Retail
Top-selling CPO car dealers by brand
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
As part of Auto Remarketing’s annual issue honoring The Best CPO Dealers in the USA, we reached out to automakers across the board to gather their respective top 10 lists of dealerships with the most certified pre-owned vehicle sales. Those brand-by-brand sales rankings, based on full-year 2018 sales, can be found below. Listings include dealer name, […] [Read More]
Best practices from top-selling CPO dealers
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
To recognize the dealers leading the certified pre-owned car business, the Feb. 15 edition of Auto Remarketing features our annual special section honoring The Best CPO Dealers in the USA. We reached out to automakers across the CPO spectrum and requested their respective top 10 certified dealer lists based on full-year 2018 sales. Auto Remarketing also connected with […] [Read More]
Schafer new VP of operations at Walser Automotive Group
Auto Remarketing Staff
Walser Automotive Group said it has hired Brad Schafer as vice president of fixed operations. Schafer will focus on all areas of service, business development center service, reconditioning, and parts. The automation, innovation, and streamlining of new technologies will be major areas of focus for Schafer. Schafer brings 25 years of experience, the last 12 with […] [Read More]
February 2019: The month to remember for certified pre-owned deals
Auto Remarketing Staff
Through the end of February, Audi is offering buyers all of its certified pre-owned models from 2013 to 2017 at 1.99-percent interest for up to 24 months. That is one of what Autotrader describes as the best CPO deals to help shoppers find and purchase a pre-owned vehicle this month. Autotrader notes that car buyers […] [Read More]
Shottenkirk Auto Group acquires 2 Toyota stores in Texas
Auto Remarketing Staff
Haig Partners acted as the conduit for a pair of Texas Toyota stores to change ownership. The firm represented Jerry Durant on the sale of Durant Toyota of Weatherford, Texas, and Jerry Durant Toyota of Granbury, Texas to the Shottenkirk Automotive Group. Founded in 1964, Shottenkirk Auto Group has grown to 15 dealerships in five […] [Read More]
Technology helps lead to Honda, Acura award for dealer
Auto Remarketing Staff
Paragon Automotive, with its Paragon Honda/Acura dealership in New York, has worked to keep up with the latest technology. The business boasts that its Paragon Direct app helps customers purchase and service their vehicles from their mobile devices. Efforts like that helped the company achieve what it says was a record-breaking 2018, and Honda has awarded Paragon with its […] [Read More]
Larry H. Miller Dealerships hits sales milestone
Auto Remarketing Staff
When customers Don and Janine Edwards purchased a 2019 Honda Pilot from Larry H. Miller Dealerships’ Murray, Utah location on Jan. 28, they might not have known they were at the center of a company milestone. The Pilot was the 2 millionth vehicle sold for Larry H. Miller Dealerships. The company has come a long way […] [Read More]
Tier One Executive Search expands dealership recruitment efforts
Auto Remarketing Staff
Automotive and manufacturing recruitment firm Tier One Executive Search says its customers and the industry think of the company for its work in the manufacturing area. But the business notes that its recruiting work has also taken place in passenger car, recreation vehicle, off-highway equipment and heavy vehicle retail operations for many years. Now, Tier One is expanding […] [Read More]
DealerPolicy expanding locations, services
Auto Remarketing Staff
DealerPolicy, an auto insurance company geared toward car dealers, has been moving toward increasing its services. The company is already integrated with F&I software providers and also recently partnered with Equifax, which it says will help dealers accelerate the financing and purchase process. Now, the company is expanding into the state of Virginia. DealerPolicy notes […] [Read More]
Dealer product supply companies announce executive appointments
Auto Remarketing Staff
David Adcock has joined dealership warranty, certification and maintenance program company Binary Automotive Solutions as executive vice president. In other personnel news, document management products company DealerDOCX appointed Bill Reidy as executive vice president. Adcock brings more than 20 years of industry experience to his new position at Binary Automotive Solutions. He has worked with […] [Read More]
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