Larry H. Miller Dodge Ram Avondale recently announced that it has once again made it onto The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com’s 2017 list of Top Companies to Work For in Arizona. The dealership is on the list for the second consecutive year. A total of 100 companies are chosen each year. All of the companies were […] [Read More]

Payment technology and merchant services provider BillingTree recently announced the appointment of Bryan Schreiber as chief financial officer, along with two other senior personnel moves involving its leadership team. BillingTree indicated Schreiber will oversee the company’s expansion plans to spearhead growth and drive revenue in new and existing focus markets, including ARM, healthcare, financial services, […] [Read More]

During the past three months, Reynolds and Reynolds added four more states where its LAW F&I Library — a comprehensive catalog of standardized, legally reviewed finance and insurance (F&I) documents for franchised dealers — is now available. Resources now are available for dealers in Delaware, Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi, bringing Reynolds’ footprint to 40 states. […] [Read More]

The industry put up a valiant effort to prevent it from happening, but a new law in Nevada goes into effect on Saturday that greatly impacts how buy-here, pay-here dealerships and other auto finance companies that dive deep into the subprime pool can use GPS and starter interrupt devices. Along with not being able to […] [Read More]

Kijiji’s DealerTalk conferences are currently accepting speaker proposals for their fall lineup of events, which include stops in Montreal, Calgary and Toronto. The company has lined up the primary keynote speakers for each conference, but aims to add workshop presenters and a second keynote at each of those three events. Ideal applicants would be able to […] [Read More]

Porsche Cars Canada recently opened Pfaff Porsche, its second Certified Porsche Classic Partner. Pfaff Porsche sells Porsche Classic models as well as genuine parts and service for those models. It is also the seventh in North America, according to Porsche Cars Canada. "The new Pfaff Porsche is a facility that fosters the fascination surrounding the brand's sports cars from the moment you step on the […] [Read More]

Things are looking much rosier now in the Canadian new-vehicle market, thanks to booming business in the Prairie provinces. New-car sales in Canada are now expected to reach 2 million units for full-year 2017, according to a revised forecast from Scotiabank. The company had previously projected 1.94 million new-car sales, but upped that forecast with […] [Read More]

Used-car sales this month could trend down a bit from May, but they should maintain the same annualized rate, according to Edmunds. The company released its monthly industry sales projections on Wednesday, calling for approximately 3.2 million used-car sales in June. That’s down from 3.3 million in May. However, the seasonally adjusted annualized sales rate […] [Read More]

Franchise Services of North America (FSNA) — which among its subsidiaries includes U-Save Car & Truck Rental, U-Save Car Sales, Auto Rental Resource Center (ARRC), Xpress Rent A Car, Sonoran National Insurance Group and Peakstone Financial Services — filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week. The company said it made the move in the […] [Read More]

Overall used-vehicle values are high, hoisted by truck prices strong enough to pull weakened used cars along for the ride. It’s a trend most analysts who measure how the growing onslaught of off-lease cars and trucks impact used-vehicle prices expect to continue, at least for the rest of 2017. But they also expect laws of supply […] [Read More]