Domestic-brand dealers increased their April certified pre-owned sales by more than 15 percent, pushing their year-to-date total above 300,000 units, according to Autodata Corp. The Big 3 sold a collective 78,864 CPO units for the month, beating April 2014 figures by 15.5 percent, Autodata noted. Through four months, domestic certified sales reached 312,763 units for […] [Read More]

From adding service bays and express lanes to extending hours, many dealerships are investing heavily in fixed operations. However, the impact of that investment to the bottom line could be minimized if your fixed ops employees are unhappy. Dissatisfied employees lead to higher turnover, higher costs, reduced service capacity and decreased customer satisfaction. If you’re […] [Read More]

Asbury Automotive Group is expanding in the Atlanta market. The dealer group announced that it has purchased Capital City Nissan, which rakes in approximately $70 million in revenues each year. Asbury will rebrand the dealerships Nalley Nissan Atlanta, bringing its store count to 17 in the state. The new store is located near I-285 at […] [Read More]

The “spring effect” is in full effect, and the used-car market continues to churn out high numbers. With close to 3.6 million used-vehicle sales in April, there have now been nearly 10 million used cars sold so far this year, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association. The April used-car sales total represented a 5.3-percent […] [Read More]

Dealertrack Technologies’ TradeTracker Used Vehicle Market Report for the month of April was recently released, reflecting another month of trade-in consistency for Canadian dealers. The Ford F-150 was once again the overall most-appraised vehicle in Canada, followed by the Toyota Corolla and the Honda Civic sedan, all following three-month and year-long trends. The Ford Escape […] [Read More]

In light of Auction Direct USA entering the certified pre-owned market through a partnership with NIADA, one of the questions that chief executive officer Todd Hoagey acknowledged people might have is this: why does the company need a CPO program? Speaking last week at the partnership’s kick-off event at the Auction Direct store in Raleigh, N.C., […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing has learned that Volvo has new leader for its certified pre-owned program to replace Steve Golow, who is now aftersales operations manager for the Southern region at Volvo Cars of North America. Now serving as the national pre-owned manager for Volvo Cars North America is Robert Zilinski, who came over to the company […] [Read More]

FordDirect announced today the promotion of 15 of its employees to senior director and director-level positions in its finance, information technology, sales and marketing, and product strategy departments. The company’s promotions, in their respective departments, include the following, provided by FordDirect: Finance Mia Anderson is promoted from director of cash management and financial analysis to […] [Read More]

Though last year’s high gas prices may have pushed some consumers into more fuel efficient rides, with 2015’s low rates, it seems shoppers are making a compromise. Though not swinging back to full SUVs, TrueCar projects compact utilities will become the top-selling U.S. vehicle segment this year, for the first time. Backing up this assertion, […] [Read More]

Mazda North American Operations announced today that it has made a $1 million donation to the St. Jude Children’s Hospital to aid the latter’s efforts in researching and treating childhood cancers and other life-threatening diseases. The donation was made through the Mazda Drive for Good program, which ran from Nov. 21 to Jan. 2, aiming […] [Read More]