The growing market of vehicle subscription services has a new entrant, and it’s one that has already lined up a key partner in the auto finance and wholesale space in Ally Financial. Mobiliti, a new subscription service based in Detroit, said it will work with dealers to provide a vehicle subscription option to consumers, and […] [Read More]

The best practice webinar series for dealers from Carfax will relaunch Thursday, and is now called the Carfax Insiders series, the company recently announced. Carfax's revamped webinar series includes two webinars that are geared toward helping dealers apply best practices at their used-car operations. “Get the Most out of Accident Cars, ” the first of two […] [Read More]

Aimed at helping dealers justify their ad budgets, a proprietary digital solution designed to show just where ad dollars are going each month can match car buyers with the exact display campaign messages that initially brought them in the door. A Texas dealer group that used the solution called DataMatch to increase the sales of a particular brand during a […] [Read More]

fusionZONE Automotive has made a purchase that it says will help broaden its presence in the single-point dealer and dealer group spaces and make the company one of the Toyota Digital Dealer Solution program’s largest providers. On Wednesday, the website solution provider announced plans to buy web design company MotorWebs. Terms of the deal to […] [Read More]

Over the course of a week at AFSA's Vehicle Finance Conference, the J.D. Power Automotive Automotive Summit and NADA Show 2018 in Las Vegas last month, Auto Remarketing recorded more than a dozen podcasts with auto industry leaders.  To kick off our podcast series from these events, we bring you a sit-down discussion with Sandy Schwartz, […] [Read More]

Toyota and Porsche shoppers can rest easy when considering their next vehicle’s expected deprecation before buying. The two brands are winners of the mainstream and luxury categories, respectively, in the 2018 Edmunds Best Retained Value Awards. The awards are based on the 2018 model-year vehicles with the highest projected residual values after five years. Toyota […] [Read More]

Among the familiar benefits this segment can provide, longest-lasting might just be the most attractive feature that dealers can tout when talking about sport utility vehicles. Car search engine iSeeCars.com’s latest study identifies the 10 vehicles most likely to last 200,000 miles or more. Across all vehicle segments, seven of the 10 longest-lasting vehicles identified are […] [Read More]

Based on how the flow of tax refunds impact the used-vehicle market, Cox Automotive wasn’t surprised by the movement of wholesale prices in March. According to Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index — a measure of wholesale prices adjusted for mix, mileage and season — wholesale used-vehicle prices decreased slightly in March compared to February. But March […] [Read More]

Innovate Auto Finance added to its human capital this week in an effort to keep its book of business growing. Innovate Auto Finance, a purchaser and servicer of auto portfolios and provider of line-of-credit financing, has hired Kevyn Rails as vice president of portfolio acquisitions. In this role, the company indicated Rails will source profitable […] [Read More]

The trophy case at defi SOLUTIONS is starting to get quite full as the company received another accolade this week. In recognition of its position as a dynamic and disruptive industry Fintech innovator and business partner defi SOLUTIONS has been named to CIO Review’s annual list of Top 20 Most Promising Financial Services Technology Providers for […] [Read More]