Eighteen independent auctions took home honors Monday night in Las Vegas at the ninth annual OVE.com Awards show. OVE recognized top-performing partners in several categories. Both the first-place winner and second-place winner in each respective OVE.com Award category are listed below, in order: Highest Commercial Volume — Southern Auto Auction and Norwalk Auto Auction  Highest Commercial Mix — […] [Read More]

February shopper interest data recently released by Jumpstart Automotive Media suggests that a number of luxury-oriented consumers have been increasingly cross-shopping full-size pickup trucks. In addition to the full-size pickup truck segment now representing the third most-shopped, January luxury shoppers who were also cross-shopping trucks increased 22 percent from the previous month, while non-luxury shoppers […] [Read More]

Just over a month ago, Autotrader announced a revamp of the car-shopping site that, among other upgrades, would include online deal-making. That piece of the revamp would essentially allow consumers to start the buying process online through Autotrader and help transition them “from searching to buying when they are ready.” That project took a step forward on Monday. […] [Read More]

AutoTec announced Monday that AuctionACCESS has expanded its floor plan platform via the integration in EDGE AuctionOS auction locations. The integration allows participating lenders to centralize and automate the transmission of credit availability to EDGE AuctionOS locations. “We are thrilled to partner with EDGE AuctionOS on our floor plan platform,” AuctionACCESS vice president of business […] [Read More]

Dominion Dealer Solutions introduced its new cloud-based CRM — Dominion Vision — on Monday.  This follows the company's January release of its new DMS, Dominion VUE, which is hosted in the Microsoft Azure Cloud. Dominion Vision is powered by CRMSuite and features both customized reporting and consumer-focused communication tools including a virtual, personal assistant, “Olivia.” “There are […] [Read More]

AutoIMS recently announced the company’s plans to recognize its 20 years of business with a 20-week campaign set to begin Tuesday. The company said it will launch the upcoming anniversary campaign at the CAR conference in Las Vegas this week. “Our team is energized by the relationships and experiences of the past two decades. As it […] [Read More]

Certified pre-owned vehicle sales edged up by 0.4 percent in February, keeping the year-to-date sum ahead of 2017 through two months of the year. According to Autodata Corp., there were an estimated 212,116 CPO sales last month, compared to 211,225 certified sales in February 2017. Through two months, year-to-date sales of 415,139 are up 2.7 […] [Read More]

Vincentric awarded the Toyota brand top honors in its 14th annual Best Value in America Awards. Toyota received a total of two Best Value in America brand awards and eight model-level awards, including the Toyota Tacoma which earned honors for the 14th year in a row. For the second year in a row, the Toyota […] [Read More]

Platinum Auto Finance recently bolstered its executive team with a leader who possesses a wide range of professional experience with smaller and large providers. David Knightly joined Platinum Auto Finance as senior vice president of operations and national sales director, reporting directly to chief operating officer Scott Long. In this role, Knightly will support major strategic […] [Read More]

A former award-winning member of Dealertrack’s team recently joined FrogData, a business analytics platform that can deliver advanced reporting, business insights and predictive analytics to dealers, helping them make better decisions to make a positive impact on their business. FrogData continued its rapid expansion with the hiring of Paul Arenson as senior sales consultant. Arenson […] [Read More]