Many of the metrics around Asbury Automotive Group's used-car operations have shown some growth, both in the third quarter and through nine months of the year, according to the retailer's quarterly earnings report released Tuesday.   Asbury increased its used-car retail sales by nearly 11 percent in the third quarter, retailing 20,824 pre-owned units. That’s up from […] [Read More]

Auto classified industry veterans Skip Dowd and Ernie Blood — who have been with operations such as AutoMart Magazine, AutoMart.com, AutoTrader.com, Mini Merchant and Trader Publishing — are now collaborating on a new platform to help dealers move metal. Dowd and Blood joined forces to launch MAutoSearch, an online mobile vehicle-buying solution that is geared to […] [Read More]

The next line of succession in National Automobile Dealers Association leaders has been decided. Current NADA vice chairman Charlie Gilchirst, who is president of Texas-based Gilchrist Automotive, was elected 2019 president by NADA’s board of directors during their meeting in Newport, Calif., on Tuesday. Chosen to be the vice chairman for next year is Rhett Ricart, […] [Read More]

Perhaps a couple times a week, a vehicle with a manual transmission rolls over the curb or pulls into the service drive at your dealership. According to data shared by CarMax on Monday, the penetration of company sales for vehicles that are equipped with manual transmissions is down 86.2 percent from 23 years ago. Back […] [Read More]

In 2012, Auto Remarketing launched its “Best CPO Dealers in the USA” series, an annual program that includes brand-by-brand rankings of the dealerships with the most certified pre-owned sales from the preceding year.  The No. 1 CPO seller for Nissan has been the same in each of the seven editions of “Best CPO Dealers.”  That […] [Read More]

The nation’s franchised car dealers are getting a major boost to their hiring efforts, thanks to a partnership between their national trade group and Hireology. The National Automobile Dealers Association is teaming up with the hiring and talent management platform on an array of measures to provide human capital management education and training for NADA […] [Read More]

Roger Penske, owner of Penske Automotive Group and multiple successful motorsports teams, will be the recipient of this year's Spirit of Competition Award from the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. An award gala for Penske will be held on Halloween night at the museum in Philadelphia. “No one epitomizes the ‘Spirit of Competition’ more than Roger […] [Read More]

Sonic Automotive didn’t have to leave home to open its newest EchoPark Automotive store. The retailer has launched an EchoPark used-car standalone store in Charlotte, N.C., which also happens to be where Sonic is headquartered. The new store is located at 3648 E. Independence Blvd. in Charlotte, about three miles from corporate headquarters. In addition […] [Read More]

Now five years after revitalizing its event at the nation’s capital, the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association is seeing significant dividends from its political investment. NIADA recently completed another successful National Policy Conference with its annual Day on Capitol Hill, widening and strengthening the foothold the association has established in Washington D.C. NIADA revived its […] [Read More]

A sampling of results shared by automakers in news releases or via email shows a mostly positive September for the certified pre-owned car market. Kia, for example, said it sold 6,201 certified vehicles in September, up from 5,777 a year ago.   Volvo, meanwhile, said it increased its CPO sales by 35.5 percent year-over-year, moving […] [Read More]