A Texas dealer group is employing artificial intelligence to make it easier for Spanish-speaking car shoppers to find and buy its inventory. Cavender Auto Group, which operates eight rooftops in the San Antonio and Dallas areas, announced a partnership with Carfluent, a provider of AI-driven software that publishes additional search, inventory and vehicle detail pages […] [Read More]

The National Automobile Dealers Association has set up succession plans for chairmanship of the trade group. NADA said Tuesday that its board of directors has elected current vice chairman Gary Gilchrist to be its 2024 chairman, and selected to be the next vice chairman is Tom Castriota. Gilchrist, who is president of Gilchrist Chevrolet Buick […] [Read More]

As an independent dealer, Kendra Brown knows what issues dealers are facing. As a marketing expert and founder and chief strategy officer of The Dream Team Media Company, she also knows how to help dealers solve many of those issues. Kendra joins Cherokee Media Group associate editor Andrew Friedlander on the show to talk about […] [Read More]

Former Bank of America executive Jayson Crouch has joined Haig Partners, a buy-sell advisory firm to dealership owners, as its new managing director. Haig Partners said Crouch will help lead the firm’s growth on the West Coast. Crouch previously served as Bank of America’s senior vice president of national accounts, focusing on the top 150 […] [Read More]

For the second month in a row, Autonomy announced a partnership designed to scale its operations and offer streamlined electric vehicle ownership solutions across the United States. On Monday, the EV subscription company revealed a partnership with Atlantic Coast Automotive. As part of this partnership, Atlantic Coast Automotive dealerships equipped with Autonomy’s platform can offer […] [Read More]

Gabrielle Abinion, who at age 25 serves as general manager of Fox Valley Volkswagen in St. Charles, Ill., was honored with the Ally Sees Her award as an emerging auto dealership leader. The award was presented by Ally senior director of auto sales Juan Niebles during the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers annual conference […] [Read More]

What happens when a prospect contacts a dealership through its website? Maggie Pugesek knows. In her role as partner and lead trainer for C&M Coaching, she “mystery shops” dealerships and trains them on handling phone calls and internet leads. On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Pugesek discusses how dealers can make the most […] [Read More]

Longo Toyota, which bills itself as the world’s largest Toyota dealership, is going all in for education. The El Monte, Calif., dealership is auctioning off a 2023 Toyota GR Corolla MORIZO, with all proceeds to be donated to the El Monte Schools and Vision To Learn. The auction will take place virtually from Oct. 18-24, […] [Read More]

Former Cox Automotive executive Mike Boyd has joined AutoMobile Technologies as its new managing director, AMT’s parent company Repair OnDemand announced. The company said Boyd, who will report directly to Repair OnDemand president Randy Kobat, will lead AMT’s expansion efforts and “drive continued success within the car dealership market.” Boyd most recently served as senior […] [Read More]

Electric vehicle sales are charging ahead at record pace, according to the latest data from Kelley Blue Book. KBB’s Q3 EV sales volume report, released Thursday, showed more EVs were sold in the third quarter of 2023 than in any previous quarter as EVs earned a record market share. Total EV sales for the U.S. […] [Read More]