More than a decade removed from the Great Recession, media analysts and economists believe there is potential for an economic downturn to occur within the next few years. Despite the speculation, the automotive finance market appears to be strong. In fact, Experian’s Q3 2019 State of the Automotive Finance Market report continues to show year-over-year […] [Read More]

The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association recently selected its newest Bronze-level National Corporate Partner, going with a firm that aims to help dealerships improve communications with their customers. The newest partner is Podium, a leading interaction management platform in the auto service industry that works with more than 40,000 businesses worldwide, including 5,000 dealerships in […] [Read More]

The experts at ALG, Cox Automotive and Edmunds spotted a stable start to 2020 on the auto-finance front, with annual percentage rate (APR) for used vehicles remaining nearly steady and APR on new models moving higher but not dramatically. Plus, incentives leveraged by automakers actually declined. According to data from Edmunds, average APR on used […] [Read More]

Larry H. Miller Dealerships’ footprint in Albuquerque, N.M. is now seven locations as the company announced its acquisition of Mark’s Casa Chevrolet and Mark’s Casa Chrysler Jeep. The company will rename Mark’s Casa Chevrolet as Larry H. Miller Casa Chevrolet. Mark’s Casa Chrysler Jeep will become Larry H. Miller Casa Chrysler Jeep. The acquisition also […] [Read More]

With many Super Bowl television viewers likely watching Sunday night’s game with a smartphone in hand, Autotrader, Cars.com, Edmunds and Kelley Blue Book tabulated which automakers generated the most buzz with their TV commercials to their respective websites. Analysts from the quartet of vehicle-listing sites reviewed site traffic associated with the OEMs that shelled out […] [Read More]

In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, we continue with our special episodes recapping general sessions from Used Car Week. Next up is our annual Women in Auto Finance panel discussion. Moderated by Cortney Osborne of American Recovery Service, this panel features: Tina Love of Allied Solutions Carol Moore of Hyundai Capital America Michele […] [Read More]

The National Automobile Dealers Association says its new NADA Analytics platform gives subscribing NADA 20 Group members the ability to navigate, view and compare different reports that compile data from various sources. Those sources, according to NADA, include Google Analytics and Facebook, and industry-specific third-parties such as Cox Automotive (Autotrader and vAuto). NADA says the […] [Read More]

Rapid Recon, which describes its services as accelerating and streamlining how dealers get used cars sale-ready, announced two areas of improvement to its recon workflow software. Advanced Bluetooth locator technology for outdoor, indoor and multi-level facilities for auto dealers is one of those features. Called Live Locate, it detects location elevation in multi-story facilities and […] [Read More]

Today’s connected vehicles are generating infinitely more real-time data than drivers, manufacturers or dealers could have imagined five to 10 years ago. This information monitors the performance of the vehicle for maintenance, dependability and research purposes, as well as providing safety features for the driver and passengers. These software packages are increasingly becoming standard offerings […] [Read More]

LexisNexis Risk Solutions closed January by announcing it finalized the acquisition of ID Analytics, the San Diego-based provider of fraud and credit risk solutions. Previously, ID Analytics was a NortonLifeLock company. LexisNexis Risk Solutions said the strategic acquisition of data and analytics pioneer ID Analytics highlights the company’s commitment to expanding its innovation and expertise […] [Read More]