of commercials that share the experiences of […] [Read More]

Consumer Reports tested four small sedans for its recently released May issue and found one of these models, in particular, to be rather disappointing. Included in the group were the Volkswagen Jetta, two versions of the new Chevrolet Cruze and the Hyundai Elantra. Of this group, only the Elantra earned a recommendation from Consumer Reports, […] [Read More]

Over the next several weeks, about 300 World War II veterans from North Carolina will travel to the nation’s capital — many for the first time — to see the national monument that honors them for their U.S. military service.   [Read More]

The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association and the Edward E. Hall and Co. property and casualty insurance brokerage have teamed up for a new insurance program for NIADA members that officials say will offer the comprehensive coverage dealerships need. According to officials, the areas in which the NIADA Independent Auto Dealer Insurance Program will provide […] [Read More]