With Cox Automotive’s sizable data assets, RMS Automotive has created a new AI-powered Optimization product suite and will develop a vehicle recommendation engine for dealers. Driven by robust data assets from parent company Cox Automotive, RMS’s fresh Optimization product suite can provide clients with vehicle-specific insights that can help them increase their operations' profits and residual […] [Read More]

Spireon has claimed another accolade for its mantle. The GPS provider recently was named the IoT Vehicle Telematics Company of the Year in the 2018 Compass Intelligence awards. Voted on by a judging panel of more than 40 industry-leading journalists, editors and analysts covering technology and the IoT, mobile devices and software sectors, Spireon was […] [Read More]

The latest information from Equifax reinforced the depth at which finance companies are backing off in their originations within the subprime space. Equifax recently shared its observations of auto finance originations through January. Through that juncture, analysts found that 19.2 percent of retail installment sales contracts and leases were issued to consumers with a subprime […] [Read More]

With spring unofficially ending with Memorial Day weekend just ahead, Black Book and J.D. Power Valuation Services took in-depth looks at what happened in the lanes during the spring market and a few general economic trends that unfolded. Edmunds also considered the ongoing challenge automakers face trying to retail green vehicles. Black Book acknowledged that spring […] [Read More]

Don Oliver went into retirement for about a year until he was recently lured back into the vehicle service contract administration business. RoadVantage, one the fastest-growing providers of F&I programs for the automotive industry, announced the addition of Oliver as its senior vice president of operations. Oliver is a 30-year veteran of the VSC marketplace, having […] [Read More]

National Automotive Finance Association board member Joel Kennedy leveraged his experience and expertise into a position with a consulting firm broadening its scope into consumer finance. Spinnaker Consulting Group, a national boutique professional services consultancy based in Richmond, Va., will expand its services into the consumer lending industry with the addition of Kennedy to the […] [Read More]

There was a 15.1-percent month-over-month drop in late-model auction volume in April, but comparisons with last year are starting to even out a bit, according to the latest Guidelines report from J.D. Power Valuation Services. April’s late-model auction volume was down 1.6 percent year-over-year, with year-to-date figures down 2.8 percent, according to the report. Compare […] [Read More]

While analysts noticed April’s wholesale price movements went in a direction not seen during that particular month in seven years, the team at J.D. Power Valuation Services is projecting the change in May prices won’t be as dramatic as seen a year ago. According to the latest installment of Guidelines, J.D. Power Valuation Services is […] [Read More]

Cherokee Media Group (CMG), publishers of Auto Remarketing and SubPrime Auto Finance News, and producers of Used Car Week, the Automotive Intelligence Summit and Auto Remarketing Canada — as well as additional leading auto industry events and media — has announced the launch of a new media property called the Auto Fin Journal.  Launching this […] [Read More]

Cherokee Media Group (CMG), publishers of Auto Remarketing and SubPrime Auto Finance News, and producers of Used Car Week, the Automotive Intelligence Summit and Auto Remarketing Canada — as well as additional leading auto industry events and media — has announced the launch of a new media property called the Auto Fin Journal.  Launching this […] [Read More]