It was a tight race at the top, but Galpin Ford managed to rank as the top-selling certified pre-owned dealer for Ford in 2015. The North Hills, Calif., dealership sold 1,464 CPO units last year. As part of our “Best CPO Dealers in the United States” issue this winter, we asked Al Joseph — the general […] [Read More]

The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association announced a new National Member Benefit partner on Friday, bringing Car Brite into the fold. Car Brite provides professional detailing and restoration products. With this move, NIADA members will receive a bonus package for installing the Car Brite SELECT detailing system. “We are delighted to have Car Brite become […] [Read More]

One of the biggest areas of growth for the auto business in recent years, and one particularly impactful for franchised dealers, has been certified pre-owned car sales. Even after five straight years of record years, we may only be scratching the surface for CPO. In an emailed Q&A with National Automobile Dealers Association chairman Jeff Carlson ahead […] [Read More]

Not only can you expect new-car buying and vehicle ownership to remain relatively unscathed by car-sharing and ride-sharing upstarts, these burgeoning services may actually present an opportunity for dealers and others in the auto business. That’s according to a recap of the 2016 Kelley Blue Book Ride Sharing/Car Sharing Study, which was commissioned by KBB […] [Read More]

U.S. dealerships were buying and selling at rapid rates last year, fueled in part by Berkshire Hathaway’s giant acquisition of the Van Tuyl auto group. According to The Blue Sky Report from Kerrigan Advisors, which released its full-year 2015 analysis on Wednesday, U.S. dealership buy/sell activity reached record highs last year. According to The Banks Report […] [Read More]

CarMax announced Tuesday it is currently recruiting for more than 1,600 positions in its locations across the United States. According to the company the majority of the positions are in sales, with additional positions available in service, purchasing and in the business office. The positions available also range from full- and part-time with day and […] [Read More]

The Big 3 increased certified pre-owned sales by 1.6 percent year-over-year in February, moving 77,734 certified units, according to Autodata Corp. Year-to-date, the Big 3 is down 1.5 percent with 147,038 sales. Meanwhile, Asian brands sold 99,249 CPO vehicles for the month and were up 14.7 percent. Through February, they are up 8.4 percent with […] [Read More]

Along with authorizing a share repurchase on Thursday, Lithia Motors’ board of directors appointed a new member who officially came into the fold this week. Joining the dealer group’s leadership team is David Robino, who will serve as an independent director. Robino began his management career with Maytag and at Pepsi-Cola and worked as senior […] [Read More]

Toyota Motor Sales USA announced Wednesday it is expanding two of its previous recalls involving Takata-sourced front-passenger airbag inflators. The recall expansion adds model years of certain vehicles that were already previously recalled and will include all remaining dual-stage front-passenger airbag inflators of a particular type as a precautionary measure. According to Toyota, the expanded […] [Read More]

After a modestly slow start to the year, certified pre-owned vehicle sales rebounded last month with the best February on record, according to Autodata Corp. There were 211,482 CPO sales for the month, which beat year-ago figures by 7.1 percent and January numbers by 10.8 percent, Autodata said.   Each of those months had the same […] [Read More]