Kelley Blue Book recently announced its 2018 Brand Image Award winners, and Honda, Lexus and Ford took the top spots after receiving the highest average scores among 12 brand watch factors. In addition to being named 2018 Best Value Brand and Most Refined Brand, Honda took home the Best Overall Brand title for the first time […] [Read More]

In pursuit of new partners nationwide, Car Keys Express recently introduced an affiliate program for businesses and consumers. As part of the new Car Keys Express Affiliate Program, participants can earn commission up to 10 percent for all purchases made using their unique referral link provided by the company. Each affiliate receives a shareable link for their audience to use […] [Read More]

The International Automotive Remarketers Alliance announced this week a new Canada Committee co-chair. Chosen for the IARA Canada position is Eric Janca, lease maturity and remarketing manager at SCI Lease Corp. Janca was also a speaker at the Auto Remarketing Canada Conference earlier this week in Toronto, and offered analysis on insights and intel impacting […] [Read More]

An executive with vast experience at some familiar names within the personal computing space now is in the automotive arena. On Thursday, DealerSocket announced that Jose Arcilla has joined the company as chief operating officer. The company highlighted Arcilla joins DealerSocket from Symantec Corp., and brings more than 20 years of experience leading operations across some […] [Read More]

Direct Auction Services company Roadrunner Services announced Wednesday that it has entered a new joint venture with KC Drive Away to add seven of its Midwest and Southwest locations to its roster. Roadrunner Services said this move will grow its current pick-up and delivery service offerings. Along with the added seven KC Drive Away locations […] [Read More]

Here is another example of service providers collaborating to provide independent dealerships with tools their competitors backed by automakers might have. Fidelis PPM announced on Thursday that its sister company Vero has partnered with financial services provider Allied Solutions to provide an inventory merchandising and vehicle service contract program designed to drive profits and retention […] [Read More]

Three leading automotive analysis outlets are projecting a typical bump in new-vehicle sales usually seen in March. But at least one expert is seeing the potential softening new-model retail sales being a propellant for used-vehicle turns, which already are expected to improve in March. Edmunds estimated 3.7 million used vehicles will be sold in March; a […] [Read More]

After announcing earlier this week it entered the Denver market, ecommerce platform for buying used cars Carvana revealed Thursday it has also launched its newest car vending machine in Tampa, Fla. The automated, coin-operated marching is eight stories high and holds up to 32 vehicles. This is the company’s second car vending machine in Florida, […] [Read More]

Earlier this year, SpringboardAuto released results of a survey that determined consumers want to finance their vehicle online and doing so significantly improves their overall car buying experience and perception of the dealership where they take delivery. And last week, SpringboardAuto shared a case study that aligned with those survey findings around the emerging consumer […] [Read More]

VinSolutions announced Wednesday that it has launched an all-new solution, called Enterprise Customer, which can give dealers insight regarding customers' related activities across dealership group rooftops. The new capability has been added to the company’s Connect CRM and newly released Connect Mobile application. In addition to a holistic view of customer profiles, Enterprise Customer also features […] [Read More]