Risk management firm KPA Services recently announced that it closed on the acquisition of California-based Auto Advisory Services (AAS). The firm highlighted that its transaction that came to fruition on May 31 strengthens KPA’s F&I offering through the addition of new premium services, including on-site service drive audits and advertising compliance reviews, as well as […] [Read More]

LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS, a technology provider specializing in subprime auto finance originations, announced a strategic integration partnership with General Forensics with the thought of helping finance companies to operate more intelligently. Playbook, a General Forensics technology, integrates with LAUNCHER.SOLUTION's appTRAKER Loan Origination System seamlessly, giving finance companies the ability to make more informed collateral decisions and prevent […] [Read More]

Black Book described how the wholesale market is showing its “resilience” based on recent movement of its Used Vehicle Retention Index. Late Thursday, Black Book released its latest index reading, highlighting that it increased 0.4 percent during June to come in at 113.3. That’s up from the May reading of 112.9. Editors tabulated that the […] [Read More]

When the National Automobile Dealers Association board of directors met last month in New York, developments in Washington, D.C., once again dominated the conversation among directors from all over the country. No surprise there. But what was surprising was the specific area of policy currently under consideration in Washington. I’m referring, of course, to the […] [Read More]

Columbus Fair Auto Auction has promoted Annie Wheatley to serve as head of fleet operations and service subsequent to the semi-retirement of general manager Chuck Dearing and two other promotions. The auction announced Tuesday that it chose to develop its newly introduced vice president of fleet services role after Dearing's recent move to take on an advisory and relationship management […] [Read More]

In an effort to meet car shopper’s demand for online vehicle pricing transparency in Eastern New York State, a dealer group with 11 franchises has employed DealerDNA’s technology platform to provide added pricing information for its dealer websites. DealerDNA announced Monday that the Healey Brothers group of dealerships based in Hudson Valley, N.Y., has successfully […] [Read More]

June was a busy month for Scott Fink, the president and chief executive officer of Hyundai of New Port Richey — one of Hyundai’s top-selling certified pre-owned dealers and Auto Remarketing’s 2014 CPO Dealer of the Year. Not only is Fink ensuring that certified metal continues to roll over the curb, but he is also chairman […] [Read More]

Go Auto has purchased the Toyota on the Trail store that’s located close to the dealership network’s nearby Drayton Valley Toyota location. The company announced Wednesday that it has begun operations at Toyota on the Trail with new general manager Shane Sutherland, who most recently served as GM at Edmonton's Norden Volkswagen store. The dealership […] [Read More]

America’s Car-Mart and DriveTime combined to make four moves involving their dealership network in four different states during the past month. DriveTime shared developments in connection with three locations, including the opening of a new dealership in Woodbridge, Va. DriveTime’s newest dealership sits on 2.64 acres with 6,621 square feet of showroom space and almost […] [Read More]

As stores got Fourth of July sales campaigns into full swing, the National Automobile Dealers Association delivered comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce in an effort to make it clear that franchised dealers oppose the imposition of new tariffs or quotas on imported vehicles or parts. In comments sent to the federal agency ahead […] [Read More]