Dawn Walston is vice president and general manager of Titus-Will Toyota in Tacoma, Wash., which is part of the Titus-Will Automotive Group. She joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss how her dealership and group has navigated the COVID-19 pandemic in one of the hardest-hit areas of the country. To listen to this episode, click on […] [Read More]

Vehicle sales aren’t the only retail category to drop because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kerrigan Advisors’ first quarter 2020 Blue Sky Report outlined the decline of the dealership buy/sell market impacted by the same trigger. Kerrigan Advisors reported this week that Q1 activity fell by 9.3% year-over-year. The firm indicated transactions slated to close at […] [Read More]

Amid the recovery in the overall used-vehicle retail market, the certified pre-owned segment was an especially bright spot in May. According to a Cox Automotive analysis of data from Motor Intelligence, there were 237,495 CPO sales for the month. While that’s down 6% from May 2019, last month’s certified sales tally is 87% stronger than […] [Read More]

Sonic Automotive and its chain of standalone used-car stores, EchoPark Automotive, have chosen Darwin Automotive as their digital retailing partner for their 95 dealerships across 12 U.S. states. The companies said the partnership marks an extension of Sonic and EchoPark’s existing relationship with Darwin following the implementation of Darwin’s F&I presentation software in its dealerships. […] [Read More]

Autotrader on Monday announced its latest national advertising campaign, showing shoppers how easy car buying can be in the new normal in which consumers have adjusted to managing aspects of life from home. For the campaign, titled “Dealer Chats,” the commercial brings the dealership showroom experience to a shopper’s home. It includes scenes of buyers […] [Read More]

Miracle Toyota in Haines City, Fla. of the Murphy Auto Group recently invited the local police and fire departments to receive GTECH sanitization for their vehicles at no charge. That is just one way that Michael Dennis Murphy and his Murphy dealerships have given back to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. They have also distributed […] [Read More]

Connected-car platform and telematics data insights provider Zubie has started a new partnership to integrate its telematics data within the HQ Rental Software platform. With the integration, rental fleet operators gain access to connected car insights along with real-time fleet and inventory management tools. The companies say that provides the ability to improve business operations. […] [Read More]

“Ups” likely aren’t just walking through the dealership showroom doors now that COVID-19 has impacted so much of daily life. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, AutoFi head of digital retail Joe St. John described how some dealers have basic fundamentals in place for a smooth digital retailing process or, conversely, understand they […] [Read More]

CARFAX says a program that it started in 2019 can help dealerships drive service traffic during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Through the program, called CARFAX for Life, dealers can use the CARFAX name with tools such as specially branded service reminders. The reminders still direct customers to the dealership, but unlike typical reminders, the reminders […] [Read More]

Group 1 Automotive has appointed Daniel McHenry as chief financial officer. Since 2007, McHenry has served as Group 1’s U.K. finance director. McHenry will replace long-time Group 1 chief financial officer John Rickel, who after almost 15 years of service will retire from the company at the end of the year. McHenry’s appointment is effective […] [Read More]