A new company called DealerStrip has added its twist to online used-car sourcing. Similar to Chicago-based Swap Motors and others, DealerStrip is a consumer-to-dealer auction channel. Aaron Fruge, DealerStrip executive vice president, said the company is a listing service where consumers can post vehicles for sale for no charge, inventory for which only subscribing dealers can […] [Read More]

The Jim Ellis Automotive Group wants everyone who comes to one of their showrooms to be in a giving mood like company leadership. Jim Ellis is again partnering with the Marine Toys for Tots program, but the relationship has been amped up a few notches with the automotive group offering the chance to win gas […] [Read More]

Franchised dealerships with Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac stores in their groups now can leverage help from a pair of advertising agencies. Both Naked Lime and Dominion Dealer Solutions recently announced they have completed all requirements to participate in the digital advertising program under the GM Dealer Digital Solution. This program allows dealers the opportunity […] [Read More]

Group 1 Automotive's store footprint is growing in both the U.S. and Brazil. This week, Group 1 announced three new dealerships have been awarded to the company as open points by American Honda Motor Co., Porsche Cars North America and Toyota do Brasil. In Texas, the company opened Sterling McCall Acura Sugar Land, an add […] [Read More]

When the American International Automobile Dealers Association gathers for its 49th annual meeting and luncheon in San Francisco in January, the group also will be honoring a member from the Golden State. AIADA plans to give the 2019 David F. Mungenast Sr. Lifetime Achievement Award to Dave Conant, a dealer from Newport Beach, Calif. The […] [Read More]

The CarLotz chain of used-car consignment stores has made another expansion, this time setting up shop in Texas. On Tuesday, the company announced a new location in San Antonio, continuing a 2018 growth pattern that has also included new stores in Florida and Illinois. CarLotz launched in 2011 in Virginia, eventually adding other locations in […] [Read More]

Earlier this month, AutoNation announced a partnership with used-car subscription provider Fair to potentially provide the dealer group’s customers “an alternative to traditional ownership” and drive used-car velocity. The partnership between AutoNation and Fair was set to roll out in California this month. In a news release on the deal, AutoNation chairman and chief executive […] [Read More]

Off Lease Only — among the Top 100 independent dealers highlighted this past summer in Auto Remarketing — is making its inventory of more than 6,500 vehicles easier to find in seven new online markets. Now customers who search for a specific vehicle via Cars.com will have Off Lease Only vehicles automatically pop up in […] [Read More]

Overall used-car retail sales were up slightly more than 5 percent year-over-year in the third quarter, with franchised dealers, in particular, increasing sales by 2.37 percent, according to a report from Edmunds. But certified pre-owned sales in Q3 dipped modestly (1.20 percent) from the year-ago period. These were just some of the data points shared […] [Read More]

Not since the high-flying days of Michael Irvin, Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith has Dallas … hosted the National Automobile Dealer Association convention. After a 28-year absence, Dallas will be the site of NADA Show in 2023, the association said Monday in a blog post. NADA held its annual convention there in 1995 and 1992. […] [Read More]