Two partners in retention marketing and retention plans have come together to provide dealership prepaid maintenance plan and loyalty rewards customers a speedier service check-in experience that helps advisers yield more time for additional customers. The provider of prepaid maintenance (PPM) customer retention plans Fidelis PPM announced Tuesday that it has entered a new partnership with SmartTech Enterprises to simplify […] [Read More]

Doug Marohn discusses his return to Nicholas Financial now as the president and chief executive officer of the Florida-based subprime auto finance company and why the branch-office model works for the provider. The full discussion can be found below. Download and subscribe to the Auto Remarketing Podcast on iTunes or on Google Play.  You can also listen to the latest episode […] [Read More]

In this episode, Black Book's Anil Goyal shares the most important factors impacting wholesale vehicle prices this year as well as how representatives watching the lanes every week help to shape the company's forecasts. The full discussion can be found below. Download and subscribe to the Auto Remarketing Podcast on iTunes or on Google Play.  You can also listen to the […] [Read More]

With eight individual model wins racked up, General Motors of Canada beat out all other automakers for the most Vincentric Best Fleet Value in Canada awards this year. Vincentric announced Tuesday that in addition to eight wins for GM of Canada, Ford Motor Co. of Canada follows closely behind with a total of six fleet award-winning models. […] [Read More]

Michael’s Auto Plaza in East Greenbush, N.Y., accepts bitcoin — a perhaps more well-known, but still very little understood cryptocurrency — as payment for vehicle purchases. The reason is simple, said Michael Severance, the used-car store’s sales manager. If his customer has bitcoins and wants to buy a vehicle, he wants to sell it to […] [Read More]

Amid the heat stemming from rising summer temperatures, consumers are flocking to sports and performance brands like Porsche, says Brian Miller, senior web analyst, strategic insights at Jumpstart Automotive Media. Jumpstart Automotive Media recently announced new insights into the top fastest growing brands after taking a close look at which brands experienced the largest boost […] [Read More]

Tricolor, one of the nation’s largest used-vehicle retailers designed to serve Hispanic consumers, recently announced the addition of veteran financial services executive Jason Hutton as its chief innovation officer. Hutton, who will report directly to chief executive officer Daniel Chu, is responsible for broadening the mission-driven platform to serve thin and no-file Hispanic consumers in […] [Read More]

In some circles, 1990s fashion is back in style nowadays, and S&P Global Ratings is seeing trends within the subprime auto ABS market that resemble the time when Umbro shorts, the discman and tight-rolled pantlegs became popular. According to a commentary shared with SubPrime Auto Finance News this week, analysts said the current innovation of […] [Read More]

One hundred and forty-eight Cox Automotive Canada executives, vendors and customers from Southern and Southwestern Ontario teed off this summer for the annual joint fundraising tournament hosted by Manheim and the Used Car Dealers Association of Ontario (UCDA). Not only did Cox Automotive Canada recently announce that this year’s Manheim and UCDA Ruth Hart-Stephens and Bob […] [Read More]

Flexdrive announced Wednesday that the Florida Fine Cars dealerships will be using the car subscription and technology provider’s platform for its AmeriDrive vehicle subscription service in South Florida. The program will be available at the independent dealership’s four stores in Hollywood, Margate, Miami and West Palm Beach. Flexdrive, led by chief executive Jose Puente, is […] [Read More]