A Harvard business student and former advertising art director at General Motors released a research paper last month with car dealership ad spend in mind. Automotive Retail Advertising in Crisis: Overlooked Liquidity Lever, which was published by Andrew Reutsky on Aug. 12, reports the first field deployment of Banner-VIN-Profit, which is an open-source attribution model […] [Read More]

Go Auto has gone Hollywood. The Canada-based dealership group said Tuesday it has acquired Toyota of Hollywood in Los Angeles, which was the first Toyota dealership in North America upon its founding in 1957. Go Auto now has eight dealerships in the U.S., including three in California. The retailer has 70 dealerships throughout North America, […] [Read More]

Asbury Automotive Group has named a new senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Wendy Reynolds-Dobbs, who is currently Asbury’s interim chief human resources officer and vice president of talent development and chief culture officer, will begin that new role on Sept. 14. Reynolds-Dobbs joined Asbury in May 2022. Her prior roles include serving […] [Read More]

Carvana is bringing Inspection and Reconditioning Center capabilities to its ADESA Brasher’s auction in Rio Linda, Calif., the online used-car retailer said Tuesday. Doing so will add reconditioning capacity to the auction as well as a new inventory pool in Carvana’s national network. This means a broader selection of retail used cars for consumers across […] [Read More]

Last week, Cox Automotive rolled a path to gain more dealer feedback for vAuto. This week, the company used dealer feedback to roll out upgrades for VinSolutions. And according to a Cox Automotive news release, dealers already appreciate the improvements, which include: —Predictive Insights with GenAI: Turns Cox Automotive’s real-time behavioral, transactional, and dealership first-party […] [Read More]

Dealership personnel now can complete another task with a smartphone. Reynolds and Reynolds on Tuesday announced a partnership with RockED with the fruit of it being training on RockED’s mobile app designed to help dealership teams get the most out of products like AutoVision and FOCUS. The companies said the training emphasizes best practices and […] [Read More]

American Recovery Service announced in a social media post that experienced recovery industry professional Adam Fader joined the company as vice president of client services. According to his professional online profile, Fader has previously held a variety of similar leadership positions, including: —Client relations and business development with MVTRAC —Vice president of client relations and […] [Read More]

Nissan and INFINITI dealers have another option to help remove affordability barriers that often lead customers to decline or defer recommended work. The option came on Tuesday when DigniFi announced that it will offer its services. Nissan and INFINITI dealers across the United States will have access to DigniFi’s Buy Now, Pay Later and flexible […] [Read More]

Solifi CEO Dan Corazzi said, “Automotive finance is one of the clearest examples of why connected technology matters.” Corazzi made that assertion on Tuesday when Solifi announced that it has acquired Inovatec Systems Corp., a cloud-based lending technology provider serving banks, captive finance organizations, credit unions, and specialty lenders across North America. According to a […] [Read More]

Informed has a new chief executive officer with plans on expanding beyond auto lending into adjacent verticals. On Monday, the artificial intelligence-powered platform that helps lenders verify applications, detect fraud, and accelerate loan funding across auto and consumer lending appointed Daniel Sogorka to the leadership position. Informed highlighted the transition reflects its next phase of […] [Read More]