Roadster chief operating officer Rudi Thun sees some successful dealerships making great strides in smoothing out the friction points vehicle buyers experience. Thun described how those stores are doing it during this Auto Remarketing Podcast with Nick that originated during CU Direct’s Drive 19 Conference in May in Las Vegas. The full episode can be […] [Read More]

Arent Fox is bolstering its compliance offering, and in the process, bringing back one of its experts. This week, the firm announced the launch of Managing Automotive Compliance, a regulatory, auditing and consulting service that is designed to help auto industry clients manage their regulatory needs. The firm explained Managing Automotive Compliance is geared to defend […] [Read More]

This week, the American Financial Services Association welcomed its new vice president of communications. Taking on this role for the national trade association for the consumer credit industry is Ed McFadden. AFSA indicated McFadden will play a crucial role in expanding the association’s mission of ensuring access to safe and important consumer credit products. Officials […] [Read More]

automotiveMastermind founder and co-chief executive officer Marco Schnabl says now that almost 300 Jaguar Land Rover retailers will have access to his company’s Market EyeQ product, those dealerships will receive data-driven insights of their entire market. That means those dealers can “provide an individualized approach for each customer, enhancing the overall experience and allowing dealers to […] [Read More]

Carvana’s latest launches in Florence, S.C., and Spartanburg, S.C., which the company announced Wednesday, make it seven markets for the company in South Carolina. With these launches, Carvana now offers as-soon-as-next-day vehicle delivery in 133 U.S. markets. “We have steadily been increasing our South Carolina presence since launching here in 2017,” Carvana founder and chief executive officer Ernie […] [Read More]

Southeast Toyota Distributors has expanded its 15-year data relationship with data and technology company Acxiom, and the result will help Southeast Toyota Distributors better understand its customers and prospects, have meaningful conversations with them and lower the company’s cost of acquisition while improving conversion. Southeast Toyota Distributors, which describes itself as the world’s largest independent distributor […] [Read More]

Black Book’s lane watcher stationed at a sale in Pennsylvania succinctly summed up the dealer and wholesale price activity contained in the firm’s latest Market Insights report. The Keystone State representative said, “The auction is simply not as active as it was just a couple of weeks ago.” Editors noticed wholesale prices for both cars and […] [Read More]

National Automobile Dealers Association chairman Charlie Gilchrist recently wrote about how data and digital issues remain a high priority for the organization. And it appears those topics certainly are being monitored by the Federal Trade Commission, too. Early this week, the regulator announced an Iowa company that sells software and data services to dealers has […] [Read More]

When Toyota first launched the world’s first mass-produced hybrid — the Prius — in 2000, it promoted the vehicle’s 41 miles per gallon combined city/highway. Nineteen years later, the Prius Eco’s lighter lithium ion battery improves by 15 miles per gallon at 56 MPG combined. That is one reason why Toyota performed well in the […] [Read More]

With dealership competition as fierce as ever and consumers further recognizing the value of used vehicles, vAuto wants to be sure its tools are as sharp as possible. On Wednesday, the company expanded its proprietary suite of market data to all Stockwave users. The expansion included the introduction of vAuto’s Live Market View and Autotrader’s […] [Read More]