The newest financing data from Edmunds and Kelley Blue Book reinforced how the newly installed chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association didn’t mince words as the auto industry gathered for annual festivities in San Francisco. “Affordability is an issue. All of the new technology, safety features and fuel economy add costs. That’s a real […] [Read More]

In light of the ongoing dialogue involving affordability, 700 Credit recently announced a collaboration with Equifax for its QuickQualify web-based platform. The provider of credit reports, compliance solutions and consumer pre-qualification products explained that QuickQualify Xpress utilizes Equifax identity data and uniquely differentiated data sources to automatically prefill applications, which can reduce keystrokes for a […] [Read More]

Back in August, Fisker Inc. chairman and chief executive officer Henrik Fisker joined the advisory board at motec ventures, an auto and mobility tech investment group out of Berlin. Motec is a collaboration of the e&Co. AG auto and mobility consulting firm in Germany and the Venionaire Capital venture capital firm out of Austria. Fisker […] [Read More]

CDK Global unveiled some new technological programs at the recent NADA Show, including one that the company says “is modernizing automotive retail.” CDK Global, a provider of integrated information technology and digital marketing products to the automotive retail and adjacent industries, says its products automate and integrate all areas of the dealership and buying process. […] [Read More]

RouteOne said on Thursday that one of its longest-tenured executives — chief operating officer Brad Rogers — announced his resignation to take leadership of an organization in an adjacent industry. And it appears it’s going to take five other RouteOne executives to handle the chores overseen by Rogers, who had been with the company since […] [Read More]

OpenRoad Auto Group has a long history with Toyota. The group began its partnership with the automaker in 1978, when the company opened its first Toyota showroom on Granville Avenue in Richmond. The dealership in 1985 moved to its current Richmond Auto Mall location and renamed it OpenRoad Toyota Richmond. The dealership group went on to […] [Read More]

What Comerica Bank chief economist Robert Dye projected to unfold this week came to fruition as the Federal Reserve had its first opportunity of 2019 to make an interest rate adjustment. The Federal Open Market Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 2.25 to 2.50 percent as all 10 […] [Read More]

Craig Pollock, president of JM Lexus and group vice president of parent company JM Family Enterprises, added a veteran to be a key leader at the organization’s luxury dealership in south Florida. Joining JM Lexus as vice president and general manager is Mark Hoppe, who has taken over the reins from Jim Dunn, who held […] [Read More]

Naked Lime Marketing (NLM) recently debuted a market intelligence platform that it says will provide dealers with a single data set combining transactional, demographic and behavioral customer information segments. As a result, the tool is geared to give dealers the ability to have analytical, fact-based decision making. The marketing, advertising and web services company rolled out the platform called […] [Read More]

Fewer personal cars on the road. Less congestion. Cleaner air and more land for people, housing and open space. Those are just some of the social and environmental benefits that car sharing can provide for its members and the cities in which they live. That assertion is according to car sharing network Zipcar’s 2018 Impact Report. […] [Read More]