Once again, CARFAX has selected the dealers on its platform deemed best by their customers. This time, though, they’ve added an extra twist, highlighting dealers who have remained on top. The sixth annual CARFAX Top-Rated Dealers Awards were chosen this past weekend in conjunction with the NADA Show in New Orleans, recognizing dealerships earning the […] [Read More]

A small dealership group doubled in size with the acquisition of two stores in Iowa. Alex Tovstanovsky and his mother, Yelena, of Sky Auto Mall have purchased Van Horn Ford and Van Horn Chevrolet in Newhall, Iowa from Van Horn Automotive Group, according to Performance Brokerage Services, which brokered the transaction. The Tovstanovskys immigrated to […] [Read More]

It has been quite an odd and unprecedented week for the auto industry and its largest annual event. Amid the historic snowstorm that hit New Orleans on Tuesday and hampered travel into the city for NADA Show 2025, the president and CEO of the National Automobile Dealers Association released a statement Thursday morning, providing an […] [Read More]

Educating consumers is widely considered a key to increasing sales of electric vehicles. So RockED and J.D. Power are teaming up to create more EV experts. The auto sales enablement platform announced an alliance with J.D. Power to launch the J.D. Power EV Expert Certification program, powered by RockED. The program is designed to deliver […] [Read More]

After 100 years, the Bohn family is out of the car dealership business. Bohn Brothers Automotive Group sold its last dealership, Toyota of Slidell in Slidell, La., to Tennessee-based Carlock Automotive this week, according to Kerrigan Advisors, which represented the seller in the transaction. The sale marked the end for Bohn Brothers, which had been […] [Read More]

Spiffy is gaining momentum in the mobile service department segment. The company announced last week that its Digital Servicing platform has been integrated with CDK’s Fortellis platform, meaning dealerships can now connect Spiffy’s mobile service technology with CDK’s management system. As part of this, Spiffy has added a third dealership to its Digital Servicing program: […] [Read More]

Team Automotive Group has selected a longtime automotive trainer to lead its operations. The Charlotte, N.C.-based dealership group, which operates five locations in the Carolinas, has named NCM Associates moderator and consultant Thaddaeus “TJ” Wilson IV its new chief operating officer. In a news release, the company said Wilson’s 30-plus years of industry experience and […] [Read More]

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from Used Car Week 2024 in Scottsdale, Ariz., with a Speed Session featuring Dan Dionne, who is vice president of sales with RockED. Dionne acknowledged dealership salespeople often have to have “difficult conversations” with potential buyers when challenges arise such as bruised credit, negative equity […] [Read More]

With its signature event set to begin next week in New Orleans, the National Automobile Dealers Association is reaching out to help, in light of the city’s New Year’s Day terrorist attack. NADA announced it has donated $25,000 to the New Orleans Relief Fund, established by the United Way of Southeast Louisiana to provide direct […] [Read More]

Tire distributor and service provider Dealer Tire is teaming with auto sales and service training platform RockED to develop and launch a new tire sales certification program for parts and service associates at select dealerships, combining Dealer Tire’s expertise in tire distribution and services with RockED’s micro-learning and gamified training systems. In a news release, […] [Read More]