Another cluster of family owned dealerships is departing the industry and selling to a larger group. According a to a news release distributed on Tuesday, Kerrigan Advisors represented and advised Minnesota-based Village Automotive Group in its sale of Lexus of Wayzata, Lexus of Maplewood and Village Chevrolet to Chicago-based Ed Napleton Automotive Group, which operates […] [Read More]

Top executives from Equifax, Experian and TransUnion all appeared on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a hearing orchestrated by the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, which is seeking revamps to how credit reporting is completed. And one of the companies offered six recommendations to assuage concerns about what some lawmakers are considering to be outdated […] [Read More]

America’s Car-Mart expanded its network of buy-here, pay-here dealerships, according to an announcement distributed on Tuesday. The company said it reopened a store located in Tyler, Texas, lifting its total dealership count to 144. Car-Mart now has 13 dealerships in Texas. Car-Mart added that bringing the store back in Tyler marked the fifth dealership opening […] [Read More]

Auction accidents happen, especially when vehicles are driven through the lanes. To minimize the chances of vehicle accidents, ADESA has established what it calls VirtuaLane at 20 of its 75 physical auctions in the North America. A VirtuaLane sale has all the trappings of typical physical auction lanes: an auctioneer, ring men and dealers bidding […] [Read More]

There will likely be about 3.5 million used vehicles sold this month, beating January figures of 3.1 million, Edmunds projected in its latest monthly auto-sales forecast, which was released last week. The seasonally adjusted annualized rate is expected to come in at 39.3 million, versus 39.2 million a month ago, according to Edmunds. In similar, […] [Read More]

It’s one of life’s greatest frustrations: Finding a place to park. Making the problem even more frustrating is the fact that many businesses, including car dealers, have under-utilized parking spaces available. A new app promises to help solve that problem. Parkedit.Space is designed to connect owners of underutilized parking spaces with drivers and auto dealers […] [Read More]

Auto/Mate Dealership Systems provides dealership management system software to more than 1,400 retail automotive dealerships. Now, Auto/Mate DMS customers can use GoMoto’s Virtual Service Advisor Platform, a service lane kiosk that Auto/Mate says provides customers with a self-led check-in process. Auto/Mate Dealership Systems stated on Monday it has completed all dealership management system integrations with […] [Read More]

In the finale of six panel discussions recorded at Used Car Week 2018, Bill Zadeits and Charlie Vogelheim moderate a session on the "Consignor's Perspective: The State of the Used-Car Industry." Panelists include Jason Alba of Ally, Chris Clarke of ARI Fleet, John Manchin of Subaru and Brooks Stewart of Bridgecrest, followed by closing words […] [Read More]

As the company explained the ongoing financial and marketplace challenges in getting TradeRev’s adoption rate higher, KAR Auction Services is launching a pilot program for the tool that Jim Hallett summarized when presenting the opportunity to dealers by saying, “They said, ‘How can we say no to this?’” During a phone conversation with Auto Remarketing, […] [Read More]

Finance companies sometimes give grace to contract holders in hopes the individual can get back on the payment track since it’s potentially much more lucrative than having to go through the repossession and recovery processes. Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) released a research report last Friday, examining the use of subprime auto finance extensions as a […] [Read More]