The No. 1 Buick and GMC dealer in Alabama is now part of the brands’ dealer advisory group. Taylor Bentley Conner, dealer principal of Howard Bentley Buick GMC in Albertville, Ala., has been appointed as a Southeast Region representative to the Buick GMC National Dealer Council, the dealership announced. Conner will serve a three-year term […] [Read More]

Asbury Automotive Group’s drive toward “portfolio optimization” has shifted into high gear. The Atlanta-based dealership group has already closed on the sales of 10 dealerships in 2026, all in February, which the company said are part of its ongoing capital allocation and portfolio optimization efforts. The latest divestitures include six Plaza Motors locations in the […] [Read More]

Experian senior director for automotive Jim Maguire made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to recap findings from the company’s latest dealer survey that examined the impact of fraud at dealerships. Maguire then touched on the balance dealers and lenders have to create to still have a smooth path to vehicle acquisition for consumers while […] [Read More]

CarEdge, an artificial intelligence-powered car-buying platform, has launched its Dealer Transparency Index, a free public scoring system that the company said provides “independent verification that a given dealer’s consumer-facing pricing practices are real and honest, not just a marketing tactic.” The company said the index “solves a longstanding problem the industry has been unable to […] [Read More]

One of the most active sellers in last year’s dealership M&A market is back at it in 2026. Asbury Automotive Group has parted with its six Plaza Motors dealerships and a collision center in the St. Louis market, a deal announced by the Presidio Group, which represented Asbury. The sale to MileOne Autogroup included Plaza […] [Read More]

Rick Case Automotive Group was No. 1 in 2025. Twice. The South Florida-based dealership group was recognized as the owner of the world’s top sales volume location for both the Honda and Volkswagen brands, the company said in a news release. Rick Case Honda in Davie, Fla., was honored as Honda’s largest volume dealer for […] [Read More]

Hunter Automotive Group has moved into the big city. The Henderson, N.C.-based dealership group announced it has acquired Victory Chevrolet in Charlotte from Brandon Gandy, its first location in the state’s largest market. “Charlotte is a key market for our strategic growth,” Hunter Automotive owner and CEO David Hunter said. “We are focused on expanding […] [Read More]

Sonic Automotive thinks of its EchoPark used-vehicle business as “the Costco … of the pre-owned world.” Sonic’s president Jeff Dyke made that comment during Sonic’s fourth quarter 2025 earnings call on Wednesday. Although he didn’t immediately explain what he meant by the Costco comparison, he said later that EchoPark’s combination of being a low-cost provider […] [Read More]

Group 1 Automotive sold more used vehicles in the fourth quarter and for all of 2025 than in the previous year, but made less money from those sales. Executives in the earnings call put a positive spin on the news, however. “Our used GPUs in the U.S. are higher today than pre-COVID. They’re lower than […] [Read More]

CPO FOMO is real. The certified pre-owned segment is an “underutilized” lever with a bevy of advantages for dealers and automakers,  said Jonathan Banks of J.D. Power during a presentation at the JD Power Auto Summit earlier this month. Average monthly payments on CPO vehicles last year ($592) were comparable to average non-CPO used ($609) […] [Read More]