The rapidly growing online retailer Carvana entered two new Arkansas markets this week, expanding into Fayetteville and Fort Smith. Those represent its fourth and fifth markets in the state, respectively. “Growing our footprint in Arkansas helps us bring 'The New Way to Buy a Car' to even more customers looking for an easy, transparent car buying experience,” […] [Read More]

AutoNation said Wednesday it has opened the second of the five standalone used-car stores it plans to launch this year. AutoNation USA Denver 104 is the first of two pre-owned stores the retailer intends on opening in the area during 2021. By the end of 2026, the dealer group expects it will be operating more […] [Read More]

Lithia & Driveway announced two purchases Tuesday, one of which gives the company a presence in one of the largest markets in the Southeast: Atlanta. The retailer said it has acquired Curry Honda in Chamblee, Ga., giving Lithia its first store in the Peach State. Additionally, Lithia bought Orange Coast Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram in […] [Read More]

Two of the nation’s publicly traded dealership groups announced respective acquisitions Monday, including one with a price tag in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Group 1 Automotive has entered a deal to buy Prime Automotive Group’s 30 dealerships and three collision centers in a deal that’s expected to be for $880 million. Meanwhile, LMP […] [Read More]

Women in Auto Care has gone above and beyond to help females looking to start their careers in the industry in year. In 2021 so far, the community of the Auto Care Association has awarded more than $175,000 in scholarship funding and starter tool sets to 63 female students across the U.S.  The group's scholarship program […] [Read More]

Last week, RumbleOn — one of the nation's largest retailer of powersports vehicles — announced the closing of its business combination with RideNow. This means RumbleOn, which offers an onminchannel buying experience for powersports customers, has acquired 100% of the RideNow dealership portfolio. "We are very excited to announce that we closed our business combination with RideNow, becoming the […] [Read More]

Ivette Dominguez Drawe and Michael Drawe began a relationship when they were both working in management positions at Sonic Automotive, leading them to getting married. Now the couple along with business partner Rick Jones are growing their own dealership group. According to a news release from Performance Brokerage Services distributed on Friday, the trio purchased Don […] [Read More]

Carvana now offers its touchless home vehicle delivery to Reno, Nev., and Carson City, Nev., residents, the online retailer announced this week.  Now, Nevada residents in the areas can shop the e-commerce platform's 45,000 vehicles for sale.  Of the launch in Reno, Carvana founder and chief executive Ernie Garcia said: “We look forward to giving residents of […] [Read More]

CarGurus has joined comedian and car enthusiast Jay Leno  for the revival of popular game show "You Bet Your Life." The online auto platform for buying and selling vehicles has launched a premier partnership with the gameshow inspired by the classic Groucho Marx game show. What does the partnership entail? CarGurus will play a big […] [Read More]

The California New Car Dealers Association Scholarship Foundation is providing more than $100,000 to students seeking out automotive technology careers through its annual CAR CAREERS Scholarship Program; the winners of which it announced this week. The dealer association’s scholarship program selected honorees after evaluating applicants’ academic performances, career interests and industry experience. The foundation’s board chose […] [Read More]