AutoNation announced Thursday that it has proposed a $300,000 matching grant to help combat homelessness across the Southeastern Florida area that is home to the company’s headquarters. Until Dec. 31, AutoNation said it will now match up to $300,000 in donations made to the United We End Homeless project started by Broward County business leaders. The joint initiative […] [Read More]

Dealers can find out how to use techniques that are intended to help boost buyer interest in online used-car inventory in the next Carfax Insiders webinar that’s set to broadcast on Thursday at 2 p.m. (ET). The company announced a relaunch of its free best practice webinar series for dealers that is designed to share […] [Read More]

In the latest installment of the annual Power 300 issue of Auto Remarketing, we go behind the scenes with some of the leading companies in the used-car space and their top executives with a few Q&A features. First up is Jill Whitehead, senior vice president of operations at Dominion Dealer Solutions. Auto Remarketing: What have been some of the […] [Read More]

Throughout June and last month, Florida’s Subaru of Pembroke Pines and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Southern Florida Chapter took part in the Subaru Loves to Care initiative for a third consecutive year to provide gift bags to patients who are currently battling cancer this summer. Subaru Loves to Care, Subaru of America's 2-year-old health-concentrated initiative, has […] [Read More]

In its 20th year of funding pediatric cancer research, the Hyundai Hope On Wheels nonprofit organization has gifted its $100,000 Hyundai Impact Award to the Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. The Hyundai Impact Award, which has been awarded to 21 other recipients, was presented this year to Dr. Don Eslin, who practices pediatric […] [Read More]

Used-car sales have been quite hot.  In fact, not since 2012 has the July seasonally adjusted annualized rate for used cars been as high as it was last month. That’s according to the latest Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index report, which said used-car sales paced at an estimated 39.2 million SAAR last month. There was a […] [Read More]

Group 1 Automotive has grown its portfolio of Honda dealerships to 13 in total with the recent purchase of additional Honda dealerships in both Louisiana and Texas. Group 1 announced Tuesday the acquisition of Honda of Slidell in Slidell, La., and Fernandez Honda in San Antonio. “We are delighted to expand our partnership with Honda, one of the […] [Read More]

Bernie Moreno Companies (BMC) has made an investment in the Dryver personal driver service to help the company boost activity in current markets and support new growth. The BMC dealership group announced Monday that it has partnered with Dryver to expand its business, but details and terms of the investment and partnership have not been disclosed. […] [Read More]

Morgan Auto Group has expanded its portfolio to a total of 32 dealerships with the addition of two new stores that will be led by Jerry Clark. The company announced Friday that its newly acquired Brandon Hyundai and Brandon Mitsubishi stores in Tampa, Fla., represent its first and third Hyundai and Mitsubishi dealerships, respectively. “The Brandon Hyundai […] [Read More]

Sonic Automotive’s EchoPark stand-alone, used-vehicle stores were “profitable as a group” in June, Sonic executive vice president of operations, Jeff Dyke, said during the company’s second quarter earnings call on July 27. Dyke said EchoPark’s seven stores made more than $1 million in June and were tracking to exceed that amount in July. The company […] [Read More]